Bring it to the streets

[Vesperia]

Bring the market wards to the streets!

We should be able to put retainers in the streets instead of the market wards, and we should have a UI addition that lets us search all retainers in the city we are in, and then dots and arrows appear on our minimap showing us where they are!

[Rentahamster]

The streets would be overflowing with NPCs. It would be a bit of a mess and cause a lot of lag.

There's a reason they made the market wards a separate instance.

[Sephr]

Don't know if it's a good idea, there are a hell of a lot of retainers, it would effectively triple the amount of people in a city (at least!). Might get a bit laggy up in Ul'Dah.

[Rentahamster]

Might get a bit laggy up in Ul'Dah.

Indeed. We don't need more lag.

[Vesperia]

Don't know if it's a good idea, there are a hell of a lot of retainers, it would effectively triple the amount of people in a city (at least!). Might get a bit laggy up in Ul'Dah.

Pfft, SE should fix the lag then. Jeesh.

[Tahlia]

Also it'd take longer to reach each npc selling what you want. What they really need to do is redesign the shape and layout of each marketward area to help spread retainers out more. And theme the wards corresponding to each city alot more than they are presently. Like in Ul'Dah have the wards as a large outdoor market square.

[Rentahamster]

Also it'd take longer to reach each npc selling what you want. What they really need to do is redesign the shape and layout of each marketward area to help spread retainers out more. And theme the wards corresponding to each city alot more than they are presently. Like in Ul'Dah have the wards as a large outdoor market square.

Or just consolidate the wards from all 3 towns into the same instance, and give us the option to purchase items directly from the item search counter.

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/threads/8010-Why-not-just-buy-things-straight-from-the-item-search-counter?p=103482

[yukikaze_yanagi]

Pfft, SE should fix the lag then. Jeesh.

You know how fix lag? First, fix net code.
and SECOND, don't make unecessary overflow of data. Like have 9000000000 npc + 9000000000000000000 pgs in a single area. So no, we don't want and need vendors on the street

[Vesperia]

Why can't we have a thriving market economy like the one SE intended? Why does it always have to be convenience over fun? Why not just let the game do everything for you so you can fulfill your Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and Inner Nerd by getting to R50 the fastest? Why why why?

[Akira_Tenshi]

How about they bring an auction house to the streets!