Market Ward & AH Improvements

[Venat]

Id like to see a option where you can check the history/sale price of items in both the AH and Market ward with the same city.


Sales Price History in Ul'dah

Searched Item: Iron Ingot

Market Ward Darkknight Blade 99 Items4999G//AH Kain Highwind 20 items 7000G

It just repeats after this with other names from the top lowest to highest for 20 lines.


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It shows what there last item sold for at the AH for that item. It also shows the asking price for lowest item on the market ward and both show how many Iron ingots they both currectly have.

This way players will have much easyer time check between both the AH and marketward without having to move around between them. Now this would make it tough for market ward players to sell items but we all know that Market Wards are more like Ballistila Down Areas. If you dont understand that its an Area where players sell goods without being taxed. It also used to sell overpriced items and rare items such as Materials and Gear which never sell as fast on the AH because of the asking price.

[normalforce]

I could be just misunderstanding you but there isn't going to be an AH. We're getting a buy it now feature from the item counter that'll function as the front end of the Market Wards. But that's it.

On a side note — and this is just eye candy — I'd prefer a little structure that resembled a counter or something as opposed to people just standing in an archway.

[Venat]

We are getting a AH just not right now. Right now its market ward improvements.
I forget its like patch 1.21 or 1.22 we are getting a AH.

Doesn't say we could get that option down the road where selling history and # selling of items within each spot is synced together on 1 page where we can see it either at the Market Ward zone or at the AH.

[normalforce]

We are getting a AH just not right now. Right now its market ward improvements.
I forget its like patch 1.21 or 1.22 we are getting a AH.

Doesn't say we could get that option down the road where selling history and # selling of items within each spot is synced together on 1 page where we can see it either at the Market Ward zone or at the AH.

In all the threads about the Market Wards and Auction Houses I've never posed this question, but it has been something I've been interested in knowing. With this buy it now feature coming in 1.20, what would an Auction House offer that we currently don't have?

[Venat]

In all the threads about the Market Wards and Auction Houses I've never posed this question, but it has been something I've been interested in knowing. With this buy it now feature coming in 1.20, what would an Auction House offer that we currently don't have?

1. A Market without having a retainer as a requirement.
2. Can cross data over by AH to other areas to buy items. Such as Lower Jeuno can buy items from Aht Urgan. (They could do this for retainers also)
3. More space to sell stuff
4. Areas that have full retainers will be tough to place more retainers in.
5. Can bid for unknown priced items which helps with item prices balancing out.

[grandm]

i don't remember ever hearing we will get a FF11 type AH. all i remember hearing was the market ward would be tweeked to work like FF11 AH. (i take this to mean work as well as FF11. not work the same as) if some1 has a link to where we are told we will get an FF11 AH that would be cool

[Nakiamiie]

On a side note — and this is just eye candy — I'd prefer a little structure that resembled a counter or something as opposed to people just standing in an archway.

We might have to wait for 2.0 for that though. I, too, would be very happy to see more use of the buildings rather than just popping things up in the air. I still hope the devs got all the suggestions from this thread on how to improve Eorzea.

[normalforce]

1. A Market without having a retainer as a requirement.
2. Can cross data over by AH to other areas to buy items. Such as Lower Jeuno can buy items from Aht Urgan. (They could do this for retainers also)
3. More space to sell stuff
4. Areas that have full retainers will be tough to place more retainers in.
5. Can bid for unknown priced items which helps with item prices balancing out.

None of that really makes me think Auction House or Market Wards, for that matter. I just think what we have could be better. I wouldn't mind some of your suggestions being used to improve the system that we've got.

1. Directly selling from the item counter would be nice, could even be done without the need for a mailbox.
2. Linking all the cities together would be sweet. I wouldn't even mind paying a small convenience charge for buying something from another city.
3. More space is always good. Honestly, why restrict it to what have? If I want to sell everything on my retainer, let me do it.
4. Yes, a huge drawback to the system. But with the buy it now feature, the placement of the retainers is not going to be as important, I think.
5. I never liked this. I didn't see the purpose of bidding on an item that you didn't know what the price was. Sure, having the history gave you an idea but I don't know how it was better from seeing the actual price.

We might have to wait for 2.0 for that though. I, too, would be very happy to see more use of the buildings rather than just popping things up in the air. I still hope the devs got all the suggestions from this thread on how to improve Eorzea.

Yes, that is an excellent thread. I agree that'll probably be something coming in 2.0. I'm not a big fan of things popping up in the air. I understand why they did it, but I would actually prefer multiple paths (one to the Market Wards, another to the GC HQ and another to the Shifting Sands) that I could run towards before it took me directly to that zone. It doesn't even have to be far, 5-10 steps done a particular, clearly marked path and BOOM! I'm heading to that zone.

[Nakiamiie]

I'm not sure about linked market wards/direct sales with all cities. In Final Fantasy XI it allowed for import/export, people having to bring stuff from a city to another (and profits). But with the easy transportation we have in FFXIV, I'm not even sure that would work to begin with... I would welcome any detailed additional information regarding the future of the market wards/direct selling from the devs/Yoshi-P point of view.

[normalforce]

I'm not sure about linked market wards/direct sales with all cities. In Final Fantasy XI it allowed for import/export, people having to bring stuff from a city to another (and profits). But with the easy transportation we have in FFXIV, I'm not even sure that would work to begin with... I would welcome any detailed additional information regarding the future of the market wards/direct selling from the devs/Yoshi-P point of view.

You and me both! Maybe we can get a response for this. I'd be interested in hearing their plan from now til 2.0.