It could still use an item name search, but other than that the item search is finally about where it needs to be. At that point maybe they can phase out the physical wards themselves and use the resources keeping all of those npcs standing in place for something useful, like concurrent dungeon instances. If they're still attached to retainers, maybe in 2.0 they can have the retainer selling the particular piece of gear visibly pop up in the menu like some JRPG shops so you can see who you're buying from, at least.