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    SE is behind the 8 ball on this one. While they want to try to be innovative.... reinventing the wheel on this one is just a bridge too far. What you have right now is really horrible SE, let's get a real AH implemented! Albeit, since I am typing this in a "new" topic called "Markets & Retainers"... confidence is low at this point; a shame really
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    Great suggestions Ami. I kept visualizing an actual auction (rare paintings, antiques, prized collectibles, expensive cars) while reading through your description of an auction house for FFXIV. I think that would be truly unique and stand miles apart from other games while satisfying a need for players to buy/sell their rare or valuable items. At an actual auction it would be ludicrous to move from bidding on some valuable 5mil painting to something common. Buyers would lose respect- thats what I like about your system, it encourages trade of rare/ valuable items only.
    It has been pointed out that having a high listing fee would likely make the auction house system the exclusive province of 'end-game' players, and would not enhance the playing experience at all for low and mid-game players.
    The auction house should be the place where 'end-game' players come to buy and sell rare merchandise. Low and mid-game players can still bid, as they would likely have not obtained anything worth auctioning at that point. Moko grass, gridanian walnuts, and +1 canvas half-gloves are not what I want to place bids on.
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    Last edited by Fieros; 03-24-2011 at 02:48 AM. Reason: wouldn't you like to know
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    I like the idea of an auction house as with REAL auctions for high end items. The seller puts a starting price up and the option is open for a certain time in which people can bid on the item. (like ebay).

    This wouldn't be something for the main cities, rather it should be implemented in Ishgard.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Zantetsuken View Post
    This wouldn't be something for the main cities, rather it should be implemented in Ishgard.
    My concern with implementing it only in Ishgard ... are we deliberately trying to make Ishgard the economic capital of the world, and squash the economies in all other cities?

    I figured, if a seller is paying a 100k gil listing fee, he's darn well going to expect the item to be listed everywhere in Eorzea. ^_^
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    For Ishgard for sure, along with access in the three main cities (maybe with Ishgard having a lower fee?) making it a "world" auction house I think would be the way to go.
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    I personally would like an Auction house similar to that of FFXI but with improvments that match the needs of FFXIV. (And more than 7 slots). I cant stand the market wards even with the improvments it is a craptastic waste of code.
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    Agree market wards are a waste of time, nice try SE but its just not working and the bigger the economy gets the worse it will become.
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    While I've generally been against any implementation of an AH in FFXIV, this version is one that I can fully endorse. It serves the purpose of being an actual auction system, without either hampering the market wards or introducing a glorified NPC merchant, which are my two big problems with the standard auction house systems you see in MMOs.
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    In all honesty, I would like to see a classic AH system in the main cities with the market wards moved out of the cities and into outposts and small towns.
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    I just want an AH. I don't care what they do with market wards as long as a functional AH exists. Market wards = being complicated for the sake of being complicated. It isn't intuitive in the least bit and definitely shouldn't be the MAIN economic venue.
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