Stop "fixing" the MW scrap it

[Sonic_the_Hedgehog]

So.. it's as close as you can get to an auction house whilst maintaining the inconvenience of having to hunt people down, only now you have to run down a stupid long corridor of 300 people to find it?

Do you not see how unnecessary that is and how it adds nothing over an AH?

Yeah but my idea takes more money out the economy, keeps the Menders Ward which some people like. The MWs give people a sense of ownership, which an AH doesn't. My system keeps track of which items I sold, an AH doesn't(from what I remember from XI). Besides if my idea is similar enough to an AH, why dislike it? Because you have to walk? That's the dumbest reason I've ever heard.

[Besbeset]

I really don't care if it's called Market Wards or Auction House.

My concerns are this:

1. I have to zone to enter the MW, which means a loading screen and then get out when I'm done there, so another loading screen.

It feels contradictory putting efforts and money trying to design a game with wide open areas without any loading screen and design a zoned market system which is something used by players on a daily basis.

2. I need to move between each sub zone inside the MW to buy items.

3. If I want to sell something I usually check first other player's price on that item. So that means another run to the exit door, check price, get back to my retainer, sell item.

4. The place itself looks chaotic. I mean, all kind of characters facing to every possible direction, and most of them not loading on your screen until you take a step forward or backward.

5. Endless menus and sub menus with overcomplicated names and glossaries to find anything.

So, what I mean, I don't care if its called Market Wards or Auction House, but I want it simple and fast. As it is designed I spend x3 or x4 the time needed on FFXI to sell or buy an item.

Auction House in FFXI was simple and fast, you could buy or just check anything with 4 clicks and that's the way it should work here.

Keep it simple, keep it clear and call it whatever you want to.

[Okito_Musuko]

Ugh the complainers are back...

lol back? they never left ^_^

[normalforce]

• Add the ability to purchase items directly from the item search counter.

• Allow players to search for items from any retainer's bell

That's practically an AH right there, but without any sort of history of sales.

[Icopico]

The time that passes from when you find the item you're looking for in the Search Counter to the time when you actually buy it in front of the retainer = Time Wasted


If you don't want to add the AH, at least give a "purchase" button next to search counter results.

[Sonic_the_Hedgehog]

I just wanna say I'm not for or against an AH. If the Devs came out tomorrow and said they're bringing an AH because it would be easy to do or they listened to the fans, that would be OK. I'm for whatever takes the least time to implement under the current system and if they can make the idea I posted happen faster than the time it takes to develop an AH, then do it. If it's faster to do an AH, then do it.

[Tahlia]

I think the market wards are just fine though I know there's still a few features missing that would make searching better and we need an option to hide retainers that aren't selling what we're currently searching for.

However I do think an AH and the wards can co-exist with the AH selling more common items and allowing the wards to cater in more specialised sales and purchases. Or the dev team should probably just open up the AH in LL and keep Uldah as the main market ward city as it is currently. Lominsa does seem the type of city that would support an AH whilst Uldah is more of a merchant driven city. I'm not sure what Gridania would be like. Maybe a cross between the two. However having a different system in each city might help to spread the player population out alittle better as they start to decide what suits their needs. And anima costs between cities is cheap so there shouldn't be travel issues.

[Renshi]

This sh*t again...

You have the Market Wards.
You have the Item Search feature.

That's ENOUGH for everyone who wants an "Auction House". Are you telling me that going into the right ward and finding the retainer is a pain in the neck? Well duh, it's a motherloving Market Ward. So that means to go to the vendor and buy sh*t from him. And for finding the retainer being a problem... follow the gigantic red star and the red dot on the map?

If you really wanted a little ease to better the Market Wards, they could implement a thing in the Item Search feature where when listed the retainers you can select one and port in its ward/before its feet.

And by the way, if you want an Auction House, you want an Auction House, which means placing bids and concurring with other players, not just lolbuy. Check eBay for example.

[Anathiel]

Please give us an AH. No need to explain myself.

[Cairdeas]

Please do Explain though. Do you want an Auction house for its Bidding Apparatus of Blind or Timed Bidding? Blind Bidding being 100% Corruptible by RMT's day one its released totally breaking the economy. Or Timed Bidding which is a feature 80% Ignored by most users when implemented as an option in a marketing system.


Or do you just want an easy to use and fast system that lets you buy and sell items without much thought.

Because You don't need an Auction house for that second option.