There will be a big instanced arena in Tindremene for just the reason you describe. Frankly it doesn't interest me much. I would much rather set up my own 10-20 man double elimination tournament in a local tavern. Everyone pays 5g or whatever to enter, winner takes all. Leaving the money out on the table with 10-20 people watching it - it would be absolutely hilarious if someone tried to grab the cash and run.
This would never happen in a themepark game where everyone is busy grinding their exp and running their so-called quests, but in MO? maybe.
The AH - I guess you could have an NPC do the barking, not quite as interesting though. To my thinking AH should be reserved for high-end items, you auction just a few items that you think will actually fetch high prices and you don't let it go all day. Send the cheap stuff to the NPC junk stalls.
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