Why so adamant on keeping the Market Place?

[Mack]

I don't understand why SE is so adamant on keeping the Market Place when clearly the majority of people want it gone. I would like an answer to this question, I want to know what plans they have for it other than charging for extra retainers, maybe if they can tell us that it'll drop the whole AH vs. MP debate and we can move on but I think the only reason they're sticking with it is so they can charge extra for extra retainers in the near future.

[TheVedis]

Why so adamant about getting rid of it?

on the same note some people like it more then other options

[Jennestia]

The AH and MW systems are basically one in the same now, the MW system is only lacking 2 aspects that a general AH system has, bidding and buying from search and a delivery system.

[Arcell]

Because it works. At launch it was pretty awful but now that it works as intended there's no need for an AH. Let the game differentiate itself from XI in just one more way.

[Elexia]

There's no need to get rid of it to be honest, anyone that says an AH is "far superior" is just being delusional as AHs are as follows:
Walk to an NPC or Building (Wards and Retainers)
Search the item you want through categories or search by item ID (Search and Ward locations)
Bid or buy (what's currently missing)
Price history (Double edged sword.)
Money is stored on the server or sent to you (Money is given to your retainer.)

Both systems are basically one in the same at this point.

[Cendres]

What's wrong with having choices? I like the AH system but I like the Market Place too, having both would be pretty sweet. One would end up being more needs specific I imagine.

[Adol]

Before the item search was implemented and refined, I also wanted an AH. Ever since the item search was implemented and refined, however, I do not.

This is because it is extremely functional and performs everything you need in terms of buying/selling/repairing.
The only thing that needs to be done now (IMO) is fixing the constant crashes of the wards which seem to happen on a day to day basis on my server (Lindblum).

... and a delivery system.

The retainers act as a delivery box for you as they carry your gil when they have sold something and carry items which they have obtained when a player has sold something to them. It would be nice though to see this delivery system include ordinary deliveries from other players without actually having to trade anything.
This would then make the retainer a fully functional delivery system.

[Atomsk]

I remember in FF11 they had the AH too. I never saw anybody using bazaars when the AH was there. Do you guys remember how the AH killed all use of bazaars on every server? Man, nobody saw that one coming, did they? So why would SE even think of keeping these market wards around for easier searching of bazaars when clearly nobody will ever use them once they finally release the AHs?

(In case you didn't notice, this post was steeped in sarcasm)

[Abriael]

I don't understand why SE is so adamant on keeping the Market Place when clearly the majority of people want it gone. I would like an answer to this question, I want to know what plans they have for it other than charging for extra retainers, maybe if they can tell us that it'll drop the whole AH vs. MP debate and we can move on but I think the only reason they're sticking with it is so they can charge extra for extra retainers in the near future.

First of all, game development isn't a democratic process. "the majority of people" don't necessarily know what's good for the game, even when that majority actually exists (which is debatable in this case).

Secondly, the market wards work very well now. There's no reason, to get rid of a system and include a completely new one if the first system works well, especially in a game that needs a LOT of work in other areas.

[Cairdeas]

1. The system as it is currently prevents harassment for players when they put items up for sale.
2. It doesn't have an arbitrary "Wait 7 days" mechanic to buy the item or fight over the item.
3. Blind Auctions are a waste of time, Why stand around bid fighting with a blank door to be told "bid refused for an hour because someone put up the blind auction well over what the history suggests for that item.
4. History. It was abused constantly by RMT's. They'd buy up all the items for a certain item they could then resell them to themselves over and over until they got the history to look like the item was worth more or less then normal, then profit off it.
5. The Search Feature Works.
6. Marketwards actually take less time to use now then an AH did in XI in my opinion.