Why so adamant on keeping the Market Place?

[Kazimir]

I kinda like the retainer system. I wouldn't be against an AH for Ishgard though.

[Dargoth_Draconia]

They will most likely implement an AH, but they need to fix the other main aspects of the game first and also introduce a mailing system before they even think of giving us an AH. Unless you buy an item and it goes straight to your inventory.

[Mack]

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.

This isn't to be "different", if it wants to be different it has to be better and FFXIV obviously hasn't been considering the lash back it got - I'm sure you witnessed what everyone else has seen happen to the game too. I don't mind the game being different but if its to prevent RMT at the cost of the players' fun then no thanks, and considering that the player base in this game now is about 25% RMT I'd say they haven't done a good job nor would they ever be able to get rid of them because they will always find a way. You want to prevent them, ban people for buying gil, do not put artificial road blocks in front of everything because all that does is harms the players.

[TheVedis]

There is only 1 disadvantage to the current system

and that is that wards can only hold so many retainers so eventualy they will all fill which can get annoying, but thats a bridge to cross when we get there

[Mack]

With the item search feature in place now I can buy an entire set of gear for any class in less than 10 minutes. I don't see a problem with the system as it is now. Sure it may not take tons of resources to develop but the fact of the matter is that team could be working on something else instead of replacing a fully functional system.

But again I'll say, "that team" isn't working on something else, they have a portion of the team working on improving the wards meaning they already allocated resources to it which tells me they don't plan on putting in an AH, my question is: why not?

I just want to be clear, I don't care if they put on in or not, but I just want to know why not, and if the reason is RMT then its a stupid one.

[Arcell]

considering that the player base in this game now is about 25% RMT I'd say they haven't done a good job nor would they ever be able to get rid of them because they will always find a way.

I'd really love to see your source on those numbers. No seriously, I'd actually really like to see that data.

[AngryNixon]

"works well" is an exaggeration.

It definitely works well compared to nothing at all, that much is true. If the only choice is between this and nothing, I obviously choose the wards. But it does not work well compared to a global AH with a price history. Compared to that, it's merely a passable under-fill.

Also the RMT witch hunt isn't better or worse off with this setup. I should think they're vested interest in earning a living will allow them to manage either way.

[Mack]

I also don't see how they would solve a fluctuation in numbers given that the PS3 release will bring with it a pretty significant increase in players. I dunno, it just doesn't make sense to me. Plus, with an AH, your items are automatically placed in the right category with no penalty "for placing your retainer in the wrong wards" which is through no fault of your own really when you have so much crap to sell. The AH clearly still has an advantage, and until SE tells us why they are sticking to retainers, the AH will always have an advantage because this is as good as MW get. And the reason isn't because they wanna stop RMT and its not because they wanna be different.

[Elexia]

Right, and when I want another item I have to run to the door, search for it, warp, run to another retainer. Do you want me to fill all the in betweens for you? why are you getting so upset here, I'm asking a simple question that SE still hasn't answered and its because the answer is "we want more money from you".

You do know with an AH I have to collapse and expand categories when I'm browsing if I didn't know the search ID, right? If I'm in armor category, I have to switch to the weapons category and expand if it's well organized, which is no different than running a few seconds to the door and researching and remarking retainers.

People overglorify any of the AH systems MMOs use.

[Mack]

You do know with an AH I have to collapse and expand categories when I'm browsing if I didn't know the search ID, right? If I'm in armor category, I have to switch to the weapons category and expand if it's well organized, which is no different than running a few seconds to the door and researching and remarking retainers.

People overglorify any of the AH systems MMOs use.

And you don't have to collapse and expand bazaars? come up with something better.