Quote Originally Posted by kukurumei View Post
that's basically eliminating the retainer part of the system...which then becomes an AH...so again, the AH is the shorter path.

What you are suggesting is doing 1+1+1+1 instead of simply writing 4.

The more patches or as you call it features you stick in, the more it devalues it under layers of complexity.

I can do the same thing with a standard AH, by simply having an AH menu on your menu screen, and then have a CG scene.

It's semantics again. You are proposing we installed dos then windows98 then windows XP then windows Vista then windows 7. For the sake of preserving your settings. When I have a copy of windows 7 right here. Through everything, the things you are preserving are lost anyway.
It's not as simple as you put it. What it would do is allow people the AH system IF THEY WANT IT, but put it at a price for the convenience.

For those who enjoy the shopping experience (and some people DO enjoy it), you can still wander around.

If you ONLY used the instant buy system, then, yes, you are essentially eliminating the retainers. However, unless the overwhelming majority of the population went to using the "buy it now for a markup" option, there is still an argument for a MW system.

--edited for spelling...I cannot type sometimes--