It's the same layout as the FreeStuff layout that never got fixed.  So don't expect this to ever be fixed.

This is absolutely ridiculous!  You haveput the broken Freestuff layout on the MP without fixing it in the Freestuff Layout first?!  All the while the Essentials crap hasn't been fixed.  Are the Rendo staff absolutely insane?

This is never going to be fixed, mark my words.  They said the same thing about the MP categories 2 WEEKS AGO.  Now they're embarking on a second disaster before even fixing the first!

^^Agreed 100%.  If you care about your vendors and customers Renderosity, you'll do this ASAP and from now on use a dummy site to work out the bugs before implementing anything here.  This is getting highly annoying, and there's absolutely no excuse for letting this problem go on so long.

^^I highly doubt the shoppers wanted THIS.

^^Untrue.  Some people may only be interested in clothing textures or props, for instance, and this makes it very difficult to navigate their pages. 

Some vendors also sell merchant resources/2D products, which are no longer divided from the essentials.  As I said, this makes it almost impossible to browse for the product you want, now.

As for weekends off, notice how nothing-- not even replies in other threads to the current headway was done yesterday.  Also, considering the current state and how it will hurt sales, shouldn't the staff be obligated to sacrifice and dedicate at least a couple hours on their days off to fix this?  Because I sure as hell would.

Then again, if I were the staff, I'd always do testing and sort out new designs on a dummy site first, to work out all of the bugs/kinks, before implementing it on the site.

^^It's prettymuch impossible to shop here now unless the item is already on your wishlist.  It still boggles the mind how none of the vendors seem the least bit upset about this.  You'd think they'd be absolutely livid about this at so many levels.

^^No, they aknowledged in this thread that there was no warning, because they thought that the whole process would only take a couple hours and would go without a hitch.  This greatly upsets me as well.

Considering how they botched up the Freestuff redesign, it's safe to assume that this is permanent.

It was removed due to incompetence, along with just about every other MP search feature.

Pkay, WHY is it not fixed yet?  You said only a few days, you had all weekend!  I'm getting sick of this, clearly it's the Freebies all over again!  This is essentially a middle finger to both your vendors and customers!  Where are those nice features you talked about?  Right now, we have far fewer than before! 

Why is noone else pissed off about this?  Why aren't the vendors in particular absolutely livid?

THis had better not end up like the new design of the Freestuff layout....

Okay.  Sorry for freaking out-- hopefully there won't be a hitch :(  Thank you very much for showing such patientce with me. 

How come this was never mentioned in any sort of announcement prior to the beginning of the process, though?

My gosh, you can't even browse by sub-category anymore!  It just ends and clothing and hair, and on vendor pages it just ends at essentials!  Why are you doing this?!?>!?>!  WHy?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?! and why is it that I am the only one who is upset about this?  Why does nobody else seem to realize this is happening, or even AKNOWLEDGE IT on the Renderosity homepage or in any other thread?!?!??!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!!?

What the hell?!  Now I KNOW it isn't the vendors' fault!  Why have you done this?  Why have you dumped all of the characters and clothing together into "essentials?"  You're ruining the marketplace for all the vendors and PAs alike, please stop!  I beg you, return it ti what it was before and stop!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

^^Thank you.  Yeah, I'll email you any more I encounter.