Quote Originally Posted by Cairdeas View Post
1. The system as it is currently prevents harassment for players when they put items up for sale.
Because it hides their names? Its not like its hard coded into every AH that the player's name must show up, not a good enough excuse.

2. It doesn't have an arbitrary "Wait 7 days" mechanic to buy the item or fight over the item.
What?? explain, I don't remember having to wait 7 days for anything.

3. Blind Auctions are a waste of time, Why stand around bid fighting with a blank door to be told "bid refused for an hour because someone put up the blind auction well over what the history suggests for that item.
But running from retainer to retainer to another ward to retainer to another ward is time well spent?

4. History. It was abused constantly by RMT's. They'd buy up all the items for a certain item they could then resell them to themselves over and over until they got the history to look like the item was worth more or less then normal, then profit off it.
This I can see as legitimate but FFXIV has done many things to stop RMTs and have forgotten the playerbase. Look at Gathering for instance, its done the way it is to prevent botting, they also put a limit on it (i.e., can't gather any items after your pool has run out)...but what about the players who really enjoy fishing for instance? its stupid "preventing RMT" by punishing the playerbase. All I'm saying is there must be a better way than this.

5. The Search Feature Works.
It works but it will always be less convenient and you will always be walking into a zombie fest....nothing cool about and from our perspective nothing better about it than AH.

6. Marketwards actually take less time to use now then an AH did in XI in my opinion.
How so?