Draco Blaze Posted June 30, 2014 Posted June 30, 2014 I just realized how large of a wall of text this is. I'll try and summarize it tomorrow for those of you who don't like reading. Because of what is considered support, solid proof, and invalid proof, perhaps a new flag could be implemented to indicate that a price is deceptive (Similar to the Unusual Flag). Since most people take Backpack prices as set in stone, perhaps this new type of suggestion could be created to combat this. For example, the Deep Cover Operator could use a bump right now. From everything I've seen, 2 key sales are quicksells, but no sale over 2 keys can be used for one reason or another. Due to ordinary traders not understanding that backpack's prices are suggestions, they sell their items for "Backpack" prices, while people who understand Backpack go and flip them on the SCM. While I'm not saying market flipping is bad, it leads to outdated suggested prices due to people following backpack blindly. The system would function near identically to the current system with a few tweaks. A suggestion would be made for a flag to be placed (the flag either indicating that the Backpack price may be too high or low). The suggestion would have to be supported like any others, except that a high or low range could not be determined at the given time. This would give other suggesters a heads-up to what might need to be updated as well. If after X days, there is still no proof that item needs a bump, then the flag is removed. Now this sounds great in my head, but so do a lot of other ideas. I'm curious as to how this looks from others points of views and what flaws or issues they have with it. This has been festering in my mind for a while, so I might be too close to it to see any clear errors with the system and any issues with it I would be glad to try and address or brainstorm solutions for.
knavesmith Posted June 30, 2014 Posted June 30, 2014 I think every item would need this flag.Even if this flag was in effect, those who can't understand that backpack.tf is merely a guide won't understand what this flag means.
Draco Blaze Posted June 30, 2014 Author Posted June 30, 2014 I think every item would need this flag. I don't think they would. For most items, a high or low end can be established. Some markets are just so small at times that the only valid proof available is at "Backpack" prices, which may either prove to be quicksells, or just not selling at all.
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