We need an AH

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I don't think you quite understand what I mean by objectively better. Your points basically consist of "Other MMOs have bad market systems" and "some people like MW". Those are not things that make a system good.

NPC based wards have introduced the following problems:

Ward limits on retainers
Difficulty selling different kinds of items
Forced zoning when buying different kinds of items
Loss of access to 90 storage slots due to retainers being placed in a ward
Having to manage multiple retainers

These are all legitimate, measurable problems with an NPC model that would simply vanish the moment NPCs were taken out of the equation.

But there is no functionality that the NPC model has brought that can't be replicated in a system without NPCs. That's why it's objectively worse.

"Whoever said the human race was logical."

Reducing rpg games to nothing more than efficiency, calculations, and numbers is to me what takes the fun out of the game. MW allow for a type of RP. Maybe they need some help, but they are still more interesting than an AH.

I also don't see the things you listed as problems. Crashing is a problem. Having separate wards so that 80% of the population camps in Uldah is a problem. The things you listed are gameplay.

Anyway, that's the extent of my comments on this. It's not worth a debate to me.

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