Quote Originally Posted by Nipa View Post
It's annoying enough for me not to go there, yes.

And I believe this represents the majority of the non-F2P MMO market.

You can keep the wards in this state, nothing will prevent you from it. But if you happen to want players, even worse, paying customers, I think it's not the way to go.
Why's that? I mean, it's not that if you put an Auction House, then FFXIV in the P2P MMO market will get more ranks up, because you'll have the same problem as it is now. Some people will like the Auction House, some people will not.