Eventual Economic Disaster

[Quesse]

SE made crafting useless and materia is useless when it gives you zero for the stats actually need. with that said mats dont fly off the MW either thanks to crafting the way it is. wow you can craft relic weapons base and thats about it.

you get equipment for free from dungeons and quest, buy GC gear theres no need for buying & selling. SE really messed up right there. MMO where NPC's dominate the economy is fail no matter what you wanna believe.

in 1.0 you had a constant cash flow from day 1 because nothing was free or easy to get and crafting actually had the best gear for most the games life and that means mats flew off the MW, in 2.0 all that went out the window.

Agreed.

What's odd is DoL/H classes are an FFXIV uniqueness and have the potential to be some of the most interesting content in the game.

Instead Square Enix treats them like the runt of the litter. Insane amount of wasted potential here.

[Duelle]

Agreed.

What's odd is DoL/H classes are an FFXIV uniqueness and have the potential to be some of the most interesting content in the game.

Instead Square Enix treats them like the runt of the litter. Insane amount of wasted potential here.

Thats probably because letting crafters and gatherers stranglehold the economy and player progression is not exactly fun for those who aren't playing the markets or simply don't enjoy crafting.

I have, economy was perfectly fine until gilsellers did their $1 per Million sale on xmas 2005.

And you conveniently forgot that what led to it was stupid things like "WTH you don't have a scorpion harness/haubergeon +1 and dual sniper rings +1 and a 3 stacks of sole sushi +1?!?!?!? /kick", which meant that to stay up to par you were either farming beehive chips ad nauseum or getting your gil from less than legitimate means.

The game's focus on rarity and several other boneheaded decisions by XI's devs only made gil sellers that much more prosperous.