[Feature Idea] Retainer Discounts and Partial Purchasing

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Hello Everyone,

I had an idea on how to make retainers more meaningful with the market board as well as clean up some of the market board “bloat”.

Retainer Discounts
First off, the retainers. Wouldn’t it be cool if the seller could offer a percent discount if the buyer purchases your goods from your retainer directly? This would give the retainers that are stationed in plots a bit more meaning and hopefully adds a little activity to wards (They are so empty in my opinion). So, let’s say if I was selling rosewood for 100 gil. I would be able to offer a 20% discount to the buyer (80 gil) if they came to my retainer on my plot to purchase the goods. As the buyer, if you searched for the rosewood log item, an icon and percentage would be displayed by the retainer’s name if a discount was available. Clicking on the icon would then tell you which ward and plot the retainer is currently stationed at. Most players probably won’t go to the effort take the discount as they don’t mind paying for convivence, but those who do stop over my plot can also enjoy a drink at my bar . Also, a “favorite’s” list of plots could be implemented if you happened to pick up a regular buyer or two.

Partial Purchasing
Secondly, I think it would be beneficial to the market if it allowed the ability to partially buy and item. Normally when I am looking up basic materials, I will sometimes see that the first 10 entries of an item are being sold by 1 retainer (and not even at full stack, I think this is done to make the price artificially appear lower in the total column). So, my suggestion is to incorporate a system that will allow you to partially buy an item. So if I was selling 990 rosewood logs, instead of having 10 stacks of 99, It would appear as 1 stack of 990 and the buyer will have the option to purchase only the amount they need.

This thread I think goes into greater detail.
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/threads/367996-Please-allow-us-to-buy-X-Quantity-of-an-item-on-Market-Board

Do you all think something like this would benefit the community?