Mail, AH and Banks

[Onidemon]

Honestly? I don't think there is a way to still keep the graphical market wards and still have it be viable. There's way too much overhead involved when keeping rendered retainers around, and if they introduce a secondary system that isn't severely crippled like FFXI's AH, MW will pretty much die off.

But they can make it be a good, viable system while still not giving it a WOW-esque feel by just moving everything to a menu/text based interface. By that, I mean you'd still have to place items on a retainer to sell/repair/whatever them, you just don't have to go toss him in a dungeon. Removing the need to place retainers in a zone will have amazing effects on the organization, user friendliness, and stability.

To give you an idea of what that might look like, it would be like player shops from Neopets or Amazon.com's scheme (user-made shops, no auctions, can browse whole shop, etc).

I'm not sure if i understand this correctly but do you mean having the ability to summon retainers anywhere a la Ragnarok? It can be cool but I think the main reason for having retainers in the wards is for server stability. I don't think the servers can handle it.

[Wolfie]

I'm not sure if i understand this correctly but do you mean having the ability to summon retainers anywhere a la Ragnarok? It can be cool but I think the main reason for having retainers in the wards is for server stability. I don't think the servers can handle it.

No. I mean not setting up the retainers anywhere, at all. No more shuffling between dungeons to check out vendor-zombies, no more tearing your hair out because X ward can't accept any more retainers, nada. Just have everything be done via a menu/text interface like Amazon.com/Neopets, and remove the physical aspect of MW.

[Onidemon]

No. I mean not setting up the retainers anywhere, at all. No more shuffling between dungeons to check out vendor-zombies, no more tearing your hair out because X ward can't accept any more retainers, nada. Just have everything be done via a menu/text interface like Amazon.com/Neopets, and remove the physical aspect of MW.

Then in that case, wouldn't it be like an AH? I'm not familiar with neopets.... AH is pretty much that... everything is text/menu based...

[Wolfie]

Then in that case, wouldn't it be like an AH? I'm not familiar with neopets.... AH is pretty much that... everything is text/menu based...

If by AH you mean a text/menu interface as opposed to physical shops, then yes, it is.

If by AH you mean something where you actually BID on things, then no, it isn't.

[Onidemon]

If by AH you mean a text/menu interface as opposed to physical shops, then yes, it is.

If by AH you mean something where you actually BID on things, then no, it isn't.

Yes the bidding part is unnecessary, when i played WOW, i never used the bidding option unless i had to. Always buyout and 90% don't use or like using the bidding part of the AH so yes i'm all for using the same system but without bids.

[Gankfest]

The whole market wards retainer system just needs to go, it was a retarded idea to start with and is a retarded idea to continue with. I can't believe it's still there after this long seriously...