Before anything is said, I would like for the readers to know that I love this game. It is such a beautiful and in-depth game that provides so much; so much so, it puts a lot of other games to shame. There is so much to this whole community and I have only barely grazed the surface. I do not intend to talk disrespectfully about the game or the creators in any way, shape, or form. I only express some concerns I have for the trading system. Sometimes it can be very hard to navigate through the trades and most times it can be too hard to not give up trying.
If these are already being worked on then pay this no mind. This is simply a proposal of sorts as well as a vent from an over thinker.


1. Random Lion “LF” Trade Pop Ups.
When looking up an item and suddenly random lions for trade pop up.
This happens when lion traders puts items in the “I want in return…” area.

Yes, it is necessary to place wanted items in this specific area. No, it is not necessary for these trades to pop up every time a player is searching for a needed item.
This certain common occurrence can cause the search to be 5 or more pages long. Most times blocking certain traders to find what players are looking for can be better than going down the rabbit hole. When players choose to block those traders it can turn a 5 page search to less than half a page; thus showing how much “spam” trades there are when searching for items.
Blocking people should not be the only option. These players could have really nice things to offer; however, it becomes a scavenger hunt that most do not wish to partake in.

Possible Fix:
A “Looking For”, “LF”, button at the top of the trading menu.
This button would toggle on and off the “LF” trade pops ups. The Lioden community would be able to search for the specific items or lions as well as only the “LF” trades.
This would reduce the amount of “spam” trades in the search and make trading so much easier for all players.
Another positive to this button would be players can search solely for “LF” trades with specific items they have.

2. Lion and/or Beetle Specifications.
When a good portion of trades do not include if the lion or beetle is male or female.

Going through and clicking the trade then clicking the lion or the beetle to check the gender on every trade can be mentally draining and somewhat aggravating for players.
This may also be caused by the character limit. This is a necessity because some players may use a no character limit as a way to create a lengthy trade to annoy others. Nonetheless, due to the lack of characters worthy traders have been reduced. It has become tiresome to some traders to resort to reducing the letters and hoping players will understand what they mean.

(Example) “G2 21/1/21 10/15 8/10 NRLC” trade by Echo|G1 Daedal Ukame RLC 3.5K+ as of when this thread was created.

New players have to think long and hard to figure out what this means and even still they may not truly know. Easier trading should be a necessity for a community that does a wide variety of trades with one another every day.

Possible Fix:
New hubs in the “Create a Trade” menu.
These hubs would be for lions, items, beetles, and bundles.
The bundles wouldn’t be just for toy bundles or food bundles but for mass amounts of items in one specific trade.

Such hubs include:


Trading -

(Drop Down Box)

Lion
Beetle
Item
Bundle


(If you click a lion trade then the lion name and description would pop up and vise versa)

Item Name -

(Drop Down Boxes)

Lion:
Mutated Lion
Nonmutated Lion
Rare Lion

Beetle:
Event Beetle
Common Beetle
Oasis Beetle
Gorilla Enclave Beetle

Item:
Amusement Item
Applicator Item
Background Item
Beetle Skin Item
Craftable Item
Custom Decoration Item
Decoration Item
Food Item
Other Item

Bundle:
Lion Bundle
Beetle Bundle
Amusement Bundle
Applicator Bundle
Background Bundle
Beetle Skin Bundle
Craftable Bundle
Custom Decoration Bundle
Decoration Bundle
Food Bundle
Other Bundle


Trading Description -

Closed Typing Boxes (Limited)

Lions:
Sex
Mutation
Type of Mutation
Age
Base
Mane Type
Mane Color
Eye Color
Stats
For Offers? (Drop down box of yes or no)

Beetles:
Sex
Age
Species
Coloring
Stats
For Offers? (Drop down box of yes or no)

Items:
Name
For Offers? (Drop down box of yes or no)

Bundles:
Quantity
Name
For Offers? (Drop down box of yes or no)


Trade Name:

Lions
Sex, Type of Mutation, Age, Stats

Beetles
Sex, Species, Age, Stats

Items
Quantity, Type

(Other information would be there when you clicked on the trade and went into that specific trade menu. It would kind of look like what already happens with items being traded as of when this thread was posted. A little hub that stops the player from having to click on each lion or beetle for sell in that trade and also helps sort through all the trades)


The only things that would have changed is:
Trade Name
Buyout Only (Would be covered with the “For Offers” drop down box)
Length (Would only be by a little with the drop and pop up boxes)



Everything else would stay the same.

Including:
Trade Type (Private or Public)
Private Trade With Member
Buyout Options (SB and/or GB)
Buyout Price
Scroll Boxes to Click on Items, Lions, and Beetles


Yes this one does seem a bit much, some tweaking may be in order.

Always open to questions and concerns. May add more in the future but as of right now this fool is tired. Been writing for way too long, brained fried. I have been listening to Merry Go Round of Life for over two hours now. I must sleep!
Stay gorgeous my fellow Liodenizens!