Why do you want an Auction House? (discussion)[dev1019]

[Gracious]

Having an auction house would save time. Having an auction house would allow you full access to items being for sale; retainers "crash" and you are not offered the same access to items. Really, I can't think of any reason why it's better to waste time walking to retainers when you could just make a straight purchase. I don't want to browse other people's stuff. Retainers would be good for bazaaring items that need to be repaired or for storage. Retainers may be useful for rare/ex items you can't put on the Auction House. An auction house just makes sense for players that want to make a purchase and be on their way. Please install an Auction House.

[Shikyo]

no, market wards do everything that an AH would

no it does not, ah helps give a idea of average item pricing, even on items that are not availible to buy imeadiately and could connect all the the nations(if they wanted) and a ah would mean they would have to add a much needed mail system and maybe a player housing system to go get that mail XD and that would be great!

[Anathiel]

Like I said before if all fifty of you don't want the AH that's cool, the rest of the 20,000 of us will. Hell, you don't even need to find a middle ground, we'll just go with the generic AH system

[Kimowar]

But you're wrong, which is why I assumed you don't play (and I still think so).

You do not have to run through different MW looking for the star.

1.) Search item
2.) Get list of who is selling the item in which ward, for what price.
3.) Enter the ward for the person you want to buy from
4.) Pick up your item.

Absolutely no difference from purchasing the item from AH and then having to run to a mailbox to pick it up. Even takes about the same amount of time.


Turns out I was right about them trying to take it off topic too. lol

dont forget, how easy it is to travel to differnt cities, or how nice it is to not really know if your selling/buying at a fair price, but tell us why you are so afraid of a few game changes?

[Kaedan]

dont forget, how easy it is to travel to differnt cities, or how nice it is to not really know if your selling/buying at a fair price, but tell us why you are so afraid of a few game changes?

Yeah, I agree! Very easy to travel between cities! It only costs 3 Anima. And very easy to tell if you're buying at a fair price, since everyone who is selling the item is listed... you can see what everyone is charging and compare prices!

Please, try and come up with good arguments if you're going to argue.

It's already been stated many, many times in this thread alone that the negatives of adding an AH outweigh the positives (which are nearly non-existent with the improvements to the MW). The biggest complaint that people have is that "I have to run to the retainer!", which I have proven is not a valid complaint since you have to run to mail boxes for most AHs anyway.


P.S. And what would make you think if they added an AH it would be global anyway?

Edit: Why are you afraid of change?

[Kimowar]

Yeah, I agree! Very easy to travel between cities! It only costs 3 Anima. And very easy to tell if you're buying at a fair price, since everyone who is selling the item is listed... you can see what everyone is charging and compare prices!

Please, try and come up with good arguments if you're going to argue.

It's already been stated many, many times in this thread alone that the negatives of adding an AH outweigh the positives (which are nearly non-existent with the improvements to the MW). The biggest complaint that people have is that "I have to run to the retainer!", which I have proven is not a valid complaint since you have to run to mail boxes for most AHs anyway.


P.S. And what would make you think if they added an AH it would be global anyway?

Edit: Why are you afraid of change?

your right, traveling to differnt cities is easier then mailboxes that are usually placed right next to the ah, and most every mmos ah's are global, mw's are by no means, no matter how hard you defend them, are not easier then an AH,

[Kaedan]

your right, traveling to differnt cities is easier then mailboxes that are usually placed right next to the ah, and most every mmos ah's are global, mw's are by no means, no matter how hard you defend them, are not easier then an AH,

I never said they were easier. I am saying that they are insignificantly different (from AHs that use a mailbox system, that is).

[Anathiel]

The last few posts from must be from the few of the 20000 people that what AH's.

[Kaedan]

The last few posts from must be from the few of the 20000 people that what AH's.

If you actually had evidence to back up your claim that the majority want an AH, rather than pulling BS numbers out of your ***, then we can talk. Until then, you're useless.

Hint: the poll is not evidence that more people want AH than don't. There are no comparisons.

[Evangela]

So again I ask: How is picking up your item in a ward any different than picking up your item at a mail box?

Of course, they won't answer because the ones who actually have the ability to think realize there's no difference and the ones that don't will just troll or go off topic.

- AH doesn't need physical market fields, slum-look retainers place

- Why I have to waste my time teleporting to the right ward, grab stuff from retainers, so pointless

- checking my retainers, how much gil I earned from last night~~~ OH NO!!!! where're my retainers? was the server down when I slept? NOOOO they can't sell anything! <<<< do you want to get rid of these moments?

- want some new gear, looking at the market..... no one selling it!!? because some retainers are not online... if we have an AH they'll sell everything 24/7 unless they're really out of market

- auction system allow you to sell rare item more expensive due to people demand and put more gil, try to win the auction

- if the market ward is better than AH, why SE is now considering about adding AH to the game?