Might of been better contributing to one of the other 1000000000000 posts about this

Berate me all you want, but I enjoy some level of realism or, dare I say, immersion.

I can't stand MMOs where there is 1 NPC in every city I can walk to and buy whatever it is I want/need in 30 seconds. It doesn't make any sense. I like having to shop around and see who all is selling what I want/need and at what prices before I commit to buying it. It makes shopping an interactive activity, not a chore (though I suppose this depends on how you look at it).

need an auction house it will make things easy

I have to agree with a few posters here, in that personally I prefer the guild traders. Not only does it provide immersion hunting down a desired item, but it also can allow for those who wish it to play a bit more of a "merchant". In games with a centralized auction house all items will eventually get a standardized price with so much supply as essentially everyone is dumping their goods into one pile.

With traders people are essentially forced to price their goods based upon location. If you have a very obscure/out of the way vender, generally you will have to sell your goods for less as you have substantially fewer potential buyers. This also provides a cheaper guild vender for the less fortunate or smaller guilds. If you happen to have a prime location vender you can probably get away with a higher price while still being kept in check by the other venders nearby.

As a buyer this can work to ones advantage by offering choice. When I am hunting for a specific recipe for example I generally try a vender near where I am which can be a more obscure one because generally they go for very cheap. If I am unable to find it there I can then choose to try a more populated and well travelled city like Mournhold and often pay a bit more of a premium for the near gaurentee of it being there (have yet to NOT find what I'm looking for there).

This method also opens up different "markets" instead of one large pool. If my guild has a vender in say the lvl20-30 area of my alliance, it would make sense to sell equipment, potions, food, etc. at around that level. While you can sell anything anywhere, those with a vender around where the V14 players hang out would probably not sell nearly as much lvl20-30 items and would have a better market for end game items. Just an example.

Thus if a player decides too they can essentially be a traveling merchant buying things at low prices from people just trying to make SOME money and then sell it at a vender they belong to for a marked up price. Admittedly one can do this with an auction house, but instead of a player with a little bit of extra time making a little side money, it becomes the super wealthy who simply buy/resell in the single roomed auction house. To be that is not immersive at all. That's my opinion anyway.

Lol. Thank you @Reverb! I was just about to post that. Glad to know these ideas are on other people's minds! I actually can't believe @ZOS has never officially acknowledged the Auction Horse idea.

Maybe it means they're considering it!.... probably not.

Check my signature for a link to my Auction Horse idea everybody!

No. Auction houses lead to bad economies.

Stop bumping old threads. Please read when the last post was made. This thread is over a year old.

I don't ever want an auction house. I bought 7 pieces of purple viper armor all divine did not pay 80 k combined. I also bought 7 elegant divine armor and purple jewelry for less than 130 k and a gold elegant resto staff for 45 k. Why because I am patient and most players are not.

Guild Traders suck.