Removal of player Bazaar

[darkstarpoet1]

Not to mention it's the only way my melded hart guisarmes sold since the MW is usually flooded with cheap NQ base ones.

that's for sure lol. i know we actually have started seeing more and more if the item has over 20 and no melds are shown in ud people have started putting it up in the limsan wards. it was nice to see the other day looking for prices for someone and was able to find a hq triple meld in the limsa wards after looking and it was 20 nq as the only items showing in ud.

edit: we may need to do a community thing like we did where before they updated the search bar when we added the 1,2,3 at the end of the price and put our melded items in another city. at least that way we could have a general idea of where to look.

[Reika]

I really dont have a problem with the removal of player bazaars. Once people earn their extra gearsets and put gear into them it will work itself out. Well, the people that are all 50 that do almost every class and have near-capped out inv like myself. Wont be an issue for everyone. It would behoooove SE to start with materials then go to gear when moving stuff to temp NPC.

............ *stare*

[Reika]

Theyre fixing the search for items in 2.0 i belive. maybe all the items no matter how many can be displayed by then.

[TimonLoon]

Hopefully they completely unify the wards as well, along with implementing cross-city-wide chat channels for Buy/Sell/Trade/LFG... It'll spread out the population which is much needed.

[Dannythm]

Reading about these changes I'm wondering if they are still going with this retarded market wards idea or will they finally put a full fledged Auction House.

[Molly_Millions]

Reading about these changes I'm wondering if they are still going with this retarded market wards idea or will they finally put a full fledged Auction House.

Still wards from what I understand, but we will be able to search for hq or nq items separately, and well as for melded or non-melded items, maybe some other improvements as well.

[Dannythm]

Still wards from what I understand, but we will be able to search for hq or nq items separately, and well as for melded or non-melded items, maybe some other improvements as well.

I'd love the improvement for being able to sell stuff and locate my retainer in the wards somehow.

So they giving us AH functionality, without making an AH, going by the trouble of making this all via retainers and market wards. I'm sure it would sound as stupid in a SE review board.. They could save a lot of effort by doing a normal AH from the start.

[Jennestia]

So they giving us AH functionality, without making an AH, going by the trouble of making this all via retainers and market wards. I'm sure it would sound as stupid in a SE review board.. They could save a lot of effort by doing a normal AH from the start.

They're adding in "AH functionality" because the Market Wards are the same thing as an Auction House -- Your retainers can seek and buy items for you which is something a standard auction house cannot do.

[Molly_Millions]

I'd love the improvement for being able to sell stuff and locate my retainer in the wards somehow.

If you're not selling stuff, that has nothing to do with the design of the MW. You are pricing stuff too high. The only thing design changes will do for you is make it more convenient to buy and sell things, but if you price stuff wrong, it's still not gonna sell.

Also, if you don't remember where you put your retainer, you could do one of two things; make a note of where you put them, or always put them in the same ward. Mine have been in the tanners row in uldah for months for example.

[Alhanelem]

Reading about these changes I'm wondering if they are still going with this retarded market wards idea or will they finally put a full fledged Auction House.

We already have a "full fledged auction house" complete with item search and direct purchases." Listing items for sale may be a hassle at the moment, but beyond that, the current system has everything an AH has and more except timed auctions, which I DO NOT WANT. I don't want to wait hours to buy an item, I want the item right then and there. All they need to do is fully integrate all three nations (which is planned) so there is plenty of space for everything, and do something to accelerate the process of listing items. Once that happens, I will have no complaints.

Beyond that, with this change we will also be able to list twice as many items for sale on the markets.

The only reason player bazaars are being removed is because nobody really used them much, except for things they weren't really designed for.