Seriously SE add an AH system!

[Soukyuu]

You have 2 options:

1. Use another city (you do know theres 2 cities that DOESNT have full wards, yes?)

Yes, I know there are other cities with empty wards. Read my first post in this thread for the reason why they are empty.

2. Understand that they've stated a lot of the restrictions in version 1.x is due to the client and server software.

As a customer, I don't care. Software is their job. When they chose the engine, they had to think ahead, which they obviously didn't (or someone overruled them).

Yes, they will change it in 2.0, but if they keep it a retainer-based system, a merged ward will be limited to X retainers anyway, which will lead to the same problem once again. There are only so many character models you can fit into an area without making it look ridiculous (hint: it already does now), thus them being "full".

They should have went for an AH right from the start.

[Lilith]

Please assemble what is known so far about the MW / AH plans for 2.0 or any suggestions here: http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...status-for-2.0

[Amage]

Dont need anymore fix to retainers . I WANT REAL AH Where you can see what things sold for but you cant see what the rest of the items are costing

[Lilith]

Dont need anymore fix to retainers . I WANT REAL AH Where you can see what things sold for but you cant see what the rest of the items are costing

Personally I don't like this system. It makes you guess from the absolute low (you never know, right?) to the highest amount you are willing to pay for, which is a hassle. I'd rather see the asking price and a price history.

in General:
- Cities not tied together is a big problem. The wards in Uld'ah are the fullest which means that a buyer will search these, and find what he/she is looking for. That means that everyone whose retainer is locked out of the Uld'ahn market wards has very low chance to sell their goods.
- No price history or actual selling price information is available when you put an item up for sale: This means you have to go search in the wards for every item you want to sell, write down the price you want to sell it for based on what is up and their price history, then go back to your retainer to put up your goods (and possibly be locked out of the ward you should be in). This is extremely time consuming, unnecessarily complicated and very annoying.
- Limit on the amount of items you can put on sale is bothersome low. (If it's a measure so people can not increase there inventory size by putting up a large amount of items for max prize, then pls keep the items for sale in the inventory amount count.)
- No distinction between NQ and HQ in search or prize history and all the practical problems that come along with that.