Bazaar!!!

[Yallaid]

Even tho I only ever played the FFXIV 1.0 beta, the Market Stall idea had so much potential and really excited me. Still pretty sad to see it fell to the wayside at some point.

I'd love someone to create a market system slightly less abstracted than the traditional Auction House, and this one really seemed like it was a step in the right direction.

[Gwaeron]

Even tho I only ever played the FFXIV 1.0 beta, the Market Stall idea had so much potential and really excited me. Still pretty sad to see it fell to the wayside at some point.

At the end, in 1.23, it was quite nice. At least in theory. It was searchable, you could buy from the entrance and if you saw someone selling items you liked, you could mark him/her with a star to find the bazaar easier. It was slightly broken when the game went down; Ul'dah's market wards were often full, so you could not choose which ward to pick really, you'd just have to pick whichever ward happened to be not full. Which means you couldn't control which type of stuff got lower sales tax. Otherwise it was working just fine as it was, and browing it could be quite nice. Not sure why they even kept retainers, since they're now only a NPC that no-one but you can see, that appears only for a few seconds when you call them to trade stuff in your inventory...