[Request] Merge Mercantile Houses

[Denmo]

But they did in 1.19!

[dev1181] Retainer bazaars in market areas are now subject to a time limit.

• Maximum duration: 7 days (168 hours, Earth time)
  * Those leasing stands are exempt from the above time limit.
• Updating bazaar information resets your duration to 7 days (168 hours, Earth time).
• Retainers who have exceeded the time limit will automatically return home.

so you're saying Uldah is full of active retainers? Blegh. Maybe make the time limit more in proportion with the number of retainers in said ward?

Like say (bad example): 100 retainers - 7 days till reset, 500 - 3 days, and maxed out wards - 1 day.

In any case, meh. I can't wait till 2.0....

[Airget]

o_O wonder if emergency maintenance causes said timer to reset.

[Zaaku]

Really? Well that sucks!

I mean, its just a query grabbing strings from three wards, isn't it? It seems weird the servers can't handle a simple search.

I'm on the verge of considering to pay someone for his spot in the uldah wards...

they should implement a timeout on the retailers or something.

Most people just place a 999999999 gil item there and keep the spot forever.

Don't bother. I have tried buying retainer spots and no one with a spot worth anything is willing to give them up.

Luckily I finally sneaked a hole in the wall in the Mason's ward so some of my fuggin electrum can sell without we renewing the note every 24/hrs

[Alhanelem]

How about lengthening stand leases to the same duration then? Since they've lost their luster. Stands are often unoccupied because they only last a day.

[Kraggy]

IMO the real problem with Ul'dah are all the PCs standing around posing with bazaars with copper or for 1m and other totally crass items for sale.

The bazaar system is why Jeuno even now is slowed to a crawl, and Ul'dah is the same. Get rid of it!

[Soulfire]

But they did in 1.19!

[dev1181] Retainer bazaars in market areas are now subject to a time limit.

• Maximum duration: 7 days (168 hours, Earth time)
  * Those leasing stands are exempt from the above time limit.
• Updating bazaar information resets your duration to 7 days (168 hours, Earth time).
• Retainers who have exceeded the time limit will automatically return home.

Um...no. My retainers still hang around without me having to do a thing.

I know you can leave them in the wards and talk to them now and then and they'll stay, but a few days back I found the retainers of an alternate character still in the wards, and I couldn't even remember how long it had been since I had spoken to them. One of them had nothing up but a stack priced at the maximum limit.

I brought up the issue in linkshell chat and was told something about a retainer being left alone for some duration between two to three weeks and still remaining in the wards.

Searches also seem to attest to this timer not functioning.

I went away from the game for a month and my retainer was still loaded in the ward.

I guess they didn't turn that feature on yet.

[Soukyuu]

The 2 other city wards are nearly empty. Just saying.

[TinnySnips]

Yea... I think the devs should look into whether or not the 7 day limit is working as expected... pretty sure that my retainer is next to the retainer of a buddy who hasn't been on in weeks.

[Aruseth]

Just make an auction house for all items and allow players to sell items in bazaar if they want just like FFXI has the system works then ppl who cant get into the wards can sell the lil stuff they want and bazaar the higher lvled stuff without tax if they choose. time limits are lame. i have better things to do than worry bout reloading my retainer each week.

[Payadopa]

The 2 other city wards are nearly empty. Just saying.

Yep. Was about to say the same. People keep moaning, even though there is a solution in the game already.