Grand auction - December 10 & 11th

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Grand auction - December 10 & 11th

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We will be hosting a grand auction this weekend.
First auction will be on Saturday at 22:00 shard time.
The second auction with mostly repeat addons will be on Sunday at 19:00 shard time (but there will be a few good stuff in it as well).

We're planning on a little twist with some items being sold as duplicates in the following week (more info coming later).

List of items will be posted later in the week, the list will be final by Friday, 24 hours before the first auction.

UPDATE:
Here's the list of items. But first, we're adding a little twist to this grand auction:
We'll be making it possible to buy duplicate items from the grand auction in the week following. Rules:
- After the auction on Sunday I will post more detailed/final/official rules.
- If you offer an even higher price than was bid at the auction, you can get a duplicate.
- Only non-deco items (the stuff that wasn't already sold twice)
- If more than 1 person is interested, then the item goes into a sort of secondary-auction.
- The secondary auctions will be run thru the helpsystem, with a 24 hour bidding interval/cooldown. After the highest bidder has won (no other bids in the last 24 hours) the item will be traded, and in the unlikely scenario that the winner can't cough up the gold in 24 hours after it was finalized, then it goes to the 2nd one.
- Still considering whether I should select only a few items to make available for these secondary auctions since it's the first time, or well there won't be much harm if all items are available.



List of items:

These items will be sold on the Saturday auction:
Explosive Dip tub
Large BOD Of Your Choice
Ethereal Dye Tub
Eagle on perch
Ethereal Demon
StrongerWoodenBox
Ancient Titan's Hammer
PowerScroll bag
Deed for a Totem Slot
Star House
Deed for +1 breeds to a pet
Bracelet of Sha'am bonus slots
Personal Trainer Bodystyle Change Deed
Decorative Corpse


These items will be sold on the Sunday auction
Lightning Dip tub
Large BOD Of Your Choice
Ethereal Dye Tub
Gazer on perch
Ethereal Saddle
Personal World Teleporter
Ancient Yumi
+10 to single-target hit on a weapon
PowerScroll bag
Sorcerio's Footprints effect
Deed to make your housegate look like the Diablo-Style-Portal
Change weapon hit effect
Bracelet of Sha'am bonus slots
Personal NPC body change deed
Dressable corpse
Beekeepers hat with net


These items will be sold at both auctions (deco addons):
MeltedSnowman
XmasGiftPile
XmasSmallServingTable
SantasSleighRudolphEast
XmasCharlieBrownTree
XmasGiftPileSmall
XmasSleighScene
XmasTreeLoadedGifts
HearthOfHomeFireDeed
Miniature House Castle
SantasSleigh8
XmasGingerbreadHouse
SantaCookieMilk
SnowyTree2013
Bag of Ice Floes
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Very awesome news, thank you for hosting it. There's a thread with some interesting ideas for items, if you're stuck :lool:

Any plans to add the donation bonus item to the token raffle stone in Trinsic?
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Hey +C ! Thank you for hosting another auction!

I would like to ask if items sold for tokens is on the table? besides the town centre we are just hoarding tokens like crazy. It would be nice to see them being used for something :)
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Silent wrote:
Wed Dec 07, 2022 2:20 pm
Hey +C ! Thank you for hosting another auction!

I would like to ask if items sold for tokens is on the table? besides the town centre we are just hoarding tokens like crazy. It would be nice to see them being used for something :)
Just put them on EXEX its like 1mil token 1 mil gold.
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Hey +C, thanks for getting the items up! Epic offering this year, no Change weapon specials deed is a bit sad (maybe that's the placeholder), but the rest of the list is quite nuts!

Can the star house be combined with other star houses? And is this free? Also does the Star Wisp come with it?

The deed for +10 to a direct hit; can it take the hit over the cap, i.e. hit lightning from 60 - 70?


Good luck to all tomorrow. Have fun. Thanks again +C :dance
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I have just posted the items, the list will get some more touchups/fixes tomorrow after lunch.
(Will also reply to these questions then)
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Just a question on the totem relayer slot. If someone used a BC on it, can it be later relayed again using a TH or ATH?
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I'll be interested to see what the Arrow Dip Tubs go for....................
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The problematic items are now fixed, the list is final & official. See you all at the auction!


Re: Raffle stone for the Stronger Wooden box - I've just set it up, it's active.

Re: selling for tokens - yes I have fixed a few loose ends in the auction system that didn't support multi-currency selling. There are a few items being sold for tokens, and even some for Elven notes. I don't want to shake up the Token market too much, but in the future we'll try to add something in every auction for tokens and elven notes. Selling for ED isn't planned (maybe, on rare occasion, but I think that selling for gold is a good thing for the whole economy).

