Market Area Improvements discussion

[Hulan]

Nice

but i predict people will still complain cuz people dont want to buy from grid/LL now cuz they will get taxed for use of the item search menu....

cuz you know, there always has to be something to complain about

Actually, if I were to play Nostradamus, I would predict that the real nightmare will descend when people realize that this will be slightly less convenient, since you have to zone to use the search menu now; and again if you want to use a different city's search. Personally, I don't feel like it's a huge inconvenience - and worth it for the huge benefits we are getting out of it - but I can see where this is going a mile off.

[Jinko]

since you have to zone to use the search menu now; and again if you want to use a different cities search.

I hope its more like 3 NPC's in one zone, it's pretty simple to link information to an NPC interface without changing zones.

Part the reason they are moving the search to a zone is to speed the transaction process when buying from the Menu, you will notice now how much faster it is to buy within a ward than at the entrance.

[Hulan]

I hope its more like 3 NPC's in one zone, it's pretty simple to link information to an NPC interface without changing zones.

Part the reason they are moving the search to a zone is to speed the transaction process when buying from the Menu, you will notice now how much faster it is to buy within a ward than at the entrance.

Yep, I have grasped the reasons and benefits myself, and am greatly looking forward to this change. Unfortunately, if you will re-read the notice, it is unclear but it does say:

The following locations will be added to each city’s market area:
Limsa Lominsa Mercantile House
Gridania Mercantile House
Ul’dah Mercantile House

Which is the same verbage they used when describing the changes they made when they split up the original Market Wards. I'm fairly confident the smart money is on each search being in a different Market Ward area.

[Neptune]

This is great news but I have a question. Is there any way we can get the price history to include all three cities? Perhaps a separate database that is updated once an hour with recent transactions??

[Raldo]

We can hope, but since the markets are accessed separately, I wouldn't get your hopes up.

[kro]

This is definitely a big improvement for buyers. However, I think people will still be reluctant to sell in LL or Grid because people will always search the Uldah market wards first.

Probably the best band-aid fix they could come up with using their current engine, but I do hope they have a fully-linked AH ready by the time 2.0 rolls around.

[Biggs]

This is definitely a big improvement for buyers. However, I think people will still be reluctant to sell in LL or Grid because people will always search the Uldah market wards first.

Probably the best band-aid fix they could come up with using their current engine, but I do hope they have a fully-linked AH ready by the time 2.0 rolls around.

I actually can't wait to put all of my retainers in the LL markets where they belong. Not to mention, if they all have seperate search histories this will still allow for varying prices by city. All thats required then is compitition among cities with pricing.

[Raldo]

The convenience tax is capped at 4k or 5k, it should definitely stay.

[elreed]

well for all who wanted an AH and said that they were leaving because of that, now they dont have any excuses, i like this change but wont affect me that much, is good to know they are working in the right direction

[Elexia]

well for all who wanted an AH and said that they were leaving because of that, now they dont have any excuses, i like this change but wont affect me that much, is good to know they are working in the right direction

Especially since the previous update already turned it into a general AH.