Further proof that the market wards are a festival of failure.

[ManekiKanji]

Part of the problem for this actually happening is alot to do with how they failed to make the good people equally distribute they're population between each of the three city states, altho the visual aspect of seeing blank Npcs with bazaars isnt much of a needed part of the game.

I used to be in total favour of a market ward system but really with the strain it puts on the server, not being able to summon retainers where you'd like forcing Higher tax's, and the frequent market crash's( altho it has improved) i really dont mind making it more simplfied with just a click and buy, the game wouldnt suffer losing the visual zombie npcs standing around in the wards.

[Procas]

I don't use wards.. I think I'm not smart enough to use them. I cant find my retainer. I have to lease a stand to find it. I never know what items to sell or what items to keep cause I dont know the value of items. When I try to sell I go to search counter and I have to decide if I sell for the lowest I see (10k) or the highest I see (120k). If i want to get rid of the item I have to sell low.. but I dont want to loose money. I go back to the retainer... and I lost it again... I find it... I forgot what I was selling and how much I was selling it for... Then I have to check the price of the items that are not selling, and I wonder if they are too high or they are just being sold in the wrong market... so I get fustrated... and I feel dumb, and I go outside and npc everything but shards and crystals.

[Nabiri]

It has been stated that the upcoming auction house system will work in conjunction with the market wards.

Could you please, (or anyone else) give a link where SE said that there will be an auction house?
Perhaps I missed something. All I've seen was "Examination of an auction house system" so far in Yoshida-san's letter.

[Doho]

it seems like everyone is on the same page with scrapping the visual representation/cosmetic aspect of the market wards.

is there anyone in defense of actually seeing wards full of zombie npcs? state your case now so we can point and laugh at you


also, a suggestion to the devs:

1) scrap the wards, but not the retainers.
2) add player housing
3) retainers will be the new caretakers of the homes (ie. moogles in FFXI)
4) allow players to open up their private housing as shops
5) create an auction house that draws data from these private shops.
6) ???
7) PROFIT. (we know this is what you want) lol

SE look at me, look at me in my eyes. DO THIS. do it right now. look at me. now look at your playerbase. now look at me again. your playerbase is now DIAMONDS.

[Tempestmoon]

Personally I like the entire Idea of market wards. For sure improvements need to be made. What they need to do is improve what they have and join it with an AH type system for those who do not what to use it.

I invision a large outside markplace, Maybe a town center type setting with a large fountain in the middle and all the retainers in a ring on the outside. Increase space dramaticly, clean it up and not allow large clumps of retainers, and have a search NPC/counter in the middle.

I also think that items for DoW/DoM should be more leaning toward the AH system/over the counter, and where browsing and shopping is good is for the crafters. I don't mind looking through NPC's for Mat's, but when I want a sword, just give it to me!


My 2 gil

[Yoohre_WildRiver]

What if the search item would search in all Cities Wards, so if the item your searching is not in uldah but it is in limsa you can go there or ask a friend that is there to buy it and deliver it you your.. oh wait.. we dont have Mail boxes yet..
nvm

[Peregrine]

How is there no room in the mason's ward? I can see battle ward, the tailors' wards, and crystal ward but mason's? It's usually got like 30 people in it last I went in, and I'm a smith!

Maybe the bot alts have gotten out of hand, time to THIN the HERD.

[Nabiri]

Implementing a global teleport and search function just for market wards will alleviate all that congestion of uldah wards. Also, instead of giving people more retainers or adding another ward category, they should just increase the amount of items the retainers can sell.

This is what I've been proposing all along. ^^ I think it would help a lot.
I also like your idea of allowing a retainer to sell more items. The market wards are far from a lost cause right now. SE still has many things they haven't tried yet to improve the wards. People are coming up with many good ideas. Giving up now would be a little cowardly. I hope they do try all that they can before giving up.

[Doho]

I'd be in favor of it if it were something like Tempest described. but right now it's basically a bunch of lifeless.. no I'm sorry, foot twitching zombies crammed into a space as small as the Phantom Train in Dissidia 012. (the most cramped stage if you haven't played it)

structurally speaking wards should have been circular in design instead of long and rectangular. but you know.. also... they should not exist at least as they are now.

[Demacia]

Are people still defending Market Wards?