Market Wards, enough is enough

[PikachuLink]

They should impliment a buy feature at the search menu so i dont have to even run in the ward rooms unless im putting my retainer there to sell it would make it closer to an AH which is a basic feature seen across pretty much every mmo....someone was very drunk when they thought of the market ward system. and where the *^&# is my mailbox.....well my moogle mail carrier

[Kilta_Firelotus]

In Selbina all the wards are used properly and packed to the brim and the wards crash all the time.

that isn't true I was on the server. and did look for gear.

[BruceyBruceyBangBang]

that isn't true I was on the server. and did look for gear.

Just because they didn't crash in the extremely short window you played on Selbina, doesn't mean they do not crash at all.

[Mack]

that isn't true I was on the server. and did look for gear.

I've been on the server since the game was launched I think I would know.

[Kam]

wards are fine, player base isn't.

Its nothing to with the games design is it?

I'm talking main story, but also ease of transportation to everywhere else. Those 2 facts have caused a convergance on uldah.

Its design flaw upon design flaw. Domino effect. w/e..

[Vesperia]

So when the backend database becomes unstable due to it being in heavy development you want the entire town if not the server to go down with it? This is by far not stable code. The game engine is new, as is the game itself which again is in heavy development. So the logical thing to do is separate systems so if one goes down it does not bring down the whole thing. Think of it as modules to an OS's kernel.

Can you say it in english? not everyone has a doctorate in cybernetics.

[SuzakuCMX]

Can you say it in english? not everyone has a doctorate in cybernetics.

They store the data and coding for the market ward separate from the data and coding for the rest of the game so if the wards crash the rest of the game can go on.

It wasn't hard to figure that out.

[Eldaena]

A few ideas I had about the system:

1) Adding more wards to fight stability. Either Battlecraft 1, Battlecraft 2, etc. and/or maybe Linkshell owned wards? A gil sink where LSs can rent out wards or downright purchase them. (By renting that ward, it allows members of that LS to put up their retainers in stalls free of charge. But I would imagine it would be pricey to rent.)

2) Adding more stalls, a lot more, and making it required to be in one. This limits how many people can be in a ward as well as helps to get gil out of the game. The developers can work out what is a stable limit to each ward and make only that many stalls available in each.

3) Slightly off topic, allow players to see what others are trying to purchase from their retainers. That way we can see more than what people are selling, but also what they are seeking.

4) How about instead of just having the marking of the retainer option, maybe there is a choice to mark, or for the player to zone to the retainer. (Or possibly a stand where the retainer comes out to meet you.) Marking is good for people who want to search for several of an item. Insta-retainer would be good for people that just want to get in and out.

[Vesperia]

They store the data and coding for the market ward separate from the data and coding for the rest of the game so if the wards crash the rest of the game can go on.

It wasn't hard to figure that out.

So in other words SE puts crappy servers for the market wards and doesnt care about fixing them because if they crash it's no big deal.

SE needs to employ better servers and better network coders so they can actually start to implement P2P-quality mechanics.

[SuzakuCMX]

So in other words SE puts crappy servers for the market wards and doesnt care about fixing them because if they crash it's no big deal.

SE needs to employ better servers and better network coders so they can actually start to implement P2P-quality mechanics.

No, in other words the main game doesn't crash even if the wards do.

Don't put in words that aren't there just to bash the company :/