The "Saving the Economy" Super Thread! (ideas to save economy)

[Shneibel]

Make crafted gear desirable and this apply not to simply armor & wep but potion & food as well. Make the material for craft required involve gathering & hunting so we can have a relationship:
Gathering + Hunting -> crafter = product -> gathering & hunting (it mean gathering & hunting gather mats to crafter, crafter make product that gathering & hunting use)

and as yoshi had already said he will lower the house price to group A in 6 weeks (under 6 weeks now or 5 already) I will not say anything about it but dont forget the situation atm is begin from the insanity housing price


edit: and I dont believe allow player assit repair will help with the economy much since the repair is cheap atm and player get free seals from DFR that they can buy Dark matter 5 to repair their own, but I still want that feature

[Keyln]

There's a problem with the economy? Does it really need to be saved?

[OPneedNerfs]

Why? The game's fine as it is.

[Draco]

Why? The game's fine as it is.

Yes the game is good, however, unless you are a maxed out crafter or gatherer, there is no money to be made in the game. If you don't believe me, just go to your auction house and look up chest pieces and see all the 0's with the occasional 1-10 items available here and there. A game with a thriving economy should have multiples of every piece of gear available for purchase at any time. This thread is to give ideas to help.

[Thunderz]

Why? The game's fine as it is.

so having a fully set up non-combat class with the specific purpose is to Craft or gather items being useless is not fine

[Xayoc]

how will this save the economy?

Answer: Materia is the one consumable that is a must, and especially so for PvP. If crafters could create Materia, this one believes that gil would start flowing between players and not just between players and NPCs.

Observation: Aside from Double Star gear sets which have nearly a 100% HQ chance if done correctly, add some RNG into the system with little chance of failure HQ sells for dirt cheap for no good reason.

[Draco]

Statement: Materia is the one consumable that is a must, and especially so for PvP. If crafters could create Materia, this one believes that gil would start flowing between players and not just between players and NPCs.

Observation: Aside from Double Star gear sets which have nearly a 100% HQ chance if done correctly, add some RNG into the system with little chance of failure HQ sells for dirt cheap for no good reason.

This would improve the economy if there was a lack of materia in the first place. As it is right now, materia is so easy to get and the market is flooded with it. The problem is, noone uses materia pre LvL 50. Having crafters create more materia will just push more materia into the system which will drive down prices. You need to find a way to get players to start using materia hand over fist. Making materia melding a passive ability will accomplish that.

[Draco]

There's a problem with the economy? Does it really need to be saved?

People hoarding their cash for the one and only gil sink (housing) is not helping either.

[Millimidget]

Why? The game's fine as it is.

This. There are niches to get rich off of. Admittedly, the easy money is gone. And probably forever will be as interest in the game wanes and RMT sales decrease. Start petitioning for server mergers if you feel your market boards aren't active and profitable enough.

Yes the game is good, however, unless you are a maxed out crafter or gatherer, there is no money to be made in the game. If you don't believe me, just go to your auction house and look up chest pieces and see all the 0's with the occasional 1-10 items available here and there. A game with a thriving economy should have multiples of every piece of gear available for purchase at any time. This thread is to give ideas to help.

There's no demand, especially not at the prices some players expect to get, though this could be as much an issue with the market board posting system and its limitations as it is with crafting in general.

[Rightchaus]

People should stop buying gil.