All end game hub cities should get marketboards, housing, Inns, and world visit

[Illmaeran]

One of my FC-mates brought up a good point when I complained the scrip vendors in the Studium aren't active so you have to go to Radz-at-Han: space congestion. Consider the number of people who would be in the main room of the Studium crafting for quests and collectibles since the retainer bell's right there. All those people in that small space would cause it to come crashing down. Putting the market board and scrip/collectible vendors in different cities spreads out the player base which helps prevent instance servers from crashing or there being ridiculous lag. Think about how hard it was to target quest NPCs early on. Would you really want that to be a 24/7/365 problem with market boards, retainer bells, and the scrip/collectible NPCs?

As much of an annoyance as it is to have to teleport back and forth, I'd much rather have that than unstable and massively overcrowded "Ideal Zone" instances. Here's a tip that's helped me be efficient with my time and money in Endwalker: set your Return for Sharalayan and use the free Confluence port to Ilsabard then use the cheap teleport to Radz. It's an extra step and additional short loading screen, but it's a lot cheaper; especially if you stock up in Sharlayan then craft for 30 minutes in Radz before going back.

[DamianFatale]

One of my FC-mates brought up a good point when I complained the scrip vendors in the Studium aren't active so you have to go to Radz-at-Han: space congestion. Consider the number of people who would be in the main room of the Studium crafting for quests and collectibles since the retainer bell's right there. All those people in that small space would cause it to come crashing down. Putting the market board and scrip/collectible vendors in different cities spreads out the player base which helps prevent instance servers from crashing or there being ridiculous lag. Think about how hard it was to target quest NPCs early on. Would you really want that to be a 24/7/365 problem with market boards, retainer bells, and the scrip/collectible NPCs?

As much of an annoyance as it is to have to teleport back and forth, I'd much rather have that than unstable and massively overcrowded "Ideal Zone" instances. Here's a tip that's helped me be efficient with my time and money in Endwalker: set your Return for Sharalayan and use the free Confluence port to Ilsabard then use the cheap teleport to Radz. It's an extra step and additional short loading screen, but it's a lot cheaper; especially if you stock up in Sharlayan then craft for 30 minutes in Radz before going back.

If they all had those features, then people would naturally spread out and craft in their preferred location. They can also mitigate this by having permanent additional instances if they want. A lot of games have these for hub areas, and not just FFXIV. It's also pretty useful if you feel like the shout chat is getting a bit awful, and you just want to go to the same place but different vibe.

[Phaty]

One of my FC-mates brought up a good point when I complained the scrip vendors in the Studium aren't active so you have to go to Radz-at-Han: space congestion. Consider the number of people who would be in the main room of the Studium crafting for quests and collectibles since the retainer bell's right there. All those people in that small space would cause it to come crashing down. Putting the market board and scrip/collectible vendors in different cities spreads out the player base which helps prevent instance servers from crashing or there being ridiculous lag. Think about how hard it was to target quest NPCs early on. Would you really want that to be a 24/7/365 problem with market boards, retainer bells, and the scrip/collectible NPCs?

As much of an annoyance as it is to have to teleport back and forth, I'd much rather have that than unstable and massively overcrowded "Ideal Zone" instances. Here's a tip that's helped me be efficient with my time and money in Endwalker: set your Return for Sharalayan and use the free Confluence port to Ilsabard then use the cheap teleport to Radz. It's an extra step and additional short loading screen, but it's a lot cheaper; especially if you stock up in Sharlayan then craft for 30 minutes in Radz before going back.

Other ppl don't use the target NPC and interact button? I had no issues in humongous crowd.

[DamianFatale]

Other ppl don't use the target NPC and interact button? I had no issues in humongous crowd.

You can just add more bells. Problem solved.