All end game hub cities should get marketboards, housing, Inns, and world visit

[Claire_Pendragon]

Who cares?

SE cares. Its their game.
Profits and leaving a good first impression on new players, are important to them.

Again, it doesnt matter if we want it, it matters if its good for the game as a whole.
We are slightly annoyed with having to teleport, but its not going to stop us from subbing to the game. But a new player seeing a main city empty of players, and having few ppl to ask questions/interact with, IS something that can cause a few lost subs.

[DamianFatale]

SE cares. Its their game.
Profits and leaving a good first impression on new players, are important to them.

Again, it doesnt matter if we want it, it matters if its good for the game as a whole.
We are slightly annoyed with having to teleport, but its not going to stop us from subbing to the game. But a new player seeing a main city empty of players, and having few ppl to ask questions/interact with, IS something that can cause a few lost subs.

Ehhhh, if that were the case then this game would have been dead in the water a long time ago. A Realm Reborn to the end of Stormblood was EMPTY and we still managed to get the game to be the current most popular MMO. That is quite a feat, and if that held true none of that would have happened. Most servers were extremely empty back in the days, yet we still paraded this game around and tried to get people to join it. It worked.

[Saidosha]

I've always felt it odd that not all of the big aetherytes have the visit option. Main city status shouldn't really matter.

[DamianFatale]

SE cares. Its their game.
Profits and leaving a good first impression on new players, are important to them.

Again, it doesnt matter if we want it, it matters if its good for the game as a whole.
We are slightly annoyed with having to teleport, but its not going to stop us from subbing to the game. But a new player seeing a main city empty of players, and having few ppl to ask questions/interact with, IS something that can cause a few lost subs.

Looking back, I don't appreciate how you edited my quote to only have the phrase "Who cares". You misquoted me and made sound bites out of something by removing the context of what I was saying. I would kindly ask you to please edit your comment with the whole quote if you would be a bit more understanding.

I've always felt it odd that not all of the big aetherytes have the visit option. Main city status shouldn't really matter.

I agree. For example; with the marketboard so close to the aetherite, and all of the nearby amenities, Sharlayan would become one of the more popular cities if it had world visit on its aetherite. It's a missed opportunity to diversify the world, especially when that is why Limsa Lominsa is so popular.

[Phaty]

One of my FC-mates brought up a good point when I complained the scrip vendors in the Studium aren't active so you have to go to Radz-at-Han: space congestion. Consider the number of people who would be in the main room of the Studium crafting for quests and collectibles since the retainer bell's right there. All those people in that small space would cause it to come crashing down. Putting the market board and scrip/collectible vendors in different cities spreads out the player base which helps prevent instance servers from crashing or there being ridiculous lag. Think about how hard it was to target quest NPCs early on. Would you really want that to be a 24/7/365 problem with market boards, retainer bells, and the scrip/collectible NPCs?

As much of an annoyance as it is to have to teleport back and forth, I'd much rather have that than unstable and massively overcrowded "Ideal Zone" instances. Here's a tip that's helped me be efficient with my time and money in Endwalker: set your Return for Sharalayan and use the free Confluence port to Ilsabard then use the cheap teleport to Radz. It's an extra step and additional short loading screen, but it's a lot cheaper; especially if you stock up in Sharlayan then craft for 30 minutes in Radz before going back.

Other ppl don't use the target NPC and interact button? I had no issues in humongous crowd.

[DamianFatale]

Other ppl don't use the target NPC and interact button? I had no issues in humongous crowd.

You can just add more bells. Problem solved.

[Lunalepsy]

It would not make every town a ghost town. This game has millions of players now. And who honestly cared if it did. It's quality of life, and I don't need other players around to enjoy my favorite locations.

A bit selfish, don't you think?

[DamianFatale]

A bit selfish, don't you think?

How exactly? -o-

[DezereDawn]

Literally any other city than Limsa having people in it (bar raid cities for the raid gear) is kind of proof that having everything in a convenient place wouldn't kill other cities in the slightest, while Limsa has obviously been the Biggest population city because of the MB directly next to the Aetheryte, you still see tons of people in Gridania and Ul'dah for the exact same tasks, neither are ghost towns because players go there due to their preferences at the cost of convenience, the exact same thing would happen with the changes mentioned here,
"Spreading the load" makes no sense anyways, having everyone HAVE to go to Shalayan for a marketboard means Sharlayan will be more populated by a large margin 90% of the time because scrips and tomestones/raid gear are less frequently used faculties on average, only used when you need to turn in collectibles or buy a new piece of gear,
having a market board in radz-at-han would arguably spread the load better, players who prefer it's aesthetic would congregate there, and vice versa for Sharlayan

[Nyxs]

World visit at every main city Yes Please! It’s so annoying to have to teleport from where you are currently doing stuff just to switch worlds and if your friends are in the new area teleport back to the same area you were just at.