Mail, AH and Banks

[Roaran]

AH

I know some of you are content with the market wards system but others like me are still wishing to have an AH. Not here to debate on why an AH is better then the markets, just want to know what the plans are for this as Yoshi-P said he was considering it.

Note:Maybe there is a way to consolidate Market Wards and Auction Houses, like a way to keep both and make them work together without having either system kill the other. Maybe someone has an idea on how to make that work? If so plz tell us!

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...e-Market-Wards.

I'll outline very quickly:

By placing your items into your Retainer's Bazaar, your bazaar is then available to be referenced and players will immediately be able to purchase from you. This means you could summon your retainer with the bell in the adventurer's guild, place all the items you wish to sell int the bazaar, and after you dismiss your retainer, all players in whatever city you are in, will be able to search and purchase your items.

For players wishing to purchase, the markets wards would be reduced to a single zone with either a single Hub/NPC to search and purchase from or several Hubs/NPCs to search and purchase from based on item-type. These NPCs would allow you to reference all available bazaars, and either purchase these items directly from the Hub/NPC or allow you to summon the player's retainer and interact with them directly.

[Brumear]

I really think the idea for a Linkshell bank where players can gather things necessary for quests/missions, crafting, gear, gil etc. in one place is nice. Everybody can contribute and it would a nice accomplishement feeling that you helped your fellow Linkshell member. It also prevents us to go back and forth for delivery. You just go deposit your unused important items in the bank when you're already there and when a player requests it, they just have to check what is in stock and go from there. I have a feeling it could kill the economy though as most things would just be given away rather than being bought but I'm sure there are ways to work around.

[tachikoma]

By placing your items into your Retainer's Bazaar, your bazaar is then available to be referenced and players will immediately be able to purchase from you. This means you could summon your retainer with the bell in the adventurer's guild, place all the items you wish to sell int the bazaar, and after you dismiss your retainer, all players in whatever city you are in, will be able to search and purchase your items.

For players wishing to purchase, the markets wards would be reduced to a single zone with either a single Hub/NPC to search and purchase from or several Hubs/NPCs to search and purchase from based on item-type. These NPCs would allow you to reference all available bazaars, and either purchase these items directly from the Hub/NPC or allow you to summon the player's retainer and interact with them directly.

I would like this if you could summon a players retainer to get that shopping feel and keep the modeling of gear you plan to purchase as well as easing the server stress by not having to enter a zone with hundreds of retainers all at once when you only want to see a select few. Also speeding and simplifying the seller/buyer experience.

I want the simplicity and ease of use that an AH provides while getting that personal shopping feel that wards could offer. Best of both worlds.

[tymora]

FFXI has always had an AH exist side by side with a Bazaar system - No reason why the 2 can't co-exist.
The current retainer system is just an upgrade of the ol'Bazaar. Just add an AH and we'll be gold.

[Arcell]

Bank

My bag is always always always full! I keep cleaning up my inventory and it's annoying.... giving my retainer items is not the solution as they are not meant for that. We need to have a banking system to store some of our stuff. Give us a set amount of space and make extra space available by purchasing it.

No, that is what retainers are for. They're meant to hold your extra stuff and/or sell it if you so choose. Having a bank separate would be a bit redundant. The only way I could see this working is if they removed the storage capacity of retainers and added a bank function into player/LS housing.

[Adol]

LS Bank.
Yes please.

[SunZhi]

I want to see Yoshi go over the top and let me Tweet from in-game so my friends can come join me on something I'm going to do...

[Seif]

People who left because of the lack of AH will not return until this basic feature of any MMO is implemented into XIV that has already proven that MW can never work because most people aren't using it.

People who saw the reviews that slammed XIV for not having a proper AH will not even try to give it a chance until they see that SE is working on these important changes.

The rest of us will just have to suffer with the broken economy because it affects every aspect of the game.

Every time I throw away loot drops I have no way of knowing what that item was worth.

[Armozel]

Yeah, I'd love a market system like they have in EVE. It was probably the best feature of that game, ever. Especially when you troll other players by buying up their stuff then selling it at a markedly higher price. :3

[Onidemon]

Yeah, I'd love a market system like they have in EVE. It was probably the best feature of that game, ever. Especially when you troll other players by buying up their stuff then selling it at a markedly higher price. :3

That's not trolling at all, it's called business. It's done in real life everyday. In WOW(With an addon) you could search for items, check the pricy history and if an item is selling below the usual price, you could buy it and resell it for a profit. I made quite a lot of money that way.