Player Poll: What Specifically is it you want from an "Auction House"

[Cairdeas]

I wish people would stop posting loaded, one-sided player polls. Of course nobody is going to choose the second option the way it is worded. Makes it worthless.

Its not One Sided.

One Option contains all the features of an Auction House that are not reserved specifically or do not require an actual auction house. The other option are the two options that are actually auctions and require one. I wanted to prove a point that what most people are asking for is not actually an auction house. But what most people are resisting is an actual auction house.

For Auction house: We want Convenience and Time Saving easy to use marketing system.

Against Auction house: We do not want Blind or Timed Bidding.

The two sides of one Argument are not arguing against each other but think they are because of the terminology used.

[Xmbei]

Where is RPG in that...? Also you need to go to the mailbox to pick them up either way... so you won't get them instantly.

I mean I'm against an AH, Wards are more jRPG style to me. AH Is for lazy people. (Yes i know this might be considered as an offtopic to the thread and i don't mean to start any discussion or troll war up with this.)

You do realize FFXI was one of the first if not the first to have AH's in an MMO world it is a JRPG and it came way before WoW did.....

[Wynn]

Its not One Sided.

One Option contains all the features of an Auction House that are not reserved specifically or do not require an actual auction house. The other option are the two options are Are actually auctions and require one. I wanted to prove a point that what most people are asking for is not actually an auction house. But what most people are resisting is an actual auction house.

For Auction house: We want Convenience and Time Saving easy to use marketing system.

Against Auction house: We do not want Blind or Timed Bidding.

The two sides of one Argument are not arguing against each other but think they are because of the terminology used.

I happen to agree with you about most people arguing semantics, however this poll is definitely one-sided. Word it better and you might get a more accurate depiction of where people actually stand instead of just lining people up in a way that best supports your argument.

[Eruantien]

You do realize FFXI was one of the first if not the first to have AH's in an MMO world it is a JRPG and it came way before WoW did.....

Yes it was the first to have an AH. people seem to forget this fact

[Greencactaur]

Just add a freaking normal auction house. I swear some of you guys act as if an auction house is something HUGE. Its a standard mmo element.

[Corrderio]

I want the layout/basics of the MW combined with the convenience of the AH.

I know it's shameless promotion, but here's an idea I pitched awhile back:
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...et-system-idea

[Demacia]

Was this necessary? It's blatantly obvious that the reason sane people want an AH is because it's convenient, fast, and easy to use. Also, lol @ Market Wards being "more JRPG".

[Kiote]

You do realize FFXI was one of the first if not the first to have AH's in an MMO world it is a JRPG and it came way before WoW did.....

No it wasn't.. That's a false truth. It WAS the first of it's kind, but Time Bid Style AHs have been around far longer than FFXI.

[Kiote]

There is only going to be one way to solve this issue. Give the players an AH and charge them an massive Jeuno Style Tax and send their stuff to their retainer for pick up. Then remove all the taxes from the market wards so people dont bazzar outside town.

[Holy_Dragoon]

It takes literally about five times as long for me to buy an item as it did in FFXI, and that's assuming I buy the correct one.

Let's say I just leveled up my LNC to 17 and need to look at a new armor tier. Where do I begin? Does LNC prefer leather stuff? What kind of hats? LNC can wear multiple kinds, and in order to even compare these I have to jump back and forth between divisions. I can't sort by level, so even within a single page I have to go back and forth between several pages of data to compare two pieces. Oh, but now I see, this one's out of stock, guess I just wasted my time there! I look the other one up, 15 results, most of them in Tinkerer's Ward. I mark them starred, and then head to Tinkerer's Ward. Hopefully I didn't mix up retainer names, otherwise I'd end up buying someone else's hat as opposed to the cheaper one I wanted. 5 minutes later, I've bought a single item.

Now then, I finally have a hat. Now I get to go back to the counter and look up data for what, 9 other slots? /logoff

That is why I said if they make changes, allow purchases from the counter for a fee. It's a convenience thing for people.