So question what is linking the market wards going to do to make me, or anyone else, want to go to Limsa or Grid? As it stands now the only real reason to go to these other cities is because of Guild Support for crafting or for spending Guild Marks nothing else. Granted having quests and rep for each of the starting cities will decrease this some what but is it going to change the fact that there is going to be a central market where everyone eventually ends up? Even putting in a "Conquest" type system really won't help. And I for one have been against this as we're supposed to be preparing to repel the coming Garlean Empire invasion not attacking each other.

Now I know that I'm in a minority here but I like the wards the way they are now. Though the crashing and laggy-ness I could do without, but that just might be due to the fact that so many retainers are in one zone.