Quote Originally Posted by Mujen View Post
Background Info/Credibility:I've searched via "search function" & i've ward hopped to look for items. I have to admit ward hopping can be fun initially, but there are so many wards and the star above the head is helpful.. but it's a lot of time consumption unnecessarily. The retainer system seems totally out there. It feels like a chopped up AH system with an NPC attached to it.. that's honestly how i'd sum it up. Everyone likes the search function which they implemented, because it's easy & convenient.. it's basically an AH front. They held onto the retainers aspect... Because the initial system wasn't working.
you do realize you can purchase directly from the search menu without having to hop from retainer to retainer with a star over their head correct? you do not have to run through the wards at all unless you are looking for something like a hq melded piece of gear(and that's being fixed in 2.0)



Quote Originally Posted by Mujen View Post
Suggestion:
My own personal suggestion (1.xx is about to end anyway) but was to make General Chat like a Cross-City chat. Most ppl will admit you go to Ul'dah to look for shouts or shout for things. If you could shout in LL or Grid & it comes across all 3 cities I think more ppl would spread out and not feel like they are missing out on shouts & activites. This probably would make those city markets more specialized depending on the events/guilds associated w/ the city like LL probably would have more BS/ARM items, etc. Added with a decent mail system (yes 2.0) would give the game less of a need for a centralized AH and add that unique flavor ppl so want & would also cut down on lag. Retainer I still think would have to go, I think it's still kinda "tacked on" but this is just my suggestion and I felt it doesn't need as much tweaking as tweaking the MW system.
i'd be glad to be one of the first to filter out a global chat function so i didn't see it. i go to the meeting area when i want to do content. if i'm not there it's because i don't want to be bothered. with linking the 3 cities it won't matter what you have for sell in limsa anymore than what you are selling in uldah since everyone can get the item from your retainer regardless of which city they are in. there is nothing that is required to be tweaked in the system in place now that would be anywhere near as much work as putting in a stupid blind auction house like was in xi. if i want to buy an item just tell me how much you want for the stupid thing..... i don't need to go guessing how much you are selling it for. it's stupid and that part of the past should stay in the past.