I had seen a conversation about the state of the market and trying to make a whole new system.
The issues with the market for me was just having others fund each other through the market. I believe if this is the only issue with the market that it would be easier to cap the amount of bids you can place in a 24 hour period. Timer period and cap limit would need to be tweaked and discussed to find the best fit.
Example:
Current bids.
100000 iron 30 cancel
100000 iron 30 cancel
100000 iron 30 cancel
100000 iron 30 cancel
100000 iron 30 cancel
Warning message:
You cannot place more then five bids in a 24hr period, you must sell or cancel a bid then wait 24 hours to place another bid.
Personally I prefer the system run with set buy and sell that is governed by the system more. The problem with a set number is it used to serve a strategic purpose, even when not funding, someone capable could fund a whole jump through market, or play enough on the market to keep their family afloat GC wise while waiting for income to recover. When the latter happens it usually floods the market with rss cheap for everyone else so made a new sort of curve to the game.
If the market however had a base rate controlled and then it went up or down based on a set algorithm of items bought and sold previous tick but was all system controlled then it would cost alot more to fund someone and make it more fair. As I see it a system accounting for supply and demand to impact prices is the best way to adjust market