[Master] Trading Between Players - Please add your comments & ideas here!

[zephyr1]

@Grimtutor I think that is just completely incorrect.

There is nothing in beta, and it would be nearly unimaginable that they would release such functionality without beta testing and feedback.

Additionally, during the recent AMA trading between players was addressed, and Tim indicated that while trading between players is of interest to the game designers, they aren’t working on adding it at the moment, and are instead focusing first on the Alchemy Lab and Hero Academy:

@Kerridoc

6. Trading between players is perhaps the most commonly requested feature addition to the game. You’ve previously expressed a desire to add something related to this to the game. Do you still have that in mind for the future, or will other things like the Alchemy Lab and Hero Academy take the place of trading?

Alchemy Lab and Hero Academy will do something about that. These are are parts of the Stronghold Upgrade. Because they are very doable. Trading has some things to solve, and we are super-busy with all the other things we want to do inside Empires & Puzzles. So because we wanted to get something this year that addresses some of these issues, that’s why we’re adding these buildings.

Alchemy Lab will enable conversion of “junk” (lower rarity items) or items so you can use lower-rarity items to try to get higher-rarity items. That’s the intended use of the Alchemy Lab. It’s not exactly trading, like people want to do, and the social aspect would be awesome, but if you have hundreds of thousands of unused items in your inventory, the Alchemy Lab will provide a use for them. It’s not trading, but it’s a step.

Same with Hero Academy, a surplus of heroes can be converted into new ones. Let’s see how that rolls out. I’m hoping that the Hero Academy would have something where some heroes could be traded or converted into new ones, but that needs to be tested in beta

The Alchemy Lab is more straightforward, and the design’s already mostly done. It’s just waiting to get coded up.

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There are also several additional priorities for development this year, making it unlikely that trading between players would be seen in the coming months, if even this year at all.