How botting may Kill this game (even if the game rebounds)

[Azurymber]

Too bad almost every piece of gear that isn't unique or requires NM drops to craft is dirt cheap, generally costing less than 20k gil. You get 20k gil a leve. You do the math. Nobody I know has the mentality that he/she has to bot to keep up.

this thread is about new players not about current players and not about now.
This happened in ffxi, a lot of players quit because they couldn't afford the -good- gear and didn't enjoy spending a month farming non stop for one peice of gear. Thats what will most likely happen in this game.

[Choc]

this thread is about new players not about current players and not about now.
This happened in ffxi, a lot of players quit because they couldn't afford the -good- gear and didn't enjoy spending a month farming non stop for one peice of gear. Thats what will most likely happen in this game.

We would have to see drastic changes to everything for that to happen. Even brand new players still get a pretty good income from leves and they could look to other ways to gain gil. Most everything in this game is made by crafters, and everything is extremely easy to make, since there arent any rare resources/items. If we got rare items I could see this being an issue for new players, but not with the way things are now. There isnt any difference if you have 5 million or 100 million currently, both players are likely to have similar gear.

[Xatsh]

this thread is about new players not about current players and not about now.
This happened in ffxi, a lot of players quit because they couldn't afford the -good- gear and didn't enjoy spending a month farming non stop for one peice of gear. Thats what will most likely happen in this game.

This is a misconception. something soaring to 25mill looks crazy, but when you can make 300k/hr instead of 30k/hr it is not bad.

Example:

Which item is more expensive to Buy

A Hauby selling for 25mill (hyper inflation in XI), but tree cutting selling for 100-120k a stack

Or

A Hauby for 2.5million Gil (Pre Hyper Inflation Prices and the summer after inflation) with tree cuttings selling for around 10-12k a stack.

Hyper inflation did not just increase the price of good gear, it increased the price of everything with value.. including the things people farmed.

So if Hyper inflation happened you would make alot more money but have to spend alot more as well, that is how an economy works it reflects the cost of the market. If 10fold the currency entered the economy the only thing it would devalue is Leve rewards, anything farmed that has value would still have the same purchasing power.

Honestly atm the economy is in massive deflation, ridiculous deflation. Nearly nothing sells.. seriously I can buy a weapon for my rank 50 for the reward I get from 2 leves, my iron plate body costed 45k....... seriously.

Honestly the game needs inflation... everything should cost about 10-20 fold what it does now. Even some Endgame HQ items are becoming dirt cheap.