Any word on when we will get an Auction House?

[Arcell]

I see no reason why they couldn't exist side by side but at the same point, I don't see a need for one if you have the other. Unless the auction house has some unique properties like being global and having unique penalties associated with it, it would be almost identical to the market ward system we have now.

At launch I could see the need for it, the wards sucked. Now the wards are functioning as I think they were intended to so there's not a lot of need at this point.

[Cairdeas]

Change Market Ward name to Auction House.

You have an auction house.

Same thing, different name new twist.

Remember FFXI Invented the AH in MMO's. XIV had to do something new.

[Marquisbern]

I can't understand why any of you would think the market wards are a better system than an auction house. Do you want this game to fail or to succeed?

I don't know about you, but I don't want to play an empty MMO.

You say the AH makes people lazy.... this is a video game that we're playing on our spare time. I spend my day earning money. I don't want to work on my leisure time.

Well put BelgianRofl.

I'm reading a whole lot of "well once it's patched, the Market Ward System will be wonderful".

Well it's not wonderful now, and I've got an inventory's worth of items to unload. Traveling between three cities in hopes they'll have some item is the most painful system I've seen in any MMO.

Let's be frank: If you want something to wear on your head, there are THREE different search listings. Tiara or Crown?! BAH!

[Raansu]

Change Market Ward name to Auction House.

You have an auction house.

Same thing, different name new twist.

Remember FFXI Invented the AH in MMO's. XIV had to do something new.

>_> no it didn't.

[Cairdeas]

>_> no it didn't.

Name one that came before it that had a functioning auction house?

I was pretty sure there hasn't been one, theres always been a "Open Market" where you sat your character for a while to sell stuff.

Keep in mind AO's doesn't count because it wasn't usable before XI came out in japan with theirs 0.o

[trinta]

Let's be frank: If you want something to wear on your head, there are THREE different search listings. Tiara or Crown?! BAH!

Wrong. There are three *in the Tailor's Ward* (Hat, Headgear, Mask). There are two more in Jeweler's (Crown, Eyewear).

[ShinChuck]

Change Market Ward name to Auction House.

You have an auction house.

Same thing, different name new twist.

Remember FFXI Invented the AH in MMO's. XIV had to do something new.

I agree with the former statement somewhat. We do have a basic, featureless AH, just with walking - the twist itself died when the original Wards concept was destroyed with the addition of a search function.

I really hope they don't add chocobos, quests, airships or cutscenes, though, since they were invented in an earlier game.

[Evovenom]

Well that's cool, you like market wards but some of us prefer auction house. We like to save our time and just run over AH and purchase things. I agree, it's much easier now then before but still. I don't see why we can't have both, if the item isn't listed in wards well you have a second place to look "Auction House".

[Katella_Avenlea]

Market Wards upgrades have made it better than an Auction house in my opinion. Hopefully it NEVER turns into the old FFXI auction house system!

[Seirra_Lanzce]

Can i know the process of FFXI AH, is it similar to AH in WoW? where once you got the item you need to wait an hour to receive it?