Suggestion: Create market board listings to purchase an item - to help fix economy

[Maxipep]

You know this is a game right ? There is no real continent called eorzea whose economy is about to go into free fall. What you see on the MB is make believe. That said if there is anything in the game you want you can either craft it yourself, obtain it from a dungeon or buy it from the Market board. If the price seems too high craft it yourself, if you cba to craft it then buy it from mb. It's not rocket science.

[Nezerius]

You know this is a game right ?

Generally, a healthier economy makes a game more fun to play, so your argument against the OP's suggestion for SE to improve the marketboard is really weak.

Having played GW2 for a while, it has pretty much the exact feature that the OP is talking about.



As an example, a new GW2 player might want some extra bagspace soon after starting, but they likely don't have much gold yet. In this situation, they can place a buy order for a bag like the one in the screenshot, but would have to wait for a crafter to sell them a bag through the buy order. On the other hand, spend a bit extra (seller's listing) and they'll have a bag instantly.

To use an XIV-related example like above, let's say a crafter makes a weapon with the material costs of about 1,2 million gil, but places it on the marketboard at 2,5 million gil. With a buy order system, the buyer could simply make a buy order for the same weapon, and set it to 1.8 mil (material costs + 50%). At this point, the seller can decide whether they want to keep the seller's listing (and hope they sell it before getting undercut), or they can decide to take the buy order and still make a profit.