market failure

[Simaril]

I'm on goblin too! There is no supply. I can explain why a HQ ilv 90 robe costs 1,000,000.

You need 3 Tawny Latex to make 1 terminus putty. There are just a few Tawny Latex posted on the market board for 50k each. Terminus putty is required for just about every ilv90 item. It's very hard to HQ terminus putty. It's very hard to HQ ilv90 items without HQ mats. So I spent 150k to make NQ terminus putty. Cashmere fleece was also selling for 50k. The robe requires 2 cashmere cloth, and 2 terminus putty.

Sell me 3 tawny latex for 50gil each, and I'll give you terminus putty for 200gil. Sell me 3 tawny latex for 50,0000 each, and I'll give you terminus putty for 197,693 (or whatever mine is listed at currently).

-To get the Alc tool required 50 spirits of salt, which required 100 HQ volcanic rock salt - which are selling for 2,500 each (2,500 X 100 = 250,000), if you HQ 100% of the time - which you don't.
-To get the Wvr tool requires 50 silver brocade, which requires 200 crawler cocoons, 300 silver ore, and a mountain of shards and time.

The supply of everything you need is low. The time it would take to gather all the tomes, seals, raw materials and shards is extensive. The cost of those materails is high. The cost of the final products reflects the supply, time, and cost of materials.