I definitely don't want more retainer space or more retainers because it's confusing as hell to know where you left those dodo feathers one month ago when you were patient enough to find your retainer. Having 2 only makes it more confusing and by confusing I also mean annoying. Pressing through retainer systems and waiting for 3d models to load has nothing to do with what I want to do at the marketplace in the 1st place that is to:
1.Chek what the going rate for the item is before I put it on sale
2. Just put it on sale and buy something while I'm at it.
Currently all of these functions of a working economy are botched and as such I've noticed most players ignore the whole MW completely.
When only a fraction of the already small player-base is using the MW don't you understand that it doesn't matter if you personally like it or not? This game has no stable economy and as such it's broken because it affects every area of the gameplay.
There is no cross trading between Disciples, huge gaps in gameplay with proper gear because none are found on sale. No mats for crafters and no set battle tactics for specific gear because it's always too unreliable.
I'm sorry if you like the MW but honestly it does not matter when there's nothing on sale because most players don't use it due to not liking it.
Majority voted for an AH in the poll it's downright unacceptable that SE is focusing on much smaller tasks that received under 10% of the votes before the big issues are done.
This is certainly not the only AH thread so far there has been dozens of AH threads with thousands of replies because people really want an AH. It's not a matter of getting used to a broken system it's a matter of people not using it at all because they don't like it and it's affecting every area of gameplay.
Every time I toss something out of my inventory I have no idea what it's worth and there's no easy way to tell like there is in every other MMO.
Little things like aggro levels and long-range attacks got immediate response from SE (also confirmations that they've started work on the those issues) with just one unpopular thread but the AH issue has been on these forums since the forums were launched and it's been a hot topic for more weeks than any single issue in the entire game so far.
People want an AH and besides that they want to know that one is still coming as hinted by N. Yoshida when he got the job. Knowing that an AH is coming would do a lot to restore hope to the games future and it would also give a strong marketing card to SE for pushing XIV news to the mass media gaming sites where XIV has been a laughing stock. Almost always the fact that "it still doesn't have an AH" is mentioned.
Even Gamasutra a developer magazine that usually focuses on positive interesting aspects of game design ran a long article on how XIV's MW system doesn't work and it featured most major MMO's as examples of thriving economies that do it right.
The AH isn't about making a good game for me or you but as a whole the economy of XIV isn't stable and as such many aspects of the game are not working as intended. Especially in a game where the trade between classes is so intergal to the core of the game.


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