Market Wards, enough is enough

[Cutriss]

Yoshida asked we wait patiently for the battle system which would take time and be considerably more pleasant.

Okay. So Battle Team is working on that.

What about everyone else?

Have they pulled in any staff to speed up the process? I know, mythical man-hour and all that, but isn't this one of the reasons WHY they're using Crystal Tools? Shouldn't they be able to pull people off other projects to help get this back on track?

That's the problem of perception right now. Yes, they've said things are wrong, but they don't act like it's all that important.

This is where one of the sympathizers comes in and tells me "Of course it's important, they're not charging anything for the game so they're losing money!". Just don't bother. It's an investment in a revenue generation system - if it costs more upfront to make sure it pays off, then it's not a loss of money.

[Nikita]

PSU had a some-what interesting system kinda similar to XIV now that I'm thinking about it. You would search for the item (or item type, I don't remember) and it would take you to a players house. There you can browse their personal shop as well as their house and see all their furniture.

I remember people talking about something like this and it actually sounded kind of cool. ^_^ When they originally were saying they were working on "allowing your character to remain online to sell items even after you log out", I recall some people saying how cool it would be to set up your own shop in your mog house, set up your own stand with the armor you are selling, etc.

Personally, after all of that speculation I remember, the Market Wards in their current form were a bit of a let down.

[Wynn]

In Everquest II they have a mixed system where you can either purchase something directly from the listing board with a convenience tax or travel to a players home to purchase an item for the normal cost. This is what I think we should have in XIV, only instead of home you have the wards. It is a good compromise.

[Kailea_Nagisa]

then you would have people complain about having to pay the tax to buy it instantly, and say they feel like they have to go to the persons place to get it.

The MW is fine, but in its current state it needs work, a but more polish and a few more features and it can be a good system.

[Wolfie]

then you would have people complain about having to pay the tax to buy it instantly, and say they feel like they have to go to the persons place to get it.

The MW is fine, but in its current state it needs work, a but more polish and a few more features and it can be a good system.

How many times do I have to say that the server infrastructure literally cannot handle having to render every shop and it's not feasible to add the infrastructure that could?

[Shai]

Okay. So Battle Team is working on that.

What about everyone else?

Have they pulled in any staff to speed up the process? I know, mythical man-hour and all that, but isn't this one of the reasons WHY they're using Crystal Tools? Shouldn't they be able to pull people off other projects to help get this back on track?

That's the problem of perception right now. Yes, they've said things are wrong, but they don't act like it's all that important.

This is where one of the sympathizers comes in and tells me "Of course it's important, they're not charging anything for the game so they're losing money!". Just don't bother. It's an investment in a revenue generation system - if it costs more upfront to make sure it pays off, then it's not a loss of money.

Everyone else is working on other things. It doesn't mean he can implement them.
I'm just telling you what Yoshida said. Please wait.

[Shai]

How many times do I have to say that the server infrastructure literally cannot handle having to render every shop and it's not feasible to add the infrastructure that could?

Yeah. You're clearly the judge on that.
I'm not sure why SE didn't ask you to begin with since you know everything about server infrastructure.

Probably didn't want to pay you the consultation fee.

[TheVedis]

Everyone else is working on other things. It doesn't mean he can implement them.
I'm just telling you what Yoshida said. Please wait.

People dont understand the word priority
nothing new there

[Wolfie]

Yeah. You're clearly the judge on that.
I'm not sure why SE didn't ask you to begin with since you know everything about server infrastructure.

Probably didn't want to pay you the consultation fee.

Considering that I'm a software engineer by profession and my current job also involves having to manage a cluster of servers, yes, I would say I have a fair bit of insight on what's causing MW problems and why they're limited in the way they are now.

[TheVedis]

Considering that I'm a software engineer by profession and my current job also involves having to manage a cluster of servers, yes, I would say I have a fair bit of insight on what's causing MW problems and why they're limited in the way they are now.

im no engineer or programmer and even i know thats why they are having issues now