10 second pause between market purchases is the wrong solution for market manipulation. The problem it was implemented to solve

Hello, as the title states the 10 second forced pause between purchases in the AH and market is the worst feature I have seen implemented in the game.

Please do not respond explaining the reason it was implemented.

We all understand why it was implemented. The problem is it’s a horrible fix for the problem. Why can’t it just be 3 seconds, or something that occurs for young accounts. Those of us with 2000 or 3000+ hours aren’t manipulating the market. We shouldn’t be restricted in this manner it is infuriating. I needed to buy 3 stacks of crystallized guardian stones. Everytime I enter 999, 1 or 2, It automatically purchases bundles of 12, or 16. That’s 120 or 160 of the 29000+ guardian stones im trying to buy to hone. I just gave up on honing because it is so infuriating. I love this game, but everyone in my guild complains about this all of the time. Please just accept this was a bad plan and change it as soon as possible. I literally wont hone, or craft in my stronghold quite often because of this.

If you allowed us to buy larger stacks of items like fish, (which you can’t buy more then 9 stacks of at a time, and usually only fills an order of 9 with like 3.) it would help. It would also help if you fixed the market issue so it doesn’t fill 1/100’th of your order and then force you to wait 10 seconds to try again.

Honestly why wouldn’t the game just have it fill the order based on amount in market? Why does it cut off based on how much x person listed to sell when there are 1000’s of the proposed item listed for sale. Was this done this way because everything in the game has to have an RNG element to it?

I am very rarely posting in the forums. I know someitmes things have to be inconvenient to fix a bigger issue. This isn’t just an inconvenience. It is unfortunately a poorly implemented soultion to the problem, especially given the way purchases in the market work. I listed several ways this problem could be resolved without just getting rid of the mechanic altogether. AGS/Smilegate, please see how frustrating this is for us veteran players. We would be so grateful for a solution to this as soon as possible.

Thank you

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