Wards are horrible. If you think it's bad now with the low population, wait until it picks up.

This whole game was designed around attempting to stop RMT so maybe they didn't have to hire more STF or something. Wards were included to make it harder to price gouge or take advantage of certain markets. It failed, miserably.

AH is convenience. It's faster to get to what you want, easier to put things up for sale, and doesn't take 20 instances of randomly placed retainers to do it. Get this shit out of here already.