Any word on when we will get an Auction House?

[Blue79]

I am looking forward to the Auction house any word on when it will be available?

It won't.
It's not even on their radar list of upcoming things they're "working on". There are so many things ahead of it (sadly imo) that even if yoshi were to mention it in next month's letter, there would be another year to develop it before it actually hits players.

I seriously disagree with those who say we don't need it, the markets work fine, or whatever other reason they have but I'm realistic enough to know that it's just not gonna happen... you'll see male mithra before you see an AH. That's just the way it is, hoping just leads to disappointment.

If you really want one, ask for it in the JP forum so at elast the dev's have a chance of seeing it

[Ceons]

It won't.
It's not even on their radar list of upcoming things they're "working on". There are so many things ahead of it (sadly imo) that even if yoshi were to mention it in next month's letter, there would be another year to develop it before it actually hits players.

I seriously disagree with those who say we don't need it, the markets work fine, or whatever other reason they have but I'm realistic enough to know that it's just not gonna happen... you'll see male mithra before you see an AH. That's just the way it is, hoping just leads to disappointment.

If you really want one, ask for it in the JP forum so at elast the dev's have a chance of seeing it

It was one of the top three things most voted for in the player pole. Honestly, I believe if there will not be an auction house (or a broker house, whatever you want to call it however they want it to work) there is a lot of players who will not give this game a chance. There is also many players who will not return to the game and many who will give up the wait and leave.

The Market Wards work right now with less than the bare minimum. Instead of planning to add a lot of extra fluff content in the game even though we all like that I think they should really consider focusing on fixing the main issues of the game. The things that the game was most criticized for in the major reviews like no mail system, terrible economy system (MW), The settings for the game being outside the game, the game crashing when alt+tabbing, the lack of beginner direction (till you learn the system), limited daily quests as only/main content, main story only having one impressive cut scene with voice over (the first one), no transportation or housing, copy paste landscape and no sense of progression.

The armory system doesn't actually have a flaw. Everyone likes a little bit of customization on skills! There was nothing majorly wrong with having manual attack. There was/is no need to continuously 'improve' the market wards.

Anyway these changes have been good, just that they should have fixed some of the more pressing issues. Fixing the foundation of the game to build more on it could be easier.

Short version: FFXIV needs an auction house/bidding house/broker!

[Blue79]

It was one of the top three things most voted for in the player pole. Honestly, I believe if there will not be an auction house (or a broker house, whatever you want to call it however they want it to work) there is a lot of players who will not give this game a chance. There is also many players who will not return to the game and many who will give up the wait and leave.

The Market Wards work right now with less than the bare minimum. Instead of planning to add a lot of extra fluff content in the game even though we all like that I think they should really consider focusing on fixing the main issues of the game. The things that the game was most criticized for in the major reviews like no mail system, terrible economy system (MW), The settings for the game being outside the game, the game crashing when alt+tabbing, the lack of beginner direction (till you learn the system), limited daily quests as only/main content, main story only having one impressive cut scene with voice over (the first one), no transportation or housing, copy paste landscape and no sense of progression.

The armory system doesn't actually have a flaw. Everyone likes a little bit of customization on skills! There was nothing majorly wrong with having manual attack. There was/is no need to continuously 'improve' the market wards.

Anyway these changes have been good, just that they should have fixed some of the more pressing issues. Fixing the foundation of the game to build more on it could be easier.

Short version: FFXIV needs an auction house/bidding house/broker!

I agree.
but to clarify I wasn't saying the players didn't want it, I was saying an AH hasn't been on Yoshi's to-do list he posts. I really like the concept of the armory system and being able to tailor my abilities to create the rdm/nin/bst hybrid I always wanted lol Heck, I left Aion (which i really liked) for xiv because of all the possibilities. But honestly, i'm one of those who without an AH, mail, ect... will not stay when they ask for a monthly fee. There's just some basic functions I expect from an mmo.