6months and no AH?!

[Smokie23]

Seriously make it happen already. I haven't bought new gear in 3 months just because I don't want to deal with that instance copy paste room hell. The search made things a bit easier but it's just a band aid over a completely non functional system. Most items aren't for sale because most people have given up on it ever functioning.

AH needs to be quick, require no loading to another zone and it needs price histories to make selling and buying things more convenient. Currently there is no economy to speak of.

Not sure what your talking about. The fact you haven't bought gear in 3 months is your fault...not the economy or the MW fault. Your saying MW is "completely non functional system"??? I been using it since release with no problems. I actually prefer MW over AH style. Everything I made, sells fairly quick...not really mats but created items sells just fine. There is no need for a price history. Price history just creates opportunities to create market manipulations and creates more trouble then not having one.
Actually since you haven't bought anything in 3 months how can you say there is no economy? The fact you don't use it or participate in the market shows that you only contribute to the 'no economy' side. Well there is an economy and it works. Search function has made it very easy and quick to obtain your goods using MW. Of course, XIV is lacking in the player base side so you only have a few gatherers collecting this, only few people creating certain items, smaller supply and smaller demand. All this can and may lead to having a hard time to find certain items. If your not the type to skill up other classes and able to make your own gear then your next best bet is to get a hold of the mats and shout for someone to make your gear.

[Delmontyb]

Not sure what your talking about. The fact you haven't bought gear in 3 months is your fault...not the economy or the MW fault. Your saying MW is "completely non functional system"??? I been using it since release with no problems. I actually prefer MW over AH style. Everything I made, sells fairly quick...not really mats but created items sells just fine. There is no need for a price history. Price history just creates opportunities to create market manipulations and creates more trouble then not having one.
Actually since you haven't bought anything in 3 months how can you say there is no economy? The fact you don't use it or participate in the market shows that you only contribute to the 'no economy' side. Well there is an economy and it works. Search function has made it very easy and quick to obtain your goods using MW. Of course, XIV is lacking in the player base side so you only have a few gatherers collecting this, only few people creating certain items, smaller supply and smaller demand. All this can and may lead to having a hard time to find certain items. If your not the type to skill up other classes and able to make your own gear then your next best bet is to get a hold of the mats and shout for someone to make your gear.

Well said.

[Illy]

The search was a band aid? Really? The system as it stands is just as functional if not more so then a AH. The amount of time it takes for me to find and buy the item I am looking for is less time then it takes for the auction house in FFXI to load all of it's items. The system works great as is. The ONLY real issue is the fact that the market wards tend to crash to often. If they could fix that then I would be 100% happy with the current system(and a few future tweaks to add a few things like being able to see +1's and etc it would be a nearly perfect system). This system works. It's easy to use and gilsellers can't really take advantage of it like they did with the auction house in XI(which was driving force behind the creation of this system in the first place)

[RedAffinity]

I actually find it entertaining, and a little more fun to go to the market area, and buy directly from the person. I can't explain why, yes there's a little more effort involved but it just feels right.

What i don't like is how everything is organized and categorized when searching. What i don't like is there's no history or indication of an item that exists in game. It's either what's available, or nothing at all.

I have fond memories in FFXI where I'd look at the Auction house, check out all the higher level gear (available or not) and dream of one day leveling up and being able to afford that piece. The auction house UI kept everything neat and organized. The current system, if it's more beneficial can remain just the same, just make a more friendly search/UI function and people won't know the difference.

[Ceons]

I'm all for an auction house but NO PRICE HISTORY PLEASE.

The economy should be based on what everyone is selling the item for, supply and demand and what it is worth today and NOW.. not what someone paid for it last week or last month.