Ideas to help the Market Wards

[BlaiseLallaise]

Already discussed to death, but I'll add my opinions.

1. 5% is not enough of a cost to push people towards entering the wards themselves. If the tax was higher, or they had to go to some other location to pick up the delivered goods, then I might be for this idea.

2. Agreed

3. Agreed

4. I always saw the price history as a feature needed in FFXI because the current sale prices were not known. Having removed that factor, I now see no point in having a history.

5. Agreed

6. I don't feel this is necessary. Primarily because it's not too hard to remember a retainer name for the 30 seconds it takes to go from the search counter to their location.

7. Linking is good, but it won't alleviate the problems with Ul'dah's wards. It'll just congest the resulting common wards, leading to the same problem.

8. Personally, I think that's a bit too convenient. However, maybe have an NPC that, for a fee, can 'deliver' items to your retainer. That meaning, you pay some gil and then you literally see your retainer's inventory interface (upon selecting one, of course). This would add yet another needed gil sink.

9. I disagree. That's just a bit too convenient. Even in the hamlets. The hamlets do need to offer players a reason to visit, but not that. A retainer bell, sure, but not a wards interface.

[Arivess]

If a real price history is used I do not want names given.

Huh. I'd rather see names, though. What I've seen in FFXI's price history a lot is someone trying to manipulate the prices by constantly buying and selling an item by themselves or with a mule or two, and it really irritates me. It's usually pretty easy to spot with names, though, because even they have multiple mules, it looks something like:
Player A sells --> Player B buys
Player B sells --> Player C buys
Player C sells --> Player A buys
And so on in a cycle. Without names, you'd never be able to tell.

[AngryNixon]

Huh. I'd rather see names, though. What I've seen in FFXI's price history a lot is someone trying to manipulate the prices by constantly buying and selling an item by themselves or with a mule or two, and it really irritates me. It's usually pretty easy to spot with names, though, because even they have multiple mules, it looks something like:
Player A sells --> Player B buys
Player B sells --> Player C buys
Player C sells --> Player A buys
And so on in a cycle. Without names, you'd never be able to tell.

I agree completely. Names should be shown so that, in the instances where someone decides to play the monopolist and attempt some sort of price manipulation however fleeting, those who do it without stealth will be immediately evident.

[Rentahamster]

I agree completely. Names should be shown so that, in the instances where someone decides to play the monopolist and attempt some sort of price manipulation however fleeting, those who do it without stealth will be immediately evident.

Yes. Agreed wholeheartedly.

An open history that goes back at least a year is a good thing. Transparency helps.

[AngryNixon]

...Transparency helps.

Quoted for (Truth of Forests)