[Request] Merge Mercantile Houses

[gahoo]

They could always just temporarily raise the tax in Ul'dah (or lower elsewhere) only to encourage movement. .

[Rukkirii]

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*

But they did in 1.19!

[dev1181] Retainer bazaars in market areas are now subject to a time limit.

• Maximum duration: 7 days (168 hours, Earth time)
  * Those leasing stands are exempt from the above time limit.
• Updating bazaar information resets your duration to 7 days (168 hours, Earth time).
• Retainers who have exceeded the time limit will automatically return home.

[Denmo]

But they did in 1.19!

[dev1181] Retainer bazaars in market areas are now subject to a time limit.

• Maximum duration: 7 days (168 hours, Earth time)
  * Those leasing stands are exempt from the above time limit.
• Updating bazaar information resets your duration to 7 days (168 hours, Earth time).
• Retainers who have exceeded the time limit will automatically return home.

so you're saying Uldah is full of active retainers? Blegh. Maybe make the time limit more in proportion with the number of retainers in said ward?

Like say (bad example): 100 retainers - 7 days till reset, 500 - 3 days, and maxed out wards - 1 day.

In any case, meh. I can't wait till 2.0....

[Soulfire]

But they did in 1.19!

[dev1181] Retainer bazaars in market areas are now subject to a time limit.

• Maximum duration: 7 days (168 hours, Earth time)
  * Those leasing stands are exempt from the above time limit.
• Updating bazaar information resets your duration to 7 days (168 hours, Earth time).
• Retainers who have exceeded the time limit will automatically return home.

Um...no. My retainers still hang around without me having to do a thing.

I know you can leave them in the wards and talk to them now and then and they'll stay, but a few days back I found the retainers of an alternate character still in the wards, and I couldn't even remember how long it had been since I had spoken to them. One of them had nothing up but a stack priced at the maximum limit.

I brought up the issue in linkshell chat and was told something about a retainer being left alone for some duration between two to three weeks and still remaining in the wards.

Searches also seem to attest to this timer not functioning.

I went away from the game for a month and my retainer was still loaded in the ward.

I guess they didn't turn that feature on yet.

[Ragz]

Um...no. My retainers still hang around without me having to do a thing.

I know you can leave them in the wards and talk to them now and then and they'll stay, but a few days back I found the retainers of an alternate character still in the wards, and I couldn't even remember how long it had been since I had spoken to them. One of them had nothing up but a stack priced at the maximum limit.

I brought up the issue in linkshell chat and was told something about a retainer being left alone for some duration between two to three weeks and still remaining in the wards.

Searches also seem to attest to this timer not functioning.

He meant that it used to have a time limit, but people keep bitch about that also and they removed it later.

[Jinko]

But they did in 1.19!

[dev1181] Retainer bazaars in market areas are now subject to a time limit.

• Maximum duration: 7 days (168 hours, Earth time)
  * Those leasing stands are exempt from the above time limit.
• Updating bazaar information resets your duration to 7 days (168 hours, Earth time).
• Retainers who have exceeded the time limit will automatically return home.

What would be handy is if retainers where places randomly throughout the three city states, for example a player could send their retainer to the Masons ward but not choose an actual city, the server would determine the best place based on retainer population and it would solve the issue of everyone congregating in one spot and clogging up one cities wards in particular.

Take a look at the post below and feel free to pass it on to the dev team lol <3

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...ard-congestion.

[Airget]

o_O wonder if emergency maintenance causes said timer to reset.

[Alhanelem]

How about lengthening stand leases to the same duration then? Since they've lost their luster. Stands are often unoccupied because they only last a day.

[Kraggy]

IMO the real problem with Ul'dah are all the PCs standing around posing with bazaars with copper or for 1m and other totally crass items for sale.

The bazaar system is why Jeuno even now is slowed to a crawl, and Ul'dah is the same. Get rid of it!

[Soukyuu]

The 2 other city wards are nearly empty. Just saying.