At the moment, people currently sell "heirloom points". For those who don't know, this means that someone who is about to retire will heirloom an item depending on someone elses request for a sum of gold. This is fine when the buyer wants to purchase a +1 heirloom which they are having a hard time buying. The seller of the "heirloom point" simply needs to get a basic item and heirloom it to sell on the marketplace. However, if the buyer drops out for some reason, the seller may have a hard time selling the newly aquired heirloom.
Furthermore, if someone (like me currently) wants to upgrade an already heirloomed item, there is a high risk of scamming. I have to first trade the seller of the "heirloom point" my heirloomed item for them to heirloom it and then trade me it back. My current way of doing this is having them temporarily buying my heirloom off me (or trading an equivilent heirloomed item), having them heirlooming my item, then buying my new item back for the original cost of me selling it to them (or returning their own heirloom) plus the price of the "heirloom point".
For example, this is how I currently buy "heirloom points" to be used on an already heirloomed item:
- I find a seller of a "heirloom point" and decide to buy it for 400k.
- I trade my +1 Crossbow for 350k.
- The other person heirlooms the item to a +2 Crossbow.
- I buy back my new +2 Crossbow for 750k.
My suggestion which would have a lot less risk involved would be to recieve an item upon retiring which can be used/consumed to heirloom an item. This new item (which we could call "Heirloom Point") would be able to be bought and sold by players on the marketplace.
