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First of, hello everyone, how are you doing? This is the former post of the two that I'll be doing. In other words, it's a two-parter. The second one will be a poll regarding this. It's not the first and probably won't be the last time we'll be talking about this topic. But once again, we are talking about the future on how we are going to trade our items with friends or other players. So first of all, I'd like to take a look at the former methods used: 1) MicroVolts Surge - RT Seals 2) ToyHeroes - RT Converting and MP Seals And after we're done with those two, I'd like to throw my idea into the boxing ring: 3) New Idea - Market on the webpage for Free. Let's just jump into the old methods before explaining the new idea. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1) MicroVolts Surge So, in order to trade in MicroVolts Surge, you had to buy seals from the shop for a good amount of RT. (Or be lucky on the capsule machine later on) After purchasing the RT Seal, you could click on the item you would want to seal and had a sealing option available at the bottom of the item description. Sealing was done easily, but the issue was, removing it would mean that the seal was fully gone, even if done by accident. Each seal could only be used once and couldn't be taken off from an item in order to seal another, it would simply vanish. Now, in order to trade the item, you had to add the person you wanted to trade with and right click on their name in order to find the "Trade" option. After accepting the trade, you get thrown into your inventory and are able to select your item or items (Up to 10 at the time) and drag them into the window which appeared on the left (or simply double click the sealed item). If both players select the confirm button, the trade is done, you receive what you see on the screen. Mind you, when receiving the item, it is STILL sealed and you could trade it again right away. In order to use the items, you would have to unseal them. Quick review: Very simple Costs a lot of RT Both players need to be online _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 2) ToyHeroes I know that not a lot of players were a fan of ToyHeroes, but I think the system was alright, so I will mention it. In order to trade in ToyHeroes, it was a bit more complicated. You had to set up a 2FA for your account in order to even access the trade system. After doing that, you had to login onto your account on the website where you could find the "Trade Inventory". There you would find an empty page at first, but after converting items that you own for a good amount of RT, they would be shown here. Now, after converting your item, you will find two options next to the item you conveted, "List Item" and "Seal for 5k MP" Listing the item will showcase the item on the marketplace, which was also available on the webpage, everyone and their grandma could now view what items you have for offering and what you are interested in. Sealing the item will basically work the same as in MicroVolts Surge, the item will be sealed in game. And you might have guessed it, the rest works the same as in MicroVolts Surge as well. You add one another, you offer a trade to the other person by right clicking their name. You both trade the items you want to, the trade is done. HOWEVER, the seal would be gone from the item and in order to trade it, the new owner of the item will have to go through the first phases again of sealing it. Also, if the first owner of the item listed it on the marketplace, and then trades it. It will still be showcased on the market, just with the new owners name on it, but the old description of what they have been looking for. Quick review: More secure More complicated Costs a lot of RT Both players need to be online _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Okay, we walked through the old methods, let's look at the new idea, which I hope you take a look at as well, and don't just push to the side: _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 3) New Idea Glad you made it all the way here. The new idea is pretty simple once you get the hang of it and doesn't take a lot of effort from the players. It might take some time to implement though, as this idea will be webpage relevant, just as ToyHeroes was. The idea is, that you login onto the webpage via steam, so it can access informations from your account, such as what items you have and what amount of MP you got at the moment, etc. They would be adding a marketplace, where people can place items in and showcase them for free, that means, NO COSTS, as they can only show what they have. By doing so, people can also add what they are looking for, this is not item specific as ToyHeroes or MicroVolts Surge was, you can also offer MP, as our current MP situation is a bit dry, people might not only want items. After setting up the items you wanna showcase for other player as well as mentioning what you are looking for, people can now view the items and also know exactly what you want for it, or can at least know in what direction you want to go with your listing. The interested player has now two options, either "Offer" items and values, or "Contact" the player to make a deal via a private chat on the market itself. These two options are displayed below every item on the marketplace. Let's focus on "Offer" as "Contact" should be explained with the sentences above. The interested player now gets to a window, after clicking on "Offer", where they see their MP amount, as well as all the showcased items from both parties. At this point, it's probably best to mention, ONLY showcased items, can be traded on the market, otherwise everyone could see everyone's whole inventory. In the window itself, the player offering, can now choose their showcased items to trade, but ALSO select items the other player has showcased to add to the offer, in case they think they offer too much value. If you wanna offer items that are currently not showcased, you will have to list them first on the marketplace from your inventory. As mentioned previously, it's free and costs nothing to do so. After selecting the items you want and what you give, the offer is being sent to the player you try to trade with. The player you try to trade with now is able to view the offer on the marketplace and has the following options shown next to the offer they received from you: "Accept", "Reject" and "Make a change to the offer" if they accept, the trade will be made and you will receive your traded items and the MP in game via mail when you're logged out next, as well as have the items you offered taken from your inventory, as well as the MP. (If you think you're smart if you just stay online after the trade, it will automatically force log you out after accepting an offer, this goes for both parties, if in game during the acception, it will log you out after finishing the game) If they reject, nothing happens but you get notified, however they are able to mention as to why they rejected that offer, they don't have to though. If they choose to change the offer, you will be informed of the newly made offer and now you have those choices at hand, to accept, reject or once more come up with a new plan to seal the deal. On the marketplace you will find a bell that shows notifications whenever you receive an offer for one or more of your items, but also if someone accepted or rejected your offer, as well as if they made a new offer for you to check on. As you can see, everything is done on the webpage, which makes it a bit more flexible. Quick review: Sounds more complicated than it really is Is free of use and you decide for yourself what you offer No need to be in game No need to add the other player More flexible as you can access it on your other devices as well Might not be secure if you share your steam account (Just don't share it, you shouldn't anyway) _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Well, that's all I wanted to display here. From here on I'd like to send you to the second thread, where you can vote for the options above on what you would prefer to have. Just stating this because people might think of this as official for whatever reason, but that poll will NOT bring the trade system into the game. It's just to see the opinions of the community. Thanks for reading all this! To the Poll Click Here