Long term idea. Mini wards.

[solracht]

only epic fail is aution house.

Actually the only epic fail is the lack of imagination from this playerbase when it comes to thinking of these systems. There isn't only one kind of auction house. In fact, it doesn't even matter what you or I think of what an action house really is.

What most people want in these games is a system (call it whatever you want) that allows you to quickly and easily browse, buy, sell and trade wares with other players. Most of the times this system is called AH by the developers, and most of the times it's not a "true" AH. It doesn't matter as long as the system works, though.

The wards don't fully fit there yet (you can't accomplish the things I mentioned as quickly or easily) which is why so many people still want an "auction house".

There's going to be massive crying when things are done, however, because XI's model had flaws (price history was actually pretty bad for the economy), and I honestly doubt that'll be the kind of system we'll end up with. That's not necessarily a bad thing, however, and it doesn't mean we won't end up with an "auction house".

TLDR, people who actually mean "I want XI's auction house" rather than "I want a functional market system (based around an AH)" are going to be dissapointed.