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[Mushyy]

GE Quick-Sell Idea

 

Hey everyone, Mr Tweaky here.

 

Just had a small QoL idea I wanted to put forward.

 

Would it be possible to add a quick-sell option to the GE that lets you instantly sell an item for its base/general store price?

Something like:

 

Item → Sell for Base Price → Done

 

This would be useful for random loot, unwanted items, or when clearing your bank/inventory without having to leave the GE, type ::shops and find the general store.

It would:

• Save time

• Make clearing unwanted items easier

• Keep everything in one place

• Make selling low-value/random loot less of a hassle

I'm not suggesting removing or changing the general store — this would just be an extra option at the GE for convenience.

I know it's only a small addition, but I think it could be a nice QoL feature that I'd personally use quite often.

What do you guys think? Would you use it, or is the current ::shops ok as is?

 

Drop Your Opinions   

 

 

Mr Tweaky

[knockinpisto]

ive been wanting something like this since I started.

[Duskmere]

The General Shop is fairly near to the Trading Post so don't really see the necessity of it. But, may consider a junk function where players can sell at even lower price compare to General Shop directly through the TP. That way when players are merching, they may simply dump any junks directly to clear space without needing to move. This is more of extra Qol feature I think. 

[unknownGnome]

im definetly upvoting this

[Aya]

Huge upvote, as general store only pays low alch value

[Mushyy]

@unknownGnome

@Aya

@knockinpisto

[23]

If we're talking low alch base prices for trading post, I don't think the dev time would be worth this as a QOL.  No support on this one.  

[Mushyy]

@23 Thanks for your'e feedback. i presume it woudln't take too much tiime to code in all respect.

[GIM Eby]

1) Incase you're an Alora newbie, Alora has a TP, not a GE. Which of those two have you used in Alora? 

2) Is the real problem that Alora either doesn't yet have enough normie player count or enough TP buy offers from players with non-ironman accounts?  I'd love a proposal adding 2 more TP slots to every player  (to keep up with the influx of new items) but that doesn't solve the player count dilemma. Luckily we have Sailing which is a real differentiator and new player magnet but Alora's marketing department hasn't caught up to the development department. 

3) Can you specify whether the "base price" is the low alch value price, the high alch value price, the well of goodwill donation price, or something else? I assume low alch price, but you tell us. Specialty shops might give high-alch value but IDK.

 

4) Would auto-aching like what leagues has be a better or worse solution? In OSRS, alching is where more than half of new GP entered the game from, so there'd be inflationary economic impacts that would affect the normal game mode. Whether significant or insignificant, I don't know.  In Alora, I think revenant emblems and supply chests from PVM are the main 2 new sources, at least on ironman accounts. Almost all rune-tier alchables I get just get left on the floor because PVM supply chests are worth much more. 

5) There might be a shop that gives higher sell prices than the ::shops general store, like perhaps one of the Karamja general stores with Karamja gloves 1, but it's not public documented game knowledge. IF anyone knows, please share/document here. 

Overall there's a lot to consider here.  It's kind of a trope that new players rely on drop parties for early wealth in most RSPSs and this proposal would reduce them. I'd ask if most of your TP slots are full with both buy and sell offers (to support the eco by adding liquidity you want) but it sounds like you mainly use Alora's GE more?

Regards, 
Eby