Some things we are all forgetting to mention include that the level section of the item pack should be that of the highest levelled item in the pack. That way, if you meet that requirement you can equip all the items available upon purchase (assuming stats are fine).
Also, the name of the item packs should have some type of filter so we can't put any slurs or offensive messages in the CS.
Also, ban certain recurrences of strings and characters from being entered so that we can't abuse the games coding, as is done in other games. What these could be would be beyond me because i haven't seen much of the game's coding.
Now, here's a potential solution for the other issues mentioned in this post:
If you list an item pack in CS, each packaged item should also appear available in its unique slot (weapon, for example). The catch is, if it is listed in a pack it should appear in its unique slot for '-1' gold so that it cannot be purchased EXCEPT out of the item pack slot. This would fix the problem of slot issues along with giving an indication that the item is available in the CS still. Upon finding a specifc item in the weapons section, it should also indicate what pack this is found in (this should be fairly straightforward to implement.)
Note: i picked '-1' gold for the individual item's price because i'm fairly certain it is impossible to attain -1 gold in your inventory. I can only think of one potential method of attaining '-1' gold, but i'm almost certain it's not feasible, let alone consistent. Perhaps a better value would be the character 'p' for pack. (assuming that has no use in a player class elsewhere).
For packs, change the listing fee to be a total of: 5% of the most expensive item + 3 day rate. In other words, the cost to list a pack is about 4.x times the normal value but it lets you list more than one item at a time... i think that's worth it.
Now that that's out of the way, here is an example of what i mean:
You want to sell a 4pack consisting of:
L25 Dreamers Elven Helmet (5k)
L25 Fiendish Monkey's Paw (1mil)
L25 Dreamer's Earthquake wraps(5k)
L25 Valentine's Black Heart Shield (490k)
The cost of listing each item individually for 3days is:
Helm: 1050
Weapon: 11k
Armor: 1050
Shield: 5900
With the total being: 19k
If you list these items as a pack, the listing price becomes:
assuming the 3day rate is 800gold because i can't find the thread with the figures.
=> listing of pack = (0.05*1e6) + 3day rate
=> listing of pack = 50k + 800
=> listing of pack = 50800 gold
This way you make slightly less gold selling it as a pack, but for the sake of convenience i think this is worth it.
Here's an image i whipped up of what the above example would look like. Yes, i forgot to change the bottom text in listings... it should be whatever the top one says (5 of 5, in this case).
Note how 5slots are used to list 4items. That way, the package counts as an item that takes up a slot, meaning it is able to be purchased. (if it didn't take up a slot you wouldn't be able to buy it because you'd run out of memory somewhere.. and that's not ideal).
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