Trading system on forum

[HighPiez 59]

Hey guys.

So I've been thinking of a way to do trading over the forums. Thought of some rules to make it "work" and would like your input on the idea.

RULES:

#1 Any betrayal from either party gets the killer / thief banned from being involved with any further trading.

#2 Only people with 50 or 100+ posts on the forums may be involved, so that if they break rule #1 there name is known, they lost there "privilege" on that account and would have to make another with 100+ posts just to do it again. (YES I KNOW I DON'T HAVE 100 POSTS, hopefully that changes as i get more involved with the forums). I can't see bandits doing this constantly just to get a quick loot.

#3 We could do a "trust" system as well, for every successful trade they get 1 trust point, the more they get the more you can trust that person. This will be done with google docs (or w.e else) along with all the banned people view-able to all.

I can see murders happening in the start but as those people get banned from joining it will eventually get better as it will only be left with people who actually want to trade.

Any opinions you guys would like to share? ideas? think this would work? etc. Would like the input, if you think the idea is utter shit just tell me, i don't mind lol.

[Emmu 18]

I don't see any trading system being good cause basically , its a zombie apocalypse survival. Or the past few weeks a team death match. Would just take a little fun out of the game imo.

[DayzSandBox 157]

Basicy I like the Idea, but I think the administration would be a pain.

Maybe as a subsection in forum.

From a survival/realistic point of view it is a very good idea. It's only natural that you would meet other survivors and swap stuff.

With the risk of meeting a backstabber ;)

PS: I need a book of matches I have a map in exchange ;)

[01da 218]

Good luck with that.

[blinkerty 8]

#1 plausible, but what do people trade, weapons? food? water?

#2 just because there active on forums doesn't mean they're going to be legit, also the post count, to me feels flawed you shouldn't base it off that, but at this moment i cant think of anything in game to go off of

#3 seems better, everyone starts at zero, use a area that's not a major city as a host for this, maybe if rocket implements the areas he says are instanced then it can work without being sniped because someone knew about the trade but trust points seem nice.

personally though i couldnt see it working in this sort of game, if i'm in a zombie apocalypse, i'll survive by other means, besides it takes the challenge away of searching for loot, when i could just trade the meat i cooked off a cow for say a ak74 with 2 mags from someone in desperate need etc. chances are you'll die and lose it hence the trade is worthless, and or you'll find the item a few hours/days after anyways

[Kiro (DayZ) 57]

#1 Any betrayal from either party gets the killer / thief banned from being involved with any further trading.

That goes completely against the spirit of the game.

Betrayal and banditry are a big part of DayZ and one of the reason it's so exciting.

Why don't you simply suggest creating a safe zone for trading? (something that the creator of the game dislikes and will never put in DayZ)

Edited July 22, 2012 by Kiro

[DayzSandBox 157]

Why don't you simply suggest creating a safe zone for trading? (something that the creator of the game dislikes and will never put in DayZ)

I wonder if that won't happens in time anyway. Driven by the players, not as a gamefeature.

[syncmaster (DayZ) 63]

Take some ideas from the medical assistance post in survivor HQ. It has over 2k replies and 80k views, and is always on the first page.. Seems to work out okay for them, so I don't see why you couldn't get one started for trading. I would be willing to try it out.. :

-Post in survivor HQ

-Stick with your plan and update the OP with safe/legit traders, or find someone else who has the time to run it.

-Have good rules in place like posted above. Don't allow newbes with 1 post to ask for a trade OR vouch for someone

People are always going to abuse it obviously, but using this method is the best option IMO.

[Kiro (DayZ) 57]

I wonder if that won't happens in time anyway. Driven by the players, not as a gamefeature.

That's happening right now: http://dayzmod.com/forum/index.php?/topic/39159-event-freeside-trading-co-open-trading-720-722/

A clan organizes a safe trading zone, with guards to protect everyone, and all players have to drop their weapon before they can enter.

But almost everytime some hackers kill them. I hope it'll get fixed soon, I want to be a guard and defend the place, but with hackers that's a lost cause.