Auction House vs Wards

[Elexia]

If you could some how get all 3 mercantile stewards in one room I believe people would use other city-state market wards. You could add multiple mercantile rooms to avoid occupancy issues.

They said they intended to do this but couldn't do it on the current version.

[Mujen]

If you could some how get all 3 mercantile stewards in one room I believe people would use other city-state market wards. You could add multiple mercantile rooms to avoid occupancy issues.

How many ppl do you think go into the wards to browse every retainer vs going to merchantile house and doing a search? The easier/more convenient things are the more likely people are to do it... This atomos event is a clear indicator, you never see people crashing zones doing caravan do ya?

It's not about "rooms" for housing retainers... it's about the merchantile house.. it's already a half-AH system, might as well go all the way

[WiiSam]

I find it absolutely crazy that they are still sticking with this system instead of just putting a simple AH. All of you defending the wards are missing one point: right now the wards function exactly like an AH except it is super annoying and frustrating to put items up, so what is the point on keeping it?

[Baxter]

How many ppl do you think go into the wards to browse every retainer vs going to merchantile house and doing a search? The easier/more convenient things are the more likely people are to do it... This atomos event is a clear indicator, you never see people crashing zones doing caravan do ya?

It's not about "rooms" for housing retainers... it's about the merchantile house.. it's already a half-AH system, might as well go all the way

Um, I don't see what that has to do with what I posted.



and thanks Elexia, I didn't know that. I think that will successfully relieve the issue of having 'prime real estate' (uldah).

[Alhanelem]

I find it absolutely crazy that they are still sticking with this system instead of just putting a simple AH. All of you defending the wards are missing one point: right now the wards function exactly like an AH except it is super annoying and frustrating to put items up, so what is the point on keeping it?

I don't find it crazy at all. As I said before, it's not in inherently bad system, and they've already added plenty of AH-like features, such as searching for items and buying them from a list. They just need to fix up a lot of technical flaws and oversights and it will be a solid system.

[Elexia]

I find it absolutely crazy that they are still sticking with this system instead of just putting a simple AH. All of you defending the wards are missing one point: right now the wards function exactly like an AH except it is super annoying and frustrating to put items up, so what is the point on keeping it?

You do realize an AH is the same as the MW right? You go to a NPC or location and pull up a list to buy from things people (retainers) are selling. Given the limitations of the current version, they simply only need to modify it to allow separate listings to display HQ and Materia infused gear.

[Aleyah]

Letter from producer III Q&A (above)...

Basically, what's the point??? Anyone serious about making gil via public sales: Ul'dah wards is the ONLY place you want to put your retainer. IMO waste of developmental time, scrap the wards & retainers.

Centralize the market system into 1 market with global server access from major cities.

Pros:
Promotes competitive pricing.
Prevent headaches of getting retainer into wards.
Makes items more likely to sell for more current pricing.
Easier on developers.

Cons:
QQ by people who says "just like all other MMO, not original!"


Why current system fails:
3 major cities... but you have access to all markethouse from each.. if you had only access to markethouse of the current city would make more players sell in that city but since there is access to uldah market from LL/Grid why not conveniently access and sell/buy there where have more items posted.
Scrap this crap - AH is just for gil/items. Spend more time on real game content.

Just do a Auction House and have the items on consignment! Instead of the whole bidding crap. You set your own prices and there should be a annoymus mailing system for example: I want +50Str Bracers. I go too a market house and type in "Felt Bracers" It pulls up all Felt Bracers currently being sold in every Eroza market house. It has a page system where I can flip through and see all the Felt Bracers not only the cheapest ones. I find a pair listed for 99,999,999. It gives me 2 options: Buy or Message Seller. With message seller it sends my message to the seller to work out a better price but keeps the sellers info a Secret "Prevents Targets for Hackers/Phishers" I offer 30mil he accepts. Seller then mails me item with a 30mil COD Attached to my mail box. I go to a mail box it takes my 30mil and gives me the Bracers.

[Griss]

Once they centralize every thing they just need to have a little tutorial quest that runs new players into the mercantile and runs them through the search function.

The thread title is redundant the wards are an ah now. there is no verses.

[Searious]

This game been around for 2 years with the wards in it, why change it.

With that mentality why do with bother to fix the game at all. Yeah lets not even bother with 2.0 since the games been like this for 2 years.

[Alhanelem]

With that mentality why do with bother to fix the game at all. Yeah lets not even bother with 2.0 since the games been like this for 2 years.

The market wards need some fixing, but they don't need to be replaced. Not every idea that FFXIV originally had was INHERENTLY terrible- just not implemented well in many cases.