The problem of developing and promoting online games is an acute challenge for developers. Despite the fact that “Warframe” is currently not lacking in players, there are a number of problems that cause a persistent negative reaction in the community. In Warframe, trading is one of the main causes of headaches for both old-timers and beginners.
Market and auction
What is the problem? Why is trading so complicated and annoying at Warframe? Everything is simple. There is no official site in the game. A player cannot simply put an item at an auction and leave, taking the proceeds by mail the next day. To sell an item, you must always be online.
But here, the developers blundered. Maybe in Warframe trading is like Perfect World? Not. Here you can not get up "in the cat" or install a tray and go about their business, leaving the computer to work alone. Of course, there is some analogue, but in order to sell something, you will have to constantly look at the monitor ... for several hours. What needs to be done in order to somehow manage to fuse the accumulating drawings and equipment elements?
Chat
This is the main trading tool for Warframe. If a player needs to sell or buy something, he will have to use a special trading chat. By default, to get into it, you need to press the [T] button on the keyboard and go to the third tab, on which two arrows are drawn. In extreme cases, you can use the channel of the clan or alliance, because most players prefer to sit in them.
A few more problems the player faces when he tries to advertise a product.
- While on a mission, there is no way to write in a trade chat. That is, with all the desire, the gamer will not be able to do two things at the same time - to pump and advertise the goods. As a result, in order to make some money, you just have to sit and do nothing.
- For messages in the general chat can be banned. In Warframe, trading is permitted exclusively in the corresponding channel, so 80% of players simply will not see the merchant's offer.
- There is no way to "encrypt" / "link" the product into the chat with one click. For a link to an item to appear, you must type its name yourself and enclose it in square brackets [].
So, there are plenty of trading problems in Warframe, and developers are in no hurry to solve them. What now do players who want to exchange items?
Requirements
You can start exchanging items in the game only if certain conditions are met. How to open trading in Warframe? To do this, you must meet the following requirements:
- Participants in the exchange must be level 2.
- They must have tax credits.
- They should not have spent limits on the exchange.
- Both must have an open bazaar for Meru on Mars (4 planets according to the plot), or at least one must have a clan with a dojo and a trading post.
- In the inventory should be free space (when exchanging finished items).
- Items that are not of a rank cannot be transferred. For example, a player of level 11 will not be able to transfer the player to the 7th fault mode.
If the players satisfy these conditions, they can conclude a deal.
Trading Post
A building that a clan architect in a dojo can build. Oddly enough, it is located in the section with decorations. The price will depend on the size of the existing clan, and it will take three cells to build.
To make a deal, a clan player must go to his dojo and click "invite" on the trading partner’s nickname. Or enter the command "/ inv name" into the chat. When the second party to the transaction gets into the dojo, he will have to come up and "use" ([X]) a trading post. Then find the name of the seller and click "trade". When the first dealer confirms the start of the transaction, it will be possible to begin the exchange process.
Bazaar of Meru
A kind of market where you can exchange between players. Since using a dojo at Warframe is not always convenient, many players flock here.
To conduct the exchange, the seller must choose a place at the station where no one will block him. Then press the [Q] button and click "Enable Merchant Mode". After that, a menu appears with five cells in which it will be necessary to lay out the items that he wants to exchange. Those who wish to exchange must come up and throw a request for exchange by pressing [X].
Thus, the exchange system in Warframe is very different from other well-known MMO RPGs in that when trading on the market, the seller must be online in order to confirm his consent to the transaction several times.
Tax
For the implementation of the transaction will have to pay in loans. The player loses the amount, depending on how valuable items he received. If a gamer transfers an item for free, then he does not lose anything.
- Modes and synthesis nuclei - 2000/4000/8000. For a legendary item you have to pay 1 million.
- The relics of the abyss are similar - 2000/4000/8000 (for neo and axi).
- Platinum is taxed at 500 credits apiece.
- Prime warframe drawings cost 4,000.
- Antitoxins and hoaxes also depend on rarity - 2000/4000/8000.
- Warframe blueprints and weapons details, ship blueprints, focus lenses, helmets, and the genetic code are all tax deductible 2000.
Obviously, trading is not cheap. Most players prefer to give away goods for platinum. So when selling a set of drawings for a high cost prime warframe, you will have to give about 200 * 500 = 100,000 credits. And this is not the highest price. Moreover, if a player wants to earn credits by trading, then he will be disappointed. The tax on the sale of platinum will exceed the amount of loans that he will receive from the exchange.
What can be sold
Unfortunately, not all items in the game can be exchanged. Below is a list of what you can earn.
- Fashion. When trading, you should be careful, as you can accidentally sell an improver. An exception is the mods obtained in the prologue and outdated decommissioned by developers, but not removed from the players inventory.
- The keys of the dragon and the ruins of Orokin.
- Relics of the abyss.
- Platinum. However, you cannot use the "starting" currency for the exchange and received by promotional codes as gifts.
- Prime Warframe weapon details and prime warframe blueprints. Very important: the finished parts of the “armor” cannot be exchanged. But they can be sold to NPC Baro Ki'Tiir (appears on a random relay for 2 days every 2 weeks) for ducats.
- Finished Archwing Parts.
- Not an improved weapon of syndicates and abyss merchant.
- Alternative mystical helmets that give additional characteristics. At the moment, they are nowhere to be obtained, so the only hope remains is to buy it by hand.
- Fingerprints of the genocode.
- Sculptures of ayatan.
- Scenes
The variety of items on which you can earn is simply huge. Almost all items are at least some, but value.
Amount of deals
The trade limit at Warframe is one of the main problems. The number of transactions that a gamer can make per day is strictly limited by the following rules:
- The number of trading operations is limited by the level of the player. That is, if the rank of skill in Warframe is 5, then the number of transactions is limited to five.
- An additional number of opportunities (+2) are available to buyers of the “founder” kit. Unfortunately, at the moment they are not for sale.
- Available transactions are updated at three o'clock Moscow time.
- If in 3 MSCs the player remains in the dojo, then the limit will be updated only after the exit. That is, staying in place, you can use up all yesterday’s limits, reload and continue the exchange with renewed vigor.
- Only five items can be exchanged at a time.
Why such a system was introduced is unclear. Since trading in many games is one of the possible sources of income, here it is a castrated function that forces the player to spend even more.
Third Party Resources
Fortunately, this situation could not continue for too long. Therefore, the players solved the problem on their own. There are a large number of sites and groups on social networks where you can advertise your product. All of them are easily searched using a browser. The player simply leaves a message in the group, the client contacts him, and they agree on the time when both will be online and will be able to complete the transaction.
In addition, one cannot fail to mention one of the most popular resources - Warframe.Market. It stands out because this trading platform is designed specifically for such operations. There you can not only find out the current prices for any item, but also check whether the seller is now online. And for ease of communication, by pressing just one button, send a private message with the offer of the transaction.