Market Wards, enough is enough

[MeowyWowie]

So the market wards just crashed on my server and now I can't even log back in because I was in them at the time. I think enough is enough. I acknowledge people's desires to keep the market wards, and I too like them when they're working properly. But it's been 7 months since release and they're still not stable. What's going to happen when we have more than 500~ people per server?

Every day on the lodestone there are multiple updates regarding world recoveries. All of them are due to market wards crashing in Ul'dah. I think you've had enough time to fix this SE, and it clearly shows that this will never be possible. I hate to say it, but just give us an AH already. I'd much rather have a stable system than one that isn't easily manipulated. According to those who are in favor of the wards, this seems to be the main argument. To be honest though, I still think the Market Wards are much easier to manipulate than an AH.

Stable AH/market system, yes please.

[Evangela]

be careful

oldschool players will whining about they don't want any new features and they love market wards so much!

[MeowyWowie]

So I just logged back in and now I get screwed again. Before I crashed I was looking for mats to make some fishing gear. I log back in and of course, all the retainers are gone. WTF to do now? Broken system is broken.

[Eldaena]

be careful

oldschool players will whining about they don't want any new features and they love market wards so much!

Wait...aren't auction houses old school? =p The first most obvious example being XI.

[JayvirDeforte]

I'm just going to chime in with more nonsense that will likely get glossed over...

Honestly, when every person posts at least 2 retainers in ONLY Ul'dah and no where else, it puts a ton stress on those servers. Do you ever see the Limsa or Gridania wards crashing? No. It's only because everyone and their brother will only put crap in Ul'dah

[Reika]

I'm just going to chime in with more nonsense that will likely get glossed over...

Honestly, when every person posts at least 2 retainers in ONLY Ul'dah and no where else, it puts a ton stress on those servers. Do you ever see the Limsa or Gridania wards crashing? No. It's only because everyone and their brother will only put crap in Ul'dah

In other words. Blame the players.

[TheVedis]

In other words. Blame the players.

in an mmo the more players you throw at something the more likely a glitch/bug in the code will surface
this is one of those cases
it is not however the players fault

[Vanguard319]

Wait...aren't auction houses old school? =p The first most obvious example being XI.

yeah, Hypocracy never gets old it seems.

[Nuru]

be careful

oldschool players will whining about they don't want any new features and they love market wards so much!

Actually, the AH is a system we all know and love in FFXI. Market Wards is a new thing that many of us are skeptical about. So in your case, most of us are the opposite of what you are telling to watch out for. :P