Broken Wards (again <.>)

[Tempestmoon]

I like that street marketplace idea but I'm not sure there's enough physical room for them with how the cities are now. I like the whole "rent a stand and decorate it" thing we have that could be expanded on in the future. The problem will only get worse if this game manages to bring in many players. I really do like the concepts behind retainers and market wards though so I would like to see what things they have in store before they think about getting rid of them.

Actually thinking about it now, maybe a gigantic area specifically for this purpose is part of the city redesign? Huge shopping mall/districts type areas?

I would definatly welcome this Idea, don't put retainers in the current city zone. Put them in a new LARGE market area, Fill this area with small shops and stands that need to be rented out. It could be a huge gil sink in the game and spread out the retainers. Every retainer must be either a full shop or pre-designated stand. The bigger your shop the more rent you need to pay. Break this area into the different wards but on the same map and indicate the districts on the map. Have A telelporter taru at the beginning to tele you to the different area's so you don't have to walk as far. Maintain the same search function as a sort of customer service desk so you can find the item you want, indicate it on the map, teleport to the area and grab your item. Also support the ability to identify more then one item at a time.

it's all clear in my head and I think such a system would really bring the DoH to life!

[Estellios]

I would definatly welcome this Idea, don't put retainers in the current city zone. Put them in a new LARGE market area, Fill this area with small shops and stands that need to be rented out. It could be a huge gil sink in the game and spread out the retainers. Every retainer must be either a full shop or pre-designated stand. The bigger your shop the more rent you need to pay. Break this area into the different wards but on the same map and indicate the districts on the map. Have A telelporter taru at the beginning to tele you to the different area's so you don't have to walk as far. Maintain the same search function as a sort of customer service desk so you can find the item you want, indicate it on the map, teleport to the area and grab your item. Also support the ability to identify more then one item at a time.

it's all clear in my head and I think such a system would really bring the DoH to life!

Yea those were my thoughts exactly. Also, if they make stands mandatory to sell stuff and have it cost gil to maintain a stand, it could take some gil out of the economy and rotate people out of the wards. The price could start off really low so that new players can sell things but would rise exponentially every day you keep the spot so the player has to decide if its worth it to keep it or just let the time run out. There would have to be limits in place so that people can't cancel a lease then renew the stand and keep the price low. Maybe you can't rent a stand for a day when a lease runs out.

[Viridiana]

Yea those were my thoughts exactly. Also, if they make stands mandatory to sell stuff and have it cost gil to maintain a stand, it could take some gil out of the economy and rotate people out of the wards. The price could start off really low so that new players can sell things but would rise exponentially every day you keep the spot so the player has to decide if its worth it to keep it or just let the time run out. There would have to be limits in place so that people can't cancel a lease then renew the stand and keep the price low. Maybe you can't rent a stand for a day when a lease runs out.

People should never be locked out of the market, no matter how short a time frame we're talking. Taxes are fine; up-front charges/deposits are fine; pretty much anything that isn't locking people out of the market is fine. Players should never think "Gee, sure sucks that I'm at 330/330 inventory. Too bad I can't sell anything in the market."