Why further enhancements to market wards?

[Kailea_Nagisa]

In the one minute it took you to find and purchase that item, I used an AH in another game to purchase a full set of gear and list my old stuff.

The thing is, market wards have zero advantages over an AH. They do nothing of value that an AH does not do better. Nothing.
They don't list a price history. They require you to run around to buy or sell anything. They essentially tax random items because it's quite unlikely everything you want to sell will be in the same category. They force you to sit through a loading screen and wait for a bunch of NPCs to load for each item you want to buy. They are enough of a bother to use that they are detrimental to the economy, the availability of equipment, and the enjoyment of the game.

They are inferior in every possible way.

I can set up two different sets of items to sell
I can show off gear I am selling
I get extra storage for my stuff


yeah no advantages over AH there........

You are correct. The MW system is heads above and beyond better with the tweaks that they have done. However, no matter what else they do to them, they can never, and will never be as simple as just walking up to a window and buying and selling to your hearts content without having to move an inch. There will no longer be a need to fuss with retainers and what not.

that is the thing, the devs want to retainers to be a big focus, again it is some people just saying "I dont like it so it should be tossed out" crap.