Quote Originally Posted by Conradus View Post
You'd have this crowd around the merchant just before opening, and then a minute after opening he'd be sold out and everybody would leave. Nobody /shouted much about it, though; it was like claiming a much-wanted mob spawn ("After the guild merchant sells out, let's go camp Leaping Lizzy!"), just the way things were.
Right, but those of days of old. Back when shop keepers were only open during "business days" and had days off... various shop keeps had different days off and days they were actually open. In FFXIV all shops are available 24/7 as long as the server is up. You can put that down with the other things that FFXI had and FFXIV 1.0 had that were stripped out for some reason. Like weather effects mattering, days of the week being a thing and mattered, the elemental wheel, mobs with unique behaviors..... general flavor/fluff that made FF feel more real.