DCUO has an active auction house and it's annoying. 500 concurrent auctions about the same thing. It's the not the U.S., it's when this game was release, there is no lack on ingenuity there's a lack of showing they put any thought into the game when it comes to certain aspects i.e. mage classes and main storyline quests (few and far between). I think if FFXIV had come out now or even lets say 3 months from now it would be much better, I paid to play a week early for a skeleton of a game, have I lost hope? No, and I won't quit the game, the first year of all mmos is rocky.