[Suggestion] Auction Starting Bid

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  1. a18greek18

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    Suggestion: When the first player bids on an item, make the minimum bid be the same as the starting price, and not the starting price+bid increments.

    Reason: When you see an auction and you see "Starting price" you assume that it is the minimum a bid can be. I have seen some players abuse this feature by starting an auction at a low starting price but having a high bid increment (ex. starting price of $100, but bid increment of 10k tricks the bidder into bidding 10.1k)

    Any Other Information: Suggestion is based on this thread http://www.ecocitycraft.com/forum/threads/bug-in-auction.125473/

    Link To This Plugin: ECC's custom auction plugin
     
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    Would help with troll auctions too
     
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    Now you have to type the number after /bid so that doesn't happen anymore. I do agree though it should start at the starting price because it's confusing a lot of people
     
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  5. TURBOxN3RD

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    +1 this only makes sense, as irl auctions starting bid is what the first bid is and if no bids after that then you get it at that price. I too think it will decrease troll auctions as well.
     
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    I'll contact the developer and see what he can do :)
     
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    Will be fixed in next update.
     
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