I am not convinced that an AH is required yet either, Initially the original system was crap, but with a search function and such now it is different. Remember this is a Fantasy game and as such roaming teh markets and looking at what people has does have a romanic charm to it. Either you appreiate it or you don't, but from a system perspectife I dont' see anythign wrong or broken about it. Specific item search or level search would be nice. Personally I would like to be able to say, show me all glvoes with crafting on it and who has them for what price. THis might be too funtional and give advantages and disadvantages I can't see yet but it is worth discusing.