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Jcw427 wrote: I'd like to see a blood brothers style trading system. Where its unknown to you who's selling the cards. So that there is no selling cards outside of the game happening Don't be fooled, there is a LOT of outside-the-game trading going on in BB. Players negotiate the terms in advance of placing the items on the bazaar, then coordinate a time to make the transaction. It's theoretically possible for a third party to come along and 'snipe' the trade but they'd have to have the exact set of items to match the negotiated deal, and be watching like a hawk for the deal to appear on the bazaar.

There's also more alt-trading there than I thought. When you look at the trade history and see seemingly-worthless familiars being dealt for impossible returns you realize what's going on.

The only way to avoid these kind of things would be to have min & max value caps on the trade terms (i.e. no trading a R5 card for an R2) and a random trade-appearance time (i.e. you submit your trade offer, then there is a random delay of up to X hours before it goes live).

I still think a trading system can work in this game but it would take some careful design.