Quote Originally Posted by Cairdeas View Post
1. Not Exclusive to Auction Houses. Can be implemented in the Market Ward.
2. Not Exclusive to Auction Houses. Can be implemented in the Market Ward.
3. Market Wards already allow you to compare prices of items others are selling. If you feel you can make a profit and sell the item faster for a lower price then already listed, go ahead. Thats economics.
4. Not Exclusive.
5. In FFXI your money was not given to you directly when you sold an item. It was delievered to your mailbox and you had to go to a mog house to get it. Same with every other AH the money is dropped in a mailbox that you have to go hunt down.
6. Not exclusive.


Everything you mentioned can be implemented into the Market Ward without an Auction house.
i think your right about all of that, essentially the wards a just an AH, with the extra step of walking to pick up the item (assuming the wards are fixed up accordingly)
im fine with either one as long as they are stable, i just think its very interesting how diehard you and a few other people are about keeping wards and retainers.
in my personal opinion the retainers are anything but welcoming or even appealing. theyre pretty creepy actually, and seeing sooooooooo many (of what look like) people in one small cramped room is also kinda creepy. maybe the wards crashes are the retainers breaking loose once in a while lol.
also, if wards can essentially be AHs with the extra 10 second step of walking to get the item, why even have that extra step at all?