Btw, back in the early days, tokens were at 3gp each, they went down to 2gp... and i guess a healthy range is somewhere around that. They went down to 1 gp because there's some areas that drop extra tokens and that isn't balanced, plus not many stuff you can buy with tokens. But can all be remedied i guess. The price will fluctuate in any case.

Re: Star house - yes star houses and water houses can be combined with the help of staff, plus 50ed fee. (Mountain and cave houses basically could be combined as well, but it's a big hassle to fix the design around it, plus often they're placed in spaces that can only support 1 house so for now the rule is that only star and water houses can be merged).

Re: does the +10 to direct-hit on a weapon go over 60 (the cap in weapon leveling). Yeah, sure I guess. This is auction stuff, we can go crazy :)


Re: re-relayering the totem slot. Yes, it will work. When you use the totem sample, your BC will become a totem slot item. You can then use this BC as a sample when relayering something else, but keep in mind that the BC will be lost (sample items are deleted).
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+Colibri wrote:
Sat Dec 10, 2022 2:01 pm
Re: does the +10 to direct-hit on a weapon go over 60 (the cap in weapon leveling). Yeah, sure I guess. This is auction stuff, we can go crazy :)
:woot: :woot: :woot:

This is now the most powerful item that has ever been auctioned, right?? 70 Hit lightning is pretty incredible. I see this going for more than the totem... Totem just adds a bit of HP and dmg in reality.... this breaks our paradigm in a very different way....
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qbf wrote:
This is now the most powerful item that has ever been auctioned, right?? 70 Hit lightning is pretty incredible. I see this going for more than the totem... Totem just adds a bit of HP and dmg in reality.... this breaks our paradigm in a very different way....
Raising something like Hit lightning from 60% to 70% won’t make a ton of difference. The change X to Y deed is still a much more powerful deed.
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Yeah, changing a worthless 58% dispel to hit lighting (assuming Y has to be a normally occurring weapon feature, if not go with flame strike, e-bolt or meteor/earthquake lol) would make a few 5x58% or 4x58%s that have worthless stats into a ideal weapon.
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Muolke wrote:
Sat Dec 10, 2022 4:03 pm
qbf wrote:
This is now the most powerful item that has ever been auctioned, right?? 70 Hit lightning is pretty incredible. I see this going for more than the totem... Totem just adds a bit of HP and dmg in reality.... this breaks our paradigm in a very different way....
Raising something like Hit lightning from 60% to 70% won’t make a ton of difference. The change X to Y deed is still a much more powerful deed.
In terms of raw power, you're right I think. I guess it's just because it is new it got me so excited. Still, uber powerful in my opinion and creates a unique effect we have not seen before.
Nick wrote:
Sat Dec 10, 2022 4:15 pm
Yeah, changing a worthless 58% dispel to hit lighting (assuming Y has to be a normally occurring weapon feature, if not go with flame strike, e-bolt or meteor/earthquake lol) would make a few 5x58% or 4x58%s that have worthless stats into a ideal weapon.
That's the thing with the change hit X to Y deed. You really need to have a weapon ready to use it on. It's not good unless you have something like you described.
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Saturday results:

BOD Of Your Choice Deed sold to Nick of Old for 1,500,000 Tokens
Singular Dye Tub sold to Semtex for 5,300,000 Tokens
A Deed For A Eagle sold to ButteryBiscuits for 14,000,000 Gold
Ethereal Demon Statuette sold to Jobs for 150,000,000 Gold
Stronger Wooden Box sold to ButteryBiscuits for 18,000,000 Gold
Ancient Titan's Hammer sold to Zanzi for 430,000,000 Gold
PowerScroll Bag sold to Semtex for 7,200 Elven Notes
Totem Slot Deed sold to MaDDnes for 850,000,000 Gold
Deed To The Star House sold to Kitty Hawk for 110,000,000 Gold
Deed For +1 Breeds To A Pet sold to culichi for 1,000 Elven Notes
Bracelet Of Sha'am Bonus Upgrade Deed (+5 Bracelet Capacity) sold to Zanzi for 17,000,000 Gold
Change Appearance Of A Personal Trainer To Devourer sold to culichi for 4,800,000 Gold
A Corpse sold to gilga for 3,000,000 Gold
MeltedSnowman sold to Captain Ahab for 510,000 Tokens
SantaCookieMilk sold to culichi for 830 Elven Notes
XmasGiftPile sold to ButteryBiscuits for 10,000,000 Gold
XmasSmallServingTable sold to Magnus Trinn for 8,800,000 Gold
SantasSleighRudolphEast sold to Captain Ahab for 7,000,000 Gold
XmasCharlieBrownTree sold to Magnus Trinn for 6,300,000 Gold
XmasGiftPileSmall sold to Paroxysmus for 5,700,000 Gold
XmasSleighScene sold to Kitty Hawk for 3,200,000 Gold
XmasTreeLoadedGifts sold to ButteryBiscuits for 7,700,000 Gold
Hearth Of The Home Fire sold to Kairoz for 8,800,000 Gold
Miniature House Castle sold to Eboj for 3,300,000 Tokens
SantasSleigh8 sold to ButteryBiscuits for 3,700,000 Gold
Xmas Gingerbread House sold to ButteryBiscuits for 7,700,000 Gold
SnowyTree2013 sold to Kitty Hawk for 4,000,000 Gold
Bag Of Ice Floes sold to ButteryBiscuits for 17,000,000 Gold
+Kimane Action Figure sold to ButteryBiscuits for 11,000,000 Gold
+Colibri Action Figure sold to ButteryBiscuits for 13,000,000 Gold

