Any word on when we will get an Auction House?

[Aldwin]

This thread again.

I've always argued for having an auction house since day one. The biggest reason why? Sure the wards are a very crude form of an auction house, that "somewhat" works at the moment.

What happens when ps3 is released? Or if the game for some reason gets somewhat popular?

The small number of people with a few retainers right now have already caused problems for the wards since release. Fill the servers up, give each player a few retainers, and then what?

Overcrowded crashing wards. Imagine going into say the lower tailors row. There's 20,000 retainers in there. Only about 20 of them load a time, if you have a super nice pc. I mean, seriously? lol

The AH needs to happen, hands down. To say "the wards are fine" is just a temp fix IMO, translated into "for now, I'd rather they worked on other things, but the AH NEEDS to happen sometime in the future".

If people want something unique, maybe try making an auction house that is cross servers. I think that would be neat.

[TonyMontana]

So 1.19, 1.20 dont really look very promising for an auction house maybe 1.21 along side of new jobs?

[Heat]

chocobo is coming, now Mail and AH.

No MMORPG game can make it without these things

[AlexNiculaie]

So 1.19, 1.20 dont really look very promising for an auction house maybe 1.21 along side of new jobs?

They have never stated that they were adding one, so it's a bit silly to assume it will be added. The only thing to date they have said is they would look into the need for one if they felt the Market Ward wouldn't work out. You'd be better off not holding your breath for an AH until they, you know, actually promise you one.

[TonyMontana]

They have never stated that they were adding one, so it's a bit silly to assume it will be added. The only thing to date they have said is they would look into the need for one if they felt the Market Ward wouldn't work out. You'd be better off not holding your breath for an AH until they, you know, actually promise you one.

I have to agree with you SE has very notoriously made very poor choices for this game so it would be silly of me to think they might do the right thing here.

[Seif]

Can we please hear from SE concrete plans for the AH and on what exact date can we expect to log in to this game with a working AH finally installed? These dozens of threads have been goin on long enough.

Sure we appreciate you confirming Airship content and replying to requests about sexy outfits but seriously this is the most important feature of the game and we haven't heard any dates on when it's coming.

The player's poll confirmed that overwhelming majority of the players want an AH.

Lesser issues on that list have all been dealt with or are in the works. I find this way of working really dubious since surely you can't think features like the materia system is more important than the AH?

Get the most basic functions of an MMO working first before moving on to the finer details because without a good foundation the economy will never start working in this game and that makes almost all of the crafting classes a lot less fun to play.

[TonyMontana]

Can we please hear from SE concrete plans for the AH and on what exact date can we expect to log in to this game with a working AH finally installed? These dozens of threads have been goin on long enough.

Sure we appreciate you confirming Airship content and replying to requests about sexy outfits but seriously this is the most important feature of the game and we haven't heard any dates on when it's coming.

The player's poll confirmed that overwhelming majority of the players want an AH.

Lesser issues on that list have all been dealt with or are in the works. I find this way of working really dubious since surely you can't think features like the materia system is more important than the AH?

Get the most basic functions of an MMO working first before moving on to the finer details because without a good foundation the economy will never start working in this game and that makes almost all of the crafting classes a lot less fun to play.

Agreed....

[RathSkybreaker]

The only thing I dislike about the wards is the fact that when you want to check the storage of your retainer from another location, they don't go back to selling.. if you know what I mean, other than that I really don't mind it, if anything I prefer it as well. though I wish we had price history and a widget to check current AH prices.

[TonyMontana]

The only thing I dislike about the wards is the fact that when you want to check the storage of your retainer from another location, they don't go back to selling.. if you know what I mean, other than that I really don't mind it, if anything I prefer it as well. though I wish we had price history and a widget to check current AH prices.

As a person who prides himself in crafting high end +2s and +3s the market wards dont work. A few days ago I made an Iron Celata +3 and with 37 NQ Iron Celatas in the wards for 35k gil I have no way to sell mine. Why would anyone favor a system that punishes people for creating high quality items.

[bluemoonwolf]

I like the way it is, it does need a bit more work but I like being able to walk around and look at what is in the wards. SE does need to connect all three cities though.