Wow, no mention of Auction house / MW improvements

[Lerris]

now lets look at how many of them are actualy auction houses in function and not just nae
oh thats right, 1 of them, ffxi

Actually, D&D Online has functional auction house. It's a timed auction, seller sets an asking price and an optional buyout price, and an expiry period. Prospective buyers place their bids, and are notified by in-game mail if they've been outbid.

It also has Pawn shops, where sellers sell equipment at a fixed price, and buyers buy it at a higher fixed price. Sellers do better here than selling items to NPCs, and it functions as a money sink, and is an anonymous way to buy and sell. In fact, I believe the AH is also anonymous.

I've just played FFXIV for the first time in months, and find it to be more fun than it was regardless of the MW/AH status. Battle system as a higher priority than economy makes sense to me simply because I do not spend most of my time buying and selling things.