Stop "fixing" the MW scrap it

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Not to veer too far off topic, but I've seen you mention stores and having retainer's eventually level up to offer more options before and I rather like that idea. (It reminds me of Recettear!) Have you given much thought about how you would advance your retainer? A few of the initial ideas that I had could be easily exploited, so other than going on a few quests for your retainer, I don't know what else could be done.

I'd like to take credit for that, but it was actually Dreamer who pointed that out. I can think of some possibilities of my own though (ones that will likely annoy a few here, I appologize to you guys, but I think they sound fun). One would be that different ranks allow you access to better counters and shops. You start off with no counter, like the standing room in the wards, and work your way to "superstore". The way you earn points and reputation could be through the dollar amt of things you sell. You have to sell so much to reach it. Sell too high, no one will buy. Sell too low, you will never reach the quota. Also, the ranks will give other bonuses and rewards like tax breaks and bonus items or some such.

Those are just my ideas, I don't know what SE is planning.

Thanks for the feedback on it I just like the idea of it feeling like a Bazaar. Hell, it'd be cool even if Moogles ran it or something. I remember in FFIX the Moogles were the ones who were the shop owners. Right now, I also like having people have their own shop, but the problem I have is (as I stated before) the fact that it's disorganized, and that each player's retainer takes up space. What happens when 3,000 people come back? each setting up multiple retainers but it's tough to keep your items on sale because SE just decided to start booting retainers from certain wards once it hits the cap. Representing your sales with a seperate NPC that takes up space is just going to cause server problems in the long run.

Well... in regards to overcrowding, a lot of people might not like this idea... but maybe something better could come out of it...I think that everyone should only be allowed to have one retainer selling at a time. For organization... I don't think raising the tax would work, so I would propose that when in a ward, only things of that ward's category should be allowed to be sold, with maybe two extra slots for other things. Eventually, I would take out the long hallways in favor of a circular set up. This would cut down on running arund.

Just ideas off the top of my head, nothing more.