Hey guys, there's this really awesome forum feature that I recently discovered called a "search function".

With it, I was able to pull up a thread that has been active for some time on a relevant topic(namely this one), without having to create another thread about it and thus taking up extra forum space(the other 10 new ones). Technology's awesome.

Seriously though, I have an idea that may seem a bit outlandish, but hear me out.

As I mentioned in an earlier post regarding the MW, I appreciate the idea, however upon further thought, I've come to the conclusion that the MW as I envisioned them were very much dependent on the implementation of companies, and without said companies, the MW idea kind of fizzled out for me.

What I thought of was that once the devs implement companies, they could allocate the Market Wards zones(after some visual sprucing up I mentioned before) to be designated zones for company housing. Each company would be able to promote themselves and their own wares in game using a variety of methods, and within or outside of a company's housing, they would have "company retainers" open up shop to sell whatever items the company deigns to create.

This of course could be supplemented by an external AH that might be open only to certain types of items(for example no crafting materials) that would behave like actual auction houses.

I think this would serve to create a huge sense of community and competition, as well as really give crafters(which I am not) an even bigger role in the game.