BMAH is not for us normies is it?

[Humanbeak-drenden]

Yup. List of problems I’ve identified:

@Humanbeak-drenden

1. If a player wants a specific item, they typically can’t win the item (without placing a gold-cap bid, more on that in a bit) without being on at specific times of the day (end of the auction) to ensure victory. Many of these items require players to stay up past midnight EST just to combat last-minute snipers.

2. If a super-rare item shows up, players essentially need to be on when the item goes up on the BMAH for bidding in order to try to beat a gold-cap bid. A gold-cap bid is effectively a buyout and shuts everyone else out of the bidding process. The ZG tiger, Brutosaur (when it used to actually show up…more on that later), etc. would typically go for gold-cap very, very quickly, whether at the hands of a BMAH boosting service or legitimate player.

• a. This relates to #1, in that for a player to actually win most items, they need to be on at very, very specific times of the day. This is super-unfriendly to casuals, those who don’t want to suffer the health consequences from sleep deprivation, those who have actual responsibilities, etc.

3. The rotation itself is terrible. For example, there is an absurd overabundance of T3/Ordos items up - absurdly overabundant items that take up what little space is in the BMAH, while pushing out other items of interest that show up much more rarely as a result.

4. The RNG behind how many slots show up in the BMAH can make many days a complete wash (e.g. days with only 3 items up), and this ties back to point #3 where there’s only so many slots on a given day, and “common” items taking up these slots on a consistent basis feels very bad.

5. “We’re putting [insert item] on the BMAH”, and then nerfing their drop rates so low that they effectively aren’t even on there, is also terrible. Example: Reins of the Mighty Caravan Brutosaur, which has shown up in the rotation ONE TIME ON ONE REALM IN THE ENTIRE WORLD since July 14th, 2021. (The Bruto is supposedly available in the BMAH containers…more on that subject in the next point).

6. The Unclaimed Black Market Auction House Containers, also referred to as crates, BMAH containers, etc., are nothing short of degenerate gambling loot boxes. These crates typically go for 300k+ when they’re up - multiple tokens of gold could be spent on just one crate. And the worst part about them? The odds of obtaining a specific item are completely unknown and there is no class-specific loot targeting or any form of “bad luck protection” with these containers. Yes, that means you could spend 500k on one of those degenerate gambling loot boxes and get a piece of soulbound cloth as a Plate wearer. What amazing quality fun that is.

7. “Removing” items from original sources and dumping them into the BMAH makes the BMAH look like it’s nothing more than a cash grab. Quit removing content from the game and using the BMAH as an excuse for doing so.

8. The BMAH rotation itself feels very, very neglected. For example, Rhinestone Sunglasses, which are a Jewelcrafting item, are still in the rotation with a starting bid of 500k. An item that crafters can make in the game at this very second is in the BMAH rotation with a minimum 500k bid. Why? That really gives a “we don’t care about the BMAH” illusion.