Any word on when we will get an Auction House?

[KorakeGorgon]

The problem I have with the Market Wards, is that after I search for my item through the lists, I have to physically go over to the NPC, check it and buy my item.

With an Auction House, I could buy the item directly from the list. It cuts out all the zoning and walking around, which takes up the majority of the time during your purchases.

Instead of taking 20+ minutes to buy new gear, it could take around 2 minutes instead. Why waste your time walking around in the wards, it's not really that interesting now is it?

[TheVedis]

The problem I have with the Market Wards, is that after I search for my item through the lists, I have to physically go over to the NPC, check it and buy my item.

With an Auction House, I could buy the item directly from the list. It cuts out all the zoning and walking around, which takes up the majority of the time during your purchases.

Instead of taking 20+ minutes to buy new gear, it could take around 2 minutes instead. Why waste your time walking around in the wards, it's not really that interesting now is it?

Sorry if I am misunderstanding, but are you saying, it takes you 20 minutes to walk from the entrance to an npc and buy a piece of gear?

Right now, tonight for instance, i went to buy new weaving tools cuz i was too lazy to make my own.
i was in and out in less then 2 minutes, with both a primary and secondary tool in my hands.

[KorakeGorgon]

Sorry if I am misunderstanding, but are you saying, it takes you 20 minutes to walk from the entrance to an npc and buy a piece of gear?

Sorry, I meant gear as in plural. Like when you level up a bunch, and it's time to buy some new pieces of equipment, you need alot of new stuff.

[TonyMontana]

The problem I have with the Market Wards, is that after I search for my item through the lists, I have to physically go over to the NPC, check it and buy my item.

With an Auction House, I could buy the item directly from the list. It cuts out all the zoning and walking around, which takes up the majority of the time during your purchases.

Instead of taking 20+ minutes to buy new gear, it could take around 2 minutes instead. Why waste your time walking around in the wards, it's not really that interesting now is it?

Not to mention market wards crash and retainers have to be resummoned, You would never have to resummon an auction house.

[Demacia]

You would never have to resummon an auction house.

5 star post.

[AarosLunos]

Not to mention market wards crash and retainers have to be resummoned, You would never have to resummon an auction house.

Ward crashes have been FAR less frequent since 1.16. I wouldn't really cite that as a reason for an AH in itself. Its a bug, bugs can and will be fixed in time.

[trinta]

Ward crashes have been FAR less frequent since 1.16. I wouldn't really cite that as a reason for an AH in itself. Its a bug, bugs can and will be fixed in time.

"FAR less frequent" = "still happening"?

[AarosLunos]

"FAR less frequent" = "still happening"?

Far less frequently as in my retainers have been up for 36 hours in Ul'dah now on Mysidia as opposed crashing every 3 hours. Not perfect but still an improvement.

[Sertis]

Considering other open issues, they really should work on other content, and not a minor improvement over the market wards that will suck up an engineering team for a few weeks. I'd rather see useful or interesting content like activate the coliseum in Uldah, allow crafters to sign their crafts, allow users to trade more than 4 items at a time, or more than 1 stack of any item, etc.

[Caimon]

Since the implemented changes, I find the market wards to be an excellent work in progress. And, I like that I don't have to re-list items when they don't sell within a given time frame.

Simple tweaks will make this system blow away the conventional auction house, imo. If they make everything else in the game fun and eventful, people will not quit playing the game because of the current barter system.