Fix to the problem with everyone gathering in Ul'dah

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I think the only way to link the market wards would be to link them by search counter only.

I have a strong suspicion that the problem lies with wards being zones. If you made 1 giant ward zone you would still have the problem of not being able to place a bazaar due to over population of retainers.

ANother problem would be being in Grid, searching for a item which happens to be in Uldah, enter the correct ward and exit in Uldah. It would be abused for quick, free transportation.

So I think the only way to link wards would be to link them by search counter only. If that is a problem with the current client I have no idea. But probably is since they haven't implemented it from the get go.

I agree a global chat channel and linked search counters would go a long way to alleviating Uldahs congestion.

Well an idea does come to mind, the problem with a global chat is that that would create more stress then bunching up people in the same area. You gotta think of global chat as this, when a person shouts in ulda that's just one packet of data being sent to that area, However when you introduce the global chat, that one data has to make it's way to 2 other areas which are also in different zones, so not only does it have to pass into another zone, but it has to send the same data into that zone. It would most likely create to much stress for the server if it isn't done properly.

With the market ward I think what could work is if they added two hubs in each town where you could go to purchase items from, while you are unable to enter the wards from those hubs you would be able to purchase items from there. With that in mind though I would say it would only be fair to add something likea 1% surcharge on top of the surcharge alrdy. While it won't get people moving out of Ulda it would at least encourage people to place their retainers in other wards, and while you would have to manually check all 3 yourself since the searches wouldn't be linked, it's at least better then having to travel to town by airship only to find out there's nothing in the wards lol.