weeeee Bazaar and Barter zone will be combined to 1 zone

[Cenebi]

Alright, to those who are saying the old bazaar was better, there was one problem (other than the lag, they fixed that though), that was that often, you would be unable to use the find trader function because the trader was on the other side of the zone. Of course, we had no way of knowing even their general location, which essentially disabled the hide trader thing quite often.

In the new bazaar, all the traders are the same relative distance from the bank.

[Neebat]

Neebat wrote (among other things):
"Why would anyone want buyers and sellers in separate areas since everyone uses find anyway?"

It would make buying several things from multiple vendors much easier.

That's a darn good reason I hadn't even thought of. I do occasionally go buying multiple items in one pass. I had thought faster transport between the two hubs would be best, but this works too.

Thanks a bunch!

One reason I wanted them to allow buyers and sellers to intermix is to eventually let buyers BE sellers. Think there's still hope that might happen?

so the old bazaar looks better, has the banks right by the vendors (literally in fact if all crowded close as most did) also had the merchants close, had an arena and was a nice central meeting/bind spot

You've got several points there...
1. Old bazaar was messier. Some folks like that. Personally, I don't care for the drab grey, but the old bazaar made me sad. With traders visible, there were people stacked on top of each, very out of character. With traders hidden, the rows and rows of desolate, empty stalls looked abandoned. On esthetics, you'll find plenty willing to disagree.
2. Having traders near the banks made it very laggy for me. Even if I hid all the traders, the buyers would be enough to lag me when they all clustered together to reach those stacked vendors. Lag is a lot better for me when I face a solid wall, which the old banks didn't have.
3. The arena was a major source of spam in the bazaar. You liked it, but people complained bitterly. I'm happy it's gone, but I'd love to see a PoK stone for The Arena.
4. Bazaar is MORE central than before, being connected directly to PoK. I still prefer to bind and port to Nexus. It loads faster, but each to thier own.

[Verdandi]

One reason I wanted them to allow buyers and sellers to intermix is to eventually let buyers BE sellers. Think there's still hope that might happen?

Oh there's always hope. I still hope barbarians get bear head hats again.

[YurienStonebow]

bring back the bear heads!!!!!!!!