Why is the land of the free not letting me fulfil my potential?

[TheVonHorn.1069]

RE: You have placed too many "sell orders"

Hi everyone,

I like the idea of treating the Black Lion Trading Post like a stock exchange - a game within a game -  buying low / selling high. A gentleman day trader on the road to becoming a baron.  However I run into the annoying, "you have placed too many sell orders". It's infuriating that Arenanet does not allow a decent number of sell orders as this pretty much nerfs my ability to trade. Do you think this is a genuine technical / network bandwidth issue or have they artifically constrained trading in order to shoehorn us into spending real cash (I'm sure their real cash transactions would not suffer from "you're spending too much money with us, please try again later"). They can allow hundreds of us bashing away at a boss with all the network traffic that would entail but can't allow us to place a decent number of "sell" orders. They have a great API to hook into but then nerf its potential. I'm guessing it's all about Anet chasing the Yankee dollar and corporate greed. Mike "microtransactional" o'Brian and co won't allow the little guy a piece of corporate Tyria.

[TheNecrosanct.4028]

They do allow you to sell as much as you want. What they don't allow is too many sell orders placed too quickly in too short a time. Give it a few seconds and you'll be able to sell what you want to sell. It's a minor annoyance but it's not stopping you from anything, except spam sell orders.

Btw, Mike hasn't worked at ANet for 4 years now. And if anyone is chasing the Yankee dollar I'd say it's NCSoft more than ANet.

[kharmin.7683]

Seems like it is working as intended to me.  /shrug

[Ashantara.8731]

It's a measure aganist botting, but I agree that it can get very annoying when you have loads of stuff to sell.

[Teknomancer.4895]

13 minutes ago, TheVonHorn.1069 said:

Do you think this is a genuine technical / network bandwidth issue or have they artifically constrained trading

As mentioned just above, it's not a "technical issue," it's a means of bot control. It has never had anything to do with bandwidth and has been in place since launch in 2012, IIRC.

You could never dump huge amounts of stuff in there all at once.

Adjust.

[DanAlcedo.3281]

I wonder, you seem to think you are smart enough to be able to exploit the market enough to become a gold baron. But at the same time you can't seem to comprehend why a system, clearly made for bot protection, exist. 

🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔

[TheNecrosanct.4028]

You also have to marvel at a self-proclaimed capitalist criticizing ANet for its perceived...capitalism? 🤔🙄

[Noah Salazar.5430]

Quote

you seem to think you are smart enough

he not think, he do it

i got similar problem, but got used to it

i watch yt while waiting for orders to be ready to put again

Edited September 29, 2023 by Noah Salazar.5430

[DanAlcedo.3281]

13 minutes ago, Noah Salazar.5430 said:

he not think, he do it

i got similar problem, but got used to it

i watch yt while waiting for orders to be ready to put again

But you are atleast smart enough to know why such system exists. 

[Teknomancer.4895]

1 hour ago, TheNecrosanct.4028 said:

You also have to marvel at a self-proclaimed capitalist criticizing ANet for its perceived...capitalism? 🤔🙄

The post title is some primo stuff, though. Maybe not top-shelf clickbait, but fairly high troll content nonetheless. 8/10

[Hashberry.4510]

Sam Bankman-Fried has slipped his chains for to get his sell orders up!

[Supernova Starr.2069]

2 hours ago, TheVonHorn.1069 said:

I'm guessing it's all about Anet chasing the Yankee dollar and corporate greed. Mike "microtransactional" o'Brian and co won't allow the little guy a piece of corporate Tyria.

You just discovered the capitalism within the capitalism, congrats on your achievement.

[Luthan.5236]

Just delete the cheapest of the trash and only sell the stuff that isn't just a few copper. 😄 And maybe buy a 2nd paid account and send the stuff to that ... selling it from there.

[Zebulous.2934]

So op thought a cool-down was a hard limit?

[Chichimec.9364]

9 hours ago, TheNecrosanct.4028 said:

You also have to marvel at a self-proclaimed capitalist criticizing ANet for its perceived...capitalism? 🤔🙄

roflmao - That was exactly my reaction when I read that post. 🤣