Thread: What exactly is in 1.2

Q: In regards to starting to charge a subscription fee, could you tell us about the reasoning behind starting now?
A: As I mentioned in the previous LIVE, our stance about being 50% complete has not changed. Though we have been able to gradually implement FF-related content, I still think that there is a lot that has not yet been completed, such as a lack of player search and an auction house. With patch 1.20, we will be introducing the player search and auction house, so I made the call as a producer to start billing at this time.

Originally Posted by Airget

AH to my best understanding can't be made with this current enginge. But from what I understand they have plans to do the following.
-Make the MW easier to search, which to me sounds like the ability to filter out items easier
-At one point they wanna make it where you can buy items right off the list rather then go into the ward

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But see when you see the above changes, why is an AH still necessary? in XI an AH could only hold 7 items if I"m not mistaken but with retainers we can hold I think 10-12. With the changes coming to the MW to make it easier to manage what would an AH offer that the MW doesn't? I just can't understand the stigma of still wanting an AH I have yet to have an issue finding items when using the MW, you can just think of it as an AH that's swarmed with people lol. But ya unless you can offer other benefits of an AH that the MW doesn't offer I"m still confused on why people are still looking forward to it.