trin I was stating if I had to pick I like ffxi ah better.
And also trin most other games AH's are interconnected ffxi wasn't.

the games I played w/o AH that had pretty decent sized player base Mabinogi, Maple story, perfect world international. And several others. PWI got a huge player base also. And has been running for a good while.
I like shops better then AH. Only saving grace is in Aion the brokers were ultra cute. :3 like moogles w/o wing and the pom pom on their head.