Market Ward & AH Improvements

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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?

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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.

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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.