Poll: Yea This Again...

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Originally Posted by DurtiMonkeyToe

Well, by the time they actually relaunch the game, I am assuming he means by PS3 Launch, we should have Ishgard by then in which case we would have a whole new city full of wards. Most likely the higher level gear will populate these wards while the new wave of players will populate the starter city wards.

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Right and what about SE's initial plan of allowing each player to have up to 7 retainers (at an extra charge)? the wards will fill up must faster than you think.

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Originally Posted by DurtiMonkeyToe

Well, by the time they actually relaunch the game, I am assuming he means by PS3 Launch, we should have Ishgard by then in which case we would have a whole new city full of wards. Most likely the higher level gear will populate these wards while the new wave of players will populate the starter city wards.

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And then UD would be bare like Grid/Limsa, so that'd be the only place to get stuff.

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Originally Posted by DurtiMonkeyToe

Well, by the time they actually relaunch the game, I am assuming he means by PS3 Launch, we should have Ishgard by then in which case we would have a whole new city full of wards. Most likely the higher level gear will populate these wards while the new wave of players will populate the starter city wards.

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Not to mention that the wards work differently than they did at the time. Everyone tossed their retainer into the first ward only because it was the first one buyers would jump into. There was no search, no specific designation for each ward, and no tax reduction for correctly placing your items in said designations.

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Originally Posted by Mack

Right and what about SE's initial plan of allowing each player to have up to 7 retainers (at an extra charge)? the wards will fill up must faster than you think.

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3-4 cities to fill them up with

not everyone needs to put theirs in uldah like they do now

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Originally Posted by Wynn

Not to mention that the wards work differently than they did at the time. Everyone tossed their retainer into the first ward only because it was the first one buyers would jump into. There was no search, no specific designation for each ward, and no tax reduction for correctly placing your items in said designations.

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So then what is the point of all the hassle of placing your retainer in the "correct" ward (although there is no correct word really considering most people sell different kinds of stuff) and the hassle of running from ward to ward to ward when you can have the exact same functionality at an "AH counter". Don't think of the AH is the same sense it was in FFXI, think of it as the market wards bundled up. There isn't one good excuse for the wards and never has been. The only extra thing about them is impulse shopping but that alone doesn't warrant having them over a counter with more convenience. I'm sure they can find some better use for your retainers.

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Originally Posted by TheVedis

3-4 cities to fill them up with

not everyone needs to put theirs in uldah like they do now

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But would you want to waste anima just to check up on a retainer?

I say NO to FFXI style AH.

However..

A REAL Auction House (eg FFVI, FFIX) where players could put elite items up for bidding would be a fantastic addition. Have an auctioneer as well~

BTW, the OP should use a dev tag for this thread.

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Originally Posted by Corrderio

But would you want to waste anima just to check up on a retainer?

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we may have airships by then to not have to worry about that

but the fact remains, there will be several cities to fill up

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Originally Posted by TheVedis

3-4 cities to fill them up with

not everyone needs to put theirs in uldah like they do now

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When the game was released there was about 3000-4000 players per server. Before they removed the population counter that number dropped to about 500-700 per server. I'd assume its around 300-400 now and the Uldah wards are packed with each person allowed a max of 2 retainers. Say they allow 7 retainers, that makes it a possible 2800 retainers. Say at 2 retainers a person when the game gets a boost of players (assuming back up to 4000 a server) that makes it 8000 retainers. You can hardly fit a 1000 retainers in the wards as is. Moreover, if we`re speaking idealy, there will be about 10K-20K a server much like FFXI had, that is a lot of retainers.

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Originally Posted by TheVedis

we may have airships by then to not have to worry about that

but the fact remains, there will be several cities to fill up

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Which then would probably result in having to jump from city to city to find equipment.