Any word on when we will get an Auction House?

[DNO]

Yeah but when the guy SELLING the game at gamestop actually comes out and tells you the game isnt very good and it doesnt even have an auction house it does make a difference.

But thats not what he will say. he wont say the game is not good because it does not have an AH. He will say the game sucks because of the million mistakes SE made at the start.

[odintius]

If you don't purchase a game because the guy selling the game tell's it doesn't have an aution house and that prevents you from buying the game solely on that point you seriously have some issue to deal with. Would I like to see aution house yes and no dont mind the markets could be improved but I can wait if it happens or not.

[Nester]

But thats not what he will say. he wont say the game is not good because it does not have an AH. He will say the game sucks because of the million mistakes SE made at the start.

I just bought a copy at Gamestop on Friday and he said "The game looks beautiful and it is free to play right now. I was thinking of checking it out. Let me know if it is any good next time you come in." But I am sure there are Gamestop employees that have played it and might mention the AH. I have only been playing this weekend and I noticed several things I want improved before adding an AH.

[TheVedis]

I just bought a copy at Gamestop on Friday and he said "The game looks beautiful and it is free to play right now. I was thinking of checking it out. Let me know if it is any good next time you come in." But I am sure there are Gamestop employees that have played it and might mention the AH. I have only been playing this weekend and I noticed several things I want improved before adding an AH.

every store employee ive seen, not just game stop, who mentions the game when im looking at stuff, doesnt talk about an ah, they ask about the battle system, about content, the things that matter

not a single person ive ever met that has a problem with the game irl cares about an ah

[Orcishgrappler]

They just need to get a ah in this game and be done with it.

[TidBones]

Sic of the retard coment "AH will make ppl lazy" wtf, youre sit on the couch playing a game 3-8h a day, thats lazy, buy and put up for sale fast is convenient, and thats a big diference. I would love and AH, i dont want MW out, i just want to sell and buy stuff fast, not spending 20min goin back and forth selling , retrieving gil and buying stuff. My 2cents.

[Molly_Millions]

I've got an idea! We can all hold our breaths until we get an ah!

[Corrderio]

If that's the case why don't they man up and make this an official promise? At least to me this would give me something to look forward to and ignoring this topic is just sending the wrong message if they have plans on it.

Because they're not quite sure if they want to add the AH or not. I'm not going through all 16 of the letters but in 2 of them where he lists his ideas and stuff he even says they'll look into adding the AH, not that they will. As much as I'd love for them to put the wards out of it's misery there's still no proof they will.

[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.

[Blue79]

Because they're not quite sure if they want to add the AH or not. I'm not going through all 16 of the letters but in 2 of them where he lists his ideas and stuff he even says they'll look into adding the AH, not that they will. As much as I'd love for them to put the wards out of it's misery there's still no proof they will.

yeah, i remember the ol' "we'll look into it line", pretty sure tanaka said that for the 8+ years people asked for male mithras... "we'll look into it" is JP way of politely telling you to f--k off