AH info lost in the sauce?

[Chain]

I love polyhedral <3

[twinkles]

I think we shouldn't discount the lack of full quantity search visibility either. It may be a pretty minor thing now to not be able to see more than 20 items, but imagine once the game really picks up and we have a huge influx of players. I could see a large upturn in ward use. The problem of limiting search visibility to the 20 cheapest items of "xyz" will only get worse with time.

[GabbaGabba]

I think we shouldn't discount the lack of full quantity search visibility either. It may be a pretty minor thing now to not be able to see more than 20 items, but imagine once the game really picks up and we have a huge influx of players. I could see a large upturn in ward use. The problem of limiting search visibility to the 20 cheapest items of "xyz" will only get worse with time.

regardless of using the AH or MW, the search list will always be truncated. imagine thousand of players trying to search for items and the amount of stress load it does to the servers.

[GabbaGabba]

You are the one who stated 30 seconds, when you know damn well it takes far longer than that.

No AH I ever used required me to walk somewhere to find the item or buy it.

AH still requires u to walk to a mailbox or zone into ur MH and go into ur mailbox to retrieve the item. buying an item from MW instantly goes into ur inv, unless ur bags are full

[Aerycat]

I feel a lot of ppl are finding faults and flaws of the current ward system, but really, most of the problems can be resolved by :-
- Expanding list of search results.
- Making the search list accessible ANYWHERE within Ward area ( previous searches are cached ).
- Enhance item listing during search ( either a fixed list of items including better distinction between HQ and NQs )

---- Seriously, to the person complaining about loading Market ward retainers. What makes you so sure your computer can handle loading "200 characters standing in front of Auction House" any better ?? Doesn't make sense does it ? Back in Aht Urghan AH FFXI, it's so clogged up I find it hard to even scroll through the items on AH.

A lot of things can be enhanced, without the need to put in another system.

I personally am not a fan of "buying everything on the same spot" :-
- Encourages usage of macros to keep bidding on certain items (bots). A simple key macro like "F8 > Enter > Downx10 > Enter > Downx8 > Enter > Input 1000 > Enter > Up > Enter" Can ensure you buy that item as as soon as it's up.
- Same as mentioned above, too clogged up with all the ppl standing in front of AH either botting or real players

So why not embrace the new system and ask for further enhancements instead of keep going back to Auction House ? Is being able to buy everything on the spot means sooo much ? or is it being able to bot is something you can't live without ?

[Drake]

AH still requires u to walk to a mailbox or zone into ur MH and go into ur mailbox to retrieve the item. buying an item from MW instantly goes into ur inv, unless ur bags are full

no , when you buy from FFXI AH the item goes into ur inv .

[Sagagemini]

AH still requires u to walk to a mailbox or zone into ur MH and go into ur mailbox to retrieve the item. buying an item from MW instantly goes into ur inv, unless ur bags are full

Wrong. Item goes directly to your inv.
But yeah, the gil from items you sold go to your delivery box.

I don't think we are getting an AH, but they should at least make the wards more casual friendly.

[Roaran]

I believe they have already released quite a bit of info on this....

I remember them having to fix the server issues first, and then they would set it up so retainers could actually buy/sell from each other without any aid from the player.

[Holland]

Things that I read on the last four pages are outdated complaints that have already been fixed.

The selected retainer loads at the same time as the zone before every other retainer, only thing you need to do is turn your camera around you when you pop, if you dont see it immediately is because is the other end of the ward.

Things that need to be added or enhanced:

~ Search for HQ items
~ Be able to see the price listing of items while you set the prices on your retainer, so you dont need to run back and forth and either remember the prices you saw for every item you intend to sell or write them down so you dont forget, which is really inconvenient.

Honestly, those two are the ones that bug me the most. I dont mind going into different wards to buy something, it takes me about the same time it took me to purchase items from XI's AH. I have no idea how they plan to solve the issue with Retainers in wards when, lets say, one million players join, but I am sure they have plans for this, also, we have all the other cities market wards unused.

[Seif]

I'm just tired of people like yourself minimizing other people's opinions on this forums, all because you do not find the opinions 100% flattering.

This system sucks. And no, it takes over 30 seconds for retainers to load whenever I use them, everyday.

Quit minimizing it. Just stop it.

This bickering is totally uncalled for. Yoshida promised an AH the poll states that players want it. No further discussion needed. SE just needs to walk the walk instead of giving empty promises.

When 20 guys asked for a sexy outfit they got bikinis within weeks. SE says they're prioritizing important gameplay elements first but after the battle system I can't think of anything more harmful to this game than the lack of an AH and thus the lack of working economy.

It affects every aspect of the game. Farming, crafting, questing, leve choises grind areas everything.