So, the system works perfectly fine for anything outside of special items like HQ and gear with materia.

And people who are looking for HQ items may have to go to a retainer to confirm whether something is HQ or not.

QUESTION:
How is this anything other than a step it in the right direction? Obviously the market won't be finalized for a long time, so all we will get are steps and improvements. Given that, how on earth can people complain when something like this feature is so obviously an improvement??