Quote Originally Posted by Truedragon View Post
There is a transactions history on your retainer where it shows items you have sold. From the start, I already had a hunch they added that in, to check whether a players gil is earned legitimately or not. So if the gil you have, aint backed by your transactions history, you got some explaining to do.

Being a crafter by itself, does not make you rich. Most crafts are unprofitable, break even at best. Only a few crafts are actually worth making, but thats usually because they sell very slow. Or some other hidden gimmick preventing other crafters from doing the same. And the profit from those synths are usually only several thousand.

The moment there is a craft that is majorly profitable, is the moment you see 20 crafters jumping on it within a day. I scour the markets every day for bargains like that. There is at least several 100s people like me scouring the markets EVERY DAY. This is what we in the real world call: entry of competition. Especially seeing how crafting is so easy in this game, you should expect to see a shitload of level 50s as time passes by. All out of work.

Most top crafters right now powered leveled their way to 50 too. Of course this does not apply to everyone, but at least 50% of the top level 50s powered leveled their way. Getting to 50 doesnt magically make you rich. There is no craft at 50 that is pure profit all the time. That's why alot of crafters are downright broke. They crafted synths that werent profitable just to reach 50. And when they hit 50, they realized they cant make anything that earns 100s of thousand. That's why you see so many people shout for crafting work.

Don't kid yourself to think that some people earned their millions legitimately.
I'm afraid this is a load of rubbish, if you can't make gil as a decent lvl 50 crafter you should not be crafting in the first place.

You may not sell everything you make, but if you lose on something, obviously that was not something people want and you should stop making it.

Being able to make something is not enough, you need to know what's selling and try to remain cheaper than your competition, this is the main reason my main class is still lvl 39...

My retainer history will show all my dealing to be legit sales, but this is not a discussion of if I am telling the truth or not, this thread is aimed at getting some Official Word on the matter.