Auction House needs a higher bid increment

[zlefin]

It's stupid having an increment of 1, so people can just go back and forth outbidding each other by 1. It makes the auction less about actual auctioning and more about favoring someone being obsessively on at the last minute so they can just one bid.

I've seen more than enough price is right to know the scourge of 1 bidding and how it makes things less interesting.

 

[RazorbackPirate]

Just because the minimum is 1 and others are going back and forth in increments of 1, doesn't mean you have to as well. Bid 10, 100, or 500 more. If you want it interesting, make it interesting.

 

[Kranyar the Mysterious]

Just because the minimum is 1 and others are going back and forth in increments of 1, doesn't mean you have to as well. Bid 10, 100, or 500 more. If you want it interesting, make it interesting.

This! Absolutely this.

 

[wolfhoundtoo]

Would it make much of a difference if it was 50 or even 500? You'd have to get the minimum increment to be rather high to make last minute bidding not worth it for those on. Bid very high (but not more than you want to spend) and if it's expensive enough someone might not be willing to pay even 1 more coin. =

 

[Ironrooster]

I usually bump by 1000 (sometimes more) when I'm bidding at the last minute.

Usually though I can't wait around for the end so I just stick in a first bid that I think is high enough and I'm happy to pay if I win.

 

[Kranyar the Mysterious]

I always try 1 coin at the end (30 second mark) if the same bid has been sitting for awhile. Then if someone bumps me I usually go up in 1000s first, then 5k or 10k if I'm tired of playing around. Or I drop out.

 

[Pickled Feet]

I always try 1 coin at the end (30 second mark) if the same bid has been sitting for awhile.

Same here then if I have some who bids me up I will generally do 500-1k, more if they continue, but I don't see the issue with increments of 1. To be honest if you were to change the increments, you would have to make it so the increment grew as the bids go higher.

 

[Sledgie]

I go up by random small increments until the person I'm bidding against either gets tired of trying to bid against me, or they way overpay for the item

 

[P C C]

Same here then if I have some who bids me up I will generally do 500-1k, more if they continue, but I don't see the issue with increments of 1. To be honest if you were to change the increments, you would have to make it so the increment grew as the bids go higher.

Most auctions I'm familiar with have minimum bid increments that increase with the current bid and I'd prefer that approach. But at least the time out between items means that two players in FoE raising each other interminably by minimal amounts aren't delaying things for everyone else, unlike in a live auction trying to get through a fixed set of lots.

 

[planetofthehumans2]

I go up by random small increments until the person I'm bidding against either gets tired of trying to bid against me, or they way overpay for the item

Me too, when they use a predictable amount like 1 or the next decimal point, I can predict and already have a higher amount in the bar before they bid again. By being random, it takes them more time to make a higher number, which has higher likely to add an extra 0 on accident.

 

[Ebeondi Asi]

I always enjoy small details that drive a few players crazy. LOL
Keep the ones !!!!!

 

[Sharmon the Impaler]

We should have 0.1 increments and really annoy them lol