Market Wards vs AH

[Akumu]

all price settings do is allow the rmt to control the market like they did in ffxi.... RMT wil change the history by buying at low prices until the history fully changes then as people sell them for low prices the RMT buy them and resell them for higher.

[Abriael]

I respect your opinion of course, but price setting, especially for lower level players who need every gil they can scrounge up (LEGALLY) the game is unplayable at worst and tedious at best. What do YOU do when you want to sell an item back and the Item Search shows a big fat goose egg and no price history? I like the retainers idea, kind of, but price setting needs to be addressed. That IS content in this particular game.

Price history can (and I believe they already announced it as a future evolution) be implemented in the market wards system. You already can see the lowest price between the items on sale.

Also, I would say that you have a veeery elastic concept of "unplayable".

[Smashington]

Market Wards allow players to "Seek Items" making it superior to an AH.

The only thing mising is a "Seeking Item" search window, which you could use to search what items retainers are auto-buying before you sit down to craft.

[Abriael]

Not only, market wards allow a buyer to actually see what an item looks like before purchasing, and include a very important factor of realistic and prosperous economies: impulse purchases.

The current market wards system needs to be polished, improved and refined, but it has plenty potential to be a better alternative to the classic AH.

To be more precise (and some would say clear cut), there's absolutely NO functionailty of an AH that cannot be implemented in the Market Wards system. On the other hand, there's plenty functionalities of the market wards system that cannot be implemented in a AH.
More options -> better.

[Xzen]

I respect your opinion of course, but price setting, especially for lower level players who need every gil they can scrounge up (LEGALLY) the game is unplayable at worst and tedious at best. What do YOU do when you want to sell an item back and the Item Search shows a big fat goose egg and no price history? I like the retainers idea, kind of, but price setting needs to be addressed. That IS content in this particular game.

So they can just add a price history. Easy peasy.

[Solfleur]

Okay, final comment to you for now, with all due respect, which I can see from your signature is earned. If zero items of the type you need to sell are listed when you Item Search, no way that I am currently aware of exists to set a price other than wandering cities checking out other player bazaars. Please educate me further if I am mistaken in this as well. Thanks for your thoughtful responses.

Price history can (and I believe they already announced it as a future evolution) be implemented in the market wards system. You already can see the lowest price between the items on sale.

Also, I would say that you have a veeery elastic concept of "unplayable".

[Akumu]

i would love if they added a function that shows you the items that retainers are seeking as well as the ones wanting repairs

[Spellstar]

Huh? I thought we already had an AH. Or it least it's functionality in now on par with an AH. Aside from fixing the MArketward crashing it's time for them to focus on content and stop trying to fix what isn't broken.

On Par with an AH you say? Really?

The system we have now is hit and miss and far from polished. It is not on Par with any modern mmo that has an AH in my opinion. (which I'm entitled to before the pro Market Ward flamers start).

[Solfleur]

Then that would solve my issue perfectly. Meanwhile, what someone called my elastic sense of playability is affronted. *.^ Congratulations on your success in the game so far!

So they can just add a price history. Easy peasy.

[Xzen]

On Par with an AH you say? Really?

The system we have now is hit and miss and far from polished. It is not on Par with any modern mmo that has an AH in my opinion. (which I'm entitled to before the pro Market Ward flamers start).

The only thing missing is a price history. The only "Hit and miss" is if the wards have crashed or not.