I would like to BEG SE to make it to where Retainers not selling anything will disappear from the wards. As it is, I MUST rent a stand every single day, because the wards are all full... And I see lots of retainers standing around who aren't even selling anything! This isn't fair!
Empty Retainers should disappear.
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06-19-2012, 12:39 PMPunainenEmpty Retainers should disappear.
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06-19-2012, 12:44 PMNoirNo. They are empty because they sold cheap stuff. Wait 7 days and try again.Quote:
Originally Posted by Punainen
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06-19-2012, 12:48 PMPunainenIts ridiculous to wait a solid week for an empty retainer to leave so I can attempt to RACE someone to grab the spot. I'm selling cheap stuff too. But I also refill my retainer more than once a week.Quote:
Originally Posted by Noir
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06-19-2012, 12:48 PMMasamune1004
If they did that then people would just start selling things for 999,999,999 even more.
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06-19-2012, 12:50 PMPunainenAt least then they'd have to pay one of their shop spots to reserve their place for a week. As it is, someone can keep coming back to check their empty retainer and keep the thing there indefinitely.Quote:
Originally Posted by Masamune1004
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06-19-2012, 12:50 PMNoirWho said they are there a week empty? Mine for example prolly is empty. I can't refill when I'm at wrk. Only when I get home.Quote:
Originally Posted by Punainen
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06-19-2012, 12:51 PMArkine
I snatched a spot and made my retainers sell some 999999999 stuff just so I can keep the spot forever.
Not proud of it but hey! beats having a million things to sell but no place to sell them because SE won't scrap concepts that weren't even completed when the old team was in charge of the game. -
06-19-2012, 12:57 PMPunainenThen empty retainers should have a 24 hour period before they vanish. Either way, as it is, no one can sell anything because a third of the wards is empty retainers just taking up room.Quote:
Originally Posted by Noir
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06-19-2012, 01:29 PMDeadRiser
Maybe people should search BEYOND the Ul'dahn market wards. But all the f*cktards that inhibit the servers, that's very unlikely. Trust me, it took me a solid week to finally get a retainer in the Ul'dah market wards because everything was full already.
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06-19-2012, 02:33 PMArkineReserve Ul'dah to the Ul'dahns!Quote:
Originally Posted by DeadRiser
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06-19-2012, 05:17 PMLum
Go stand in one of the popular markets and spam your summon retainer button until someone brings their out to check it. Works for me every time after a few minutes during peak times.
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06-19-2012, 05:39 PMElexia
2 other cities no where near full, time to start utilizing them even more. They do disappear when it's empty and unchecked for a week, SE USED to reset wards after x period of time, but not anymore cuz people complained they couldn't sell anything.
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06-19-2012, 05:45 PMNixYou know. . . That could work pretty well, give people a bigger tax-break if they used the ward that corresponded to the nation they were allied with.Quote:
Originally Posted by Arkine
It'd make it smoother if you could search all 3 wards from one mercantile house too instead of it being like "Check price/zone/check price/zone/check price/zone/buy item" -
06-19-2012, 10:45 PMDeadRiserYup, it would have been so much easier if that could happen. But people in XIV don't like to spend an extra 5 seconds to go to the other market house lol.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nix
What they did so far (in essense) was great. But the community is what kills it... much like the search system. -
06-19-2012, 10:53 PMPunainenYes, you should be able to search and buy from all three towns without having to zone in and out of mercantile houses. That alone would help immensely. As it is, only Uldah is worth selling in because that's all anyone searches.Quote:
Originally Posted by DeadRiser
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06-19-2012, 10:57 PMKiriA500You just told us that you spent a week trying to get your retainer in Ul'dah. You can't really talk poorly of the community when you do the exact thing they do.Quote:
Originally Posted by DeadRiser
What needs to happen, is have the markets work the way the auction house worked in XI. You pay the tax up front, which would prevent people from placing stuff up for max gil, and it's up for a maximum of 7 days. There is no reason why this stuff stays up indefinitely. -
06-19-2012, 11:00 PMSkiesThat's all YOU search.Quote:
Originally Posted by Punainen
I seach Limsa first and Gridania second.
You know the system sucks, they have said they can't fix it yet, if you pay attention to the signs you will SEE how goddamn obnoxious and retarded this game's inner core programming must be. But we as players can heavily alleviate this issues.
Start helping the change, don't check the Ul'Dah wards first, check them last and on if it really fails, give incentive to the markets elsewhere. Don't try to station both of you retainers on Ul'Dah, put one elsewhere! Put some stuff that people actually wants to sell in there!
Start making a goddamn difference, after you have done your part as a player, then you can complain. We know the system is retarded, the devs know the system is retarded, so let's do what we can. -
06-19-2012, 11:37 PMKrausus
what I dislike is that +1 mats dont show on the list if there are 20 cheaper NQ items, does the search box allow you to search for +1 mats only?
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06-20-2012, 01:13 AMDohoI was just about to say the same thing. They could even go as far as [don't hate me just yet] flat out restricted selling outside of your home nation. Everyone could still browse via mercantile houses and it would split up traffic significantly.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nix
But all this aside, HOPEFULLY a real auction house is in the works for 2.0. No need to re-invent the wheel here. Just give us something that works. -
06-20-2012, 02:48 AMNixI wouldn't mind that restriction either, it'd be nice especially if they allowed searching all 3 sets of wards from one mercantile house!Quote:
Originally Posted by Doho
Loving the ideas posted so far guys, let's keep 'em coming! :D -
06-20-2012, 02:58 AMSpy
I got tired of fighting Ulda's wards and started putting my retainers in the Limsa wards. My stuff actually still sells.
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06-20-2012, 02:58 AMKeres
Solution to all of the above issues: Burn the market wards to the ground and build a global auction house on the ashes.
Good thing they're doing something akin to this in 2.0. :) -
06-20-2012, 03:01 AMHalvaard_Vidan
Hmm restricting sales to your home nation isn't a half bad idea, it's basically fair to everyone since it forces everyone to split up more or less equally.
Another idea I've had was to restrict what's sold in each town by what guilds are in that town.
Need Armor? Search Limsa.
Need a Bow? Search Gridania.
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06-20-2012, 03:12 AMKraususQuote:
Originally Posted by Halvaard_Vidan
the only way they could do that is if they gave us 3 retainers and then people would complain about having to put different items on each retainer. They already have a fix coming in 2.0 we will just have to wait.