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Ammit · Jan 25, 2023 1:34 AM

What is the change?
Auctions no longer run on a "Tuesday/Thursday/Sunday at 8" schedule. They now run every minute. You can set your desired starting bid and how long you want the auction to run for in days. After that time has elapsed that auction ends.

Why is this changing?
The auctions really only work well for a small handful of players who happen to have consistent free time during the auction's end run. They have never worked well for a large number of players. This is bad for buyers for the obvious reason that if you can't use the auction it is worthless to you.

It was also bad for sellers though. The small number of buyers, inflexible auction conditions, and every horse having to be bid on at the same time meant that bids were far lower than they could have been. We should see a significant improvement in sale prices now.

With the new system, you can promote your auction horses on the forum. Since they can have any starting bid you want, run as long as you want, and take bids the whole time, you can use this new system to automate your auctions. No more having to be online to close them or fussing with chat rooms for the sales.

Can I still sell my horses back to the game?
Yes. Set the starting bid to the default 2,500 hbs and the auction bidder will automatically place the starting bid. If you place a starting bid of any value less than the lifetime payout of a horse age 10 or older it will instead bid the lifetime payout of that horse.

If you place a starting bid that is more than the auction bidder is willing to pay, your horse may not sell

Why does it say I bid on my own horse?
If your starting bid is higher than the auction bidder max, you place the starting bid instead of the auction bidder. This functions as your auction reserve.

What happens if my horse does not sell?
Nothing. If your starting bid is not met the horse simply does not sell.

What is not working yet?
I am still working on getting the rescue auction running nicely. It is working right now but is a bit inelegant. The "Last Week's Sale Records" page and the "Bid Watcher" pages are a bit of a mess right now and don't understand the new system. I will be updating these probably tomorrow.

Maribo · Jan 25, 2023 4:25 AM

As someone in a completely different time zone, this is one of my favourite changes ever!

whywishesarehorses · Jan 25, 2023 8:07 AM

I mourn a tiny bit because I am one of those folks who has been very lucky with timing in the past, but that is purely selfish! I am excited about the change though - it should be super interesting to see how prices change.

EaglesFly19 · Jan 25, 2023 10:50 AM

Thank you!

Looper · Jan 25, 2023 8:02 PM

When I go to "Manage Your Entries" it used to show a base amount how much to expect from the Hund and Jump bidder for the next auction in the "Current Auction Payout" box. I'm auctioning off some underperforming showers but this line is showing 0 even though the drop down list has all the horses I entered. Is this a glitch or is it part of the restructuring? Will the payout only show up after the auction runs now?

Ammit · Jan 25, 2023 9:11 PM

Looper, thanks for catching the bug. Fixed now.

Ammit · Jan 25, 2023 11:11 PM

This morning's updates:

-I fixed a bug where "Current auction payout:" was showing the current payout for the wrong account.
-I updated the past sales list to show more information and to be relevant to the new auction system.
-The bid watcher was fixed to only show horses where you are not the owner of the horse.
-Both the auction catalog page and the bid watcher were heavily updated with the search style horse loadouts so you can actually see what you are bidding on. They now also show both how much time an auction still has and when the auction will actually end.
-The search now shows how long the auctions have left. No, we can not sort by time left, please do not ask. It would make the search much too slow.
-The lined rescue has been updated so that it will now enter one horse in the auction at the top of every hour to space out its sales as much as possible.

With these updates, I am calling the new search finished. I will be moving on to focus on other things. :)

Dinascar · Jan 26, 2023 4:11 AM

Love this change! Thanks so much Ammit :)

BoredCowgirl · Jan 26, 2023 3:59 PM

Awesome! Thank you, Ammit!

ConfluenceFarms · Jan 26, 2023 6:02 PM

I've checked a couple times and can't get the search to show the lined rescue horses. I select auction and Owner ID #9 and no results. Same with the Foundation rescue. Am I doing something wrong?

Oh! Wait! It did pull one up. I guess I was just in too much of a hurry!

AgainstTheOdds · Jan 26, 2023 7:29 PM

Love this! ❤️ Thank-you.

Seaswell6 · Jan 28, 2023 1:31 AM

I just realized I can set a search in my bookmarks for the perfect mare in auction, and just touch it every time I log into this account. This is game changing in my hunt for foundation mares.

RLazyBRanch · Jan 28, 2023 9:49 AM

So if I read this right, on horses 10+ the auction bidder will bid current LT payout automatically even if SB is 2500?

Ammit · Jan 28, 2023 10:46 AM

correct. And it will tell you that when you make the bid just like before.

BoredCowgirl · Feb 1, 2023 2:47 PM

Hey @Ammit, I found another auction kink. I tried to place a bid on a horse and got a message saying that I already had 1157101hb's worth of bids so I could not bid on any more… I don’t really have that much in bids, I don’t even have that many hbs in the bank. It’s counting the minimums that we’ve set on horses we’ve entered in the auction against us when we want to bid on other horses in the auction.

SpryOfJune · Feb 1, 2023 11:16 PM

I went to add this horse into the auction via the barn page, and it told me this: "10392201 M CL was removed from the auction."
On that note, he is not in the auction, despite using said option under the barn page.
(I selected for the auction to run two days with a bid of 2500Hbs)
Horse I was trying to enter:

10392201 M CL

Ammit · Feb 1, 2023 11:23 PM

Sounds very much like you hit the remove from auction button by mistake. Did you try entering him again? I would just do that. :)

ObsidianKitsune · Feb 2, 2023 12:22 AM

I have to admit, I love this new auction. No longer do I have to stay up late or hope I get home from work early enough to look at auction horses. I can browse at my convenience~

Ammit · Feb 2, 2023 1:07 AM

@BoredCowgirl thanks! fixed

SpryOfJune · Feb 2, 2023 4:34 AM

I didn't even see that option, LOL. Thanks!
That being said... he's in the auction now (thanks!)... but when you press to remove a horse from the auction, it tells you that you're about to enter xyz horses into auction and to check your selections. It's not a huge deal, but I could see that possibly confusing someone. Maybe that's why I assumed I hit the correct button?

Ammit · Feb 2, 2023 6:21 AM

SpryOfJune good catch Thanks!

SpryOfJune · Feb 3, 2023 10:18 AM

You're welcome!

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