Suggestion: Renaming of the Market or Marketplace buildings

Threather

I'm fairly active on the Discord server and we get a fair amount of questions regarding markets, auction houses and how they work. Normally after that is answered though more detail is given to help explain the difference between a market and marketplace. Below are links from the AoC Wiki discussing Markets and Market places.

https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Markets

A market is a type of unique node building in Ashes of Creation that unlocks at Village (stage 3) of an Economic node.[2]. Markets serve as a center for the transaction of goods and services within the area. Players can use the Market to access features including (but not limited to) some of the following:[3]

https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Marketplaces

Marketplaces are constructible node buildings that are available for placement by mayors of any Town (stage 4) node or higher. These are distinct from a market, which is the unique node building that unlocks at Village (stage 3) of Economic nodes.[1]

I think the similarity between the names of the two unique buildings might cause confusion to players and especially new players when trying to understand where to go at what node to do what task. I would propose a small change in words to one of the two buildings names to make them more unique and stand out more to help prevent confusion by similarly sounding names.

Market becomes Bazaar
or
Marketplace becomes Trading Post

English definitions:
Bazaar
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/bazaar?s=t

noun
a marketplace or shopping quarter, especially one in the Middle East.

Market
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/market?s=t

noun
an open place or a covered building where buyers and sellers convene for the sale of goods; a marketplace:
a farmers' market.

Trading Post
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/trading-post?s=t

noun
a store established in an unsettled or thinly settled region by a trader or trading company to obtain furs and local products in exchange for supplies, clothing, other goods, or for cash.

Marketplace
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/marketplace?s=t

noun
an open area in a town where a market is held.

Thoughts?

daveywavey

Is the difference that the Economic Node gets it a node-level early? Or is the Marketplace just Rental Stalls?

Threather

As I know it from the Wiki, the Market in the economic nodes get it one stage early and has more features than the marketplace.

Markets receive these benefits whereas the marketplace only lists the player stalls:

Auction house where raw resources and processed goods may be posted.
Trade hauling stables for Tier 1 mule training.
Player shop areas for personal shop deployment and rental stalls.
Private property sale certificates.
Hunter’s Post (higher redemption for Tier 1 creature bounties).

daveywavey

Ok, fair dos. Was just the:
"Marketplaces grant certain trade benefits as well as player stalls that the citizens may participate in."

We obviously don't have the info yet on what the "certain trade benefits" are.


But, as to your thread, I'm all in favour of reducing confusion!

Threather

Thanks! I am also aware that we are super early into development and not all data has been given.

Nagash

So could I name everything in a city to be bone themed if I was mayor? How interesting

Kneczhevo

Well thought out a post. I agree, Intrepid needs to work on their terminology, before release. There are some very confusing and debatable wordings. I'd like to see them clean them up, before release.