Over Crowded Wards (A Serious Discussion, Not a Plea for an AH)

[Fuzball]

I'm on Selbina, and every single market ward is full in Ul'dah! I've tried at least twice a day to summon a retainer in each of the wards for quite some time now... When I first saw the patch notes I was glad that they got on top of the issue before it got too annoying, but not being able to sell stuff is much more annoying than occasional crashes!

I'd seriously rather have the markets crash at least once a day so that a spot would open up--with the current stability of the market areas, I don't think I'll get a spot besides stands until someone either cancels their free account or gets kicked from the game ;_;

Anyone else having this problem to this degree??

[lun4tic]

Here's a screenshot of the issue:



Note that one person has about a dozen shops set up, all with similar names. I doubt any single person can have so much to sell, but there's really no room for anybody else.

[Fuzball]

Here's a screenshot of the issue:



Note that one person has about a dozen shops set up, all with similar names. I doubt any single person can have so much to sell, but there's really no room for anybody else.

I remember seeing them before the patch, but haven't noticed them since the view distance of retainers is now a centi-yalm in diameter ._.

Does that count as abuse, or just an overindulgence of mithra?

As much as I loved the idea of being able to have a more interactive method of selling and buying items--this is just not working... and it's only getting worse as they try to salvage the idea!! It's been said more than a million times here--and for good reason--that a menu-based market is the only solution to handle the volume of players in any MMO

Props for trying though, SE...

( note that i said menu-based market... not AH ... :3 ... )

[GhostInfinity]

Returning player here and giving FFXIV another try. I logged on after patching to set up retainers, get my affairs in order before I start exploring and such. Like many of the posters stated the wards are vastly overcrowded. I left in October and I'm really disappointed to see this horrible system still limping along. I'm actually scanning forums and trying to figure a way to sell my wares (other than selling to npc's for a huge loss) In my opinion this is just wrong. IMO this game will always struggle under this system.

SE, cut your losses, admit retainers/market wards were a bad idea, and give the players what they want. (not what you THINK they want)