Quote Originally Posted by gifthorse View Post
They should delete the market wards and improve their network system so that retainers can be placed anywhere in the world. The retainers could set up a booth or a mat on the ground or something displaying their wares. SE could implement a search feature that searches the zone you're in for items and then puts an indicator on your map of where to find the item you want.
I agree with this 100% but if you could combine this with the OP's idea, and make outposts and small towns have combined market wards that span a global economy, that would be great. So to sum up my input: move market wards to outposts/small towns and have them be global market wards,