Sunday results:

Lightning Dip Tub sold to Alice In Chains for 430,000 Gold
BOD Of Your Choice Deed sold to Zanzi for 510,000 Tokens
Ancient Yumi sold to Kitty Hawk for 150,000,000 Gold
Ethereal Saddle sold to Zanzi for 39,000,000 Gold
+10 To Single-target Hit On A Weapon sold to Zanzi for 240,000,000 Gold
Singular Dye Tub sold to Paroxysmus for 8,000,000 Tokens
A Deed For A Gazer sold to Jobs for 20,000,000 Gold
Personal World Teleporter sold to Talibur for 17,000,000 Gold
PowerScroll Bag sold to Semtex for 1,700 Elven Notes
Sorcerio Footprints Effect sold to Paroxysmus for 80,000,000 Gold
Change Appearance Of Your Housegate (ID 13279) sold to ZeeeQi for 9,000,000 Gold
Deed To Change "Hit X" To "Hit Y" On A Weapon sold to Paroxysmus for 370,000,000 Gold
Bracelet Of Sha'am Bonus Upgrade Deed (+5 Bracelet Capacity) sold to Zanzi for 3,900,000 Gold
3x Personal NPC Body Change Deed (149) sold to Mrs.Chicken for 18,000,000 Gold
A Corpse sold to John Warren for 17,000,000 Gold
Single-Use Mold - Beekeeper's Hat With Net sold to culichi for 3,700,000 Gold
MeltedSnowman sold to Zanzi for 1,700,000 Tokens
SantaCookieMilk sold to Celtarus for 700 Elven Notes
XmasGiftPile sold to Mrs.Chicken for 9,300,000 Gold
XmasSmallServingTable sold to Alecs for 1,300,000 Gold
SantasSleighRudolphEast sold to Mrs.Chicken for 1,000,000 Gold
XmasCharlieBrownTree sold to Mrs.Chicken for 7,600,000 Gold
XmasGiftPileSmall sold to Arrow for 4,400,000 Gold
XmasSleighScene sold to Mrs.Chicken for 3,300,000 Gold
XmasTreeLoadedGifts sold to Mrs.Chicken for 5,100,000 Gold
Hearth Of The Home Fire sold to Mrs.Chicken for 6,000,000 Gold
Miniature House Castle sold to Arrow for 1,800,000 Tokens
SantasSleigh8 sold to Alecs for 2,100,000 Gold
Xmas Gingerbread House sold to Arrow for 8,500,000 Gold
SnowyTree2013 sold to Chrysanthe for 4,000,000 Gold
Bag Of Ice Floes sold to gilga for 21,000,000 Gold
The Medieval Tech Stack sold to Paroxysmus for 7,900,000 Gold
Ship Of Theseus sold to culichi for 10,000,000 Gold
Rich Man's Auction Display Pedestal sold to culichi for 2,000 Elven Notes
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+Colibri wrote:
Mon Dec 05, 2022 3:30 pm


UPDATE:
Here's the list of items. But first, we're adding a little twist to this grand auction:
We'll be making it possible to buy duplicate items from the grand auction in the week following. Rules:
- After the auction on Sunday I will post more detailed/final/official rules.
- If you offer an even higher price than was bid at the auction, you can get a duplicate.
- Only non-deco items (the stuff that wasn't already sold twice)
- If more than 1 person is interested, then the item goes into a sort of secondary-auction.
- The secondary auctions will be run thru the helpsystem, with a 24 hour bidding interval/cooldown. After the highest bidder has won (no other bids in the last 24 hours) the item will be traded, and in the unlikely scenario that the winner can't cough up the gold in 24 hours after it was finalized, then it goes to the 2nd one.
- Still considering whether I should select only a few items to make available for these secondary auctions since it's the first time, or well there won't be much harm if all items are available.
Thanks again for the auction +C. Some good items... Still a lot of gold needs sinking. Keep up the recent frequency :D

How will the above work? Any solid plan yet?
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