Why do you want an Auction House? (discussion)[dev1019]

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where the heck are you guys getting the idea Auction Houses on games never have a buyout? On every single MMO I've played that has an Auction House you either don't have an auction at all and ONLY have a buyout, or you have both. Seriously people, go play some MMOs and learn how the system works. For goodness sakes, just look at FFXI! And that's the most auction-yish type system I think there is in ANY MMO.

Why I want to see an Auction House is because the ward system, like someone stated previously, has all the conventions of an Auction House...however, even if they have these conventions, it is not optimized. Why should I have to look for a freakin' star next to players with my item instead of just buying it at the window that says it's there? It's not necessary. Now the biggest reason I want an auction house is because, notice all the wards. Battlecraft, Magiccraft, Crystals, etc. So if I have a weapon I wanna sell, I have to go through the hassle of going into the battleward, setting my weapon in a a retainer there, and then leave. The loading between all this, even on a fast computer, is just just not not needed. Especially when I realize, I still have crystals to sell, and a magic weapon oohhh yeah, not just a melee weapon! I gotta go to a whole new ward for a magic weapon. So I go to that ward, set up a retainer, then set one up in the Crystal ward for my crystal. Phew, done. . . . Oh wait... I forgot my armor. Okay! Time to find out if my armor goes in lower, mid, or high, then deal with all that.

It's just a bunch of unneeded, tedious crap. I admit, back in a lot of other MMOs this system would be fine. Such as many free to play that don't have an auction house. But FFXIV ain't gonna be free to play forever, and it's a heckuva lot better than a free to play MMO anyway. There's no reason for it to not have an optimized marketing system that even it's predecessor by 8 years even has. Yes, it is a different system, but don't fix what isn't broken. There's a reason every MMO has an auction house nowadays. It's because it's the best marketing system out there, and just 'cause you have an auction house doesn't make you similar to another game.

Different for the sake of different is rarely good.