[Request] Merge Mercantile Houses

[Altanas]

They should have run the Markets like traditional market stalls - one week its in uldah, next week its in limsa, etc to encourage active continuous circular migration around the world for a more immersive rp experience (or just to annoy us a bit more ;p)

[Krausus]

Just place your retainer in another city, odds are you wont show on the list anyways with so many people using Uldahs.

[Majidah]

Just place your retainer in another city, odds are you wont show on the list anyways with so many people using Uldahs.

I have my retainers all placed in gridania. Its a ghost town. Why would anyone look there instead of uldah?

I just went to buy a hatchet in uldah and they only had TWO in gridania. Not two in stock, TWO hatches TOTAL. From 1 to 50.

[Tahldon]

I have my retainers all placed in gridania. Its a ghost town. Why would anyone look there instead of uldah?

I just went to buy a hatchet in uldah and they only had TWO in gridania. Not two in stock, TWO hatches TOTAL. From 1 to 50.

Well, if you've placed your retainer somewhere other than Uldah, then I applaud you. You've taken everyone one step closer to spreading themselves out beyond the "hub". Convince others to follow suit and over time this issue will negate itself.

If you don't think that it's possible, then ask yourself how everyone came to start "hubbing" in Uldah from the start. Other players referred the idea to one another and thus we're in the current situation. Most players started gathering in one spot out of the sheer sake that there weren't many people playing at a particular time in the game and people wanted to centralize themselves in order to make things easier.

Why people still feel the need to centralize themselves after the server merger (in which some servers are now maximum capacity) is beyond me. It's now to the point to where things are crashing, but players are still being obstinate enough to want to be in the "hub".

Kind of silly, really...

[Rukkirii]

To all the shoppers and merchants out there, here are some responses to a couple questions we have been seeing.

Would it be possible to combine each city’s current three mercantile houses into one?

This was actually the development team’s original plan, but with problems related to the implementation of direct purchasing, it ultimately had to be implemented the way it is now for the current version.

It would be great if we had more locations for the retainer summoning bell, because there are still problems with overcrowding in certain areas.

Currently, we do not have any plans of increasing the number of call bell locations. However, if there continues to be overcrowding issues we will look into this again.

[Majidah]

To all the shoppers and merchants out there, here are some responses to a couple questions we have been seeing.


This was actually the development team’s original plan, but with problems related to the implementation of direct purchasing, it ultimately had to be implemented the way it is now for the current version.


Currently, we do not have any plans of increasing the number of call bell locations. However, if there continues to be overcrowding issues we will look into this again.

Has the dev team considered kicking retainers that haven't sold anything in a week out of the wards to make room for new, active retainers? Or a similar alternative. *Pulls from Rukkirii's whiskers ;c*

[Krausus]

To all the shoppers and merchants out there, here are some responses to a couple questions we have been seeing.


This was actually the development team’s original plan, but with problems related to the implementation of direct purchasing, it ultimately had to be implemented the way it is now for the current version.


Currently, we do not have any plans of increasing the number of call bell locations. However, if there continues to be overcrowding issues we will look into this again.

how about just having 1 house but 3 NPCs one for each nation in it to search from.

Also would be nice to have a bell in the inn rooms

[Nakiamiie]

This was actually the development team’s original plan, but with problems related to the implementation of direct purchasing, it ultimately had to be implemented the way it is now for the current version.
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Does that mean we will have only 1 Mercantile House with multiple NPCs in it, in 2.0?

[Toxsik]

I would like to see the Item search option added back to the main entrance to the wards like it was before as well.

[Kerwin]

Masamune server is maxed out on players. And every... single... ward.... is also maxed out in Uldah. I will never be able to get my retainers in there. Ever. Massive problem. I would rather be dealing with the old market system so long as it was all one market. Very frustrating. Very.

Edit: Retainer system should be abolished. Its not needed other than storage. Were is my classic FFXI auction house?