Have you tried shopping in UO for a specific item? It’s a bloody nightmare and one of the most frustrating activities that one can undertake whilst playing the game. Having spent some time playing other MMORPG’s lately all of them had least one thing in common and that was you could go to a single vendor and see all of the player sold goods in one place. They are commonly referred to as Auction houses.

Now I appreciate Auction houses in UO could ruin some of the immersion in the game. So I make the following proposal. How about UO has a centralised trading vendor who is aware of every item that’s for sale on player run vendors and should you want to buy an item then this vendor sells you a rune to that vendors store. This way if you want to find a specific item you can go to the one place to see if it’s for sale and then if you decide you want to purchase it, you get a rune to the store location.

This will also have the effect of lowering the cost of real estate as the primary reason for owning a house in Luna is so your vendors are exposed to the most possible foot traffic as possible. Well with my proposed system, then you could have your vendors set up in you house out in the middle of no where and they would still be found. Now a true market economy can happen as people will be able to see the going price for an item and either under cut the competition or raise the price if they wish.

Also players benefit as they don’t have to spend countless hours searching for that specific item they want.

Refine this proposal by placing your comments below and lets see if we can get the system changed for the better good.

Cheers
Shane