Quote Originally Posted by ShinChuck View Post
I'm not even sure what your point is, honestly. The people who are asking for an AH don't want a literal AH with nothing else sufficing ever.
Who are you to talk for them? I can assure you that there are those who want AH system called Auction House separate from the Marketplace and can not grasp the fact that Marketplace is about to be made into one. As well as those who say "they don't want an AH since there is the marketplace" who mean that they want the marketplace improved to be as efficient as AH.

It's been shown multiple times that there's no reason they must be kept together, and anymore are really *unnecessarily* connected. Retainers buying and selling is a concept for the old bazaar-style wards. It is now an outdated relic that only adds *unnecessary work* to the system. That's why they should change it.
Well, if we take that approach then there is no reason why SE can't make this game free forever while updating it regularly for years to come and implementing an expansions worth of content every few months. Except the fact that it costs too much money, it uses all of their resources and manpower and is not financially viable tactic for a company looking to make profit.

Anything is possible as long as we ignore the 'details' above. They can improve the item search but they can also keep the retainers to function as-is. There is no logical reason to take it away from them, it just means more work for no apparent gain.