Square, if youre going to ban Gil buyers, give them a PERMANENT ban

[Whiteroom]

part of what makes earning gil so easy in this game is because the buyers are buying our overpriced goods because they can. a vicious cycle.

In the long run buyers affect the price of goods, this severely hurts the new players that are trying to make it big by eating the initial sacrificial fees of leveling up and grinding the craft/gatherer/geartofarmfaster etc.

Of course this strictly speaks from a dol/doh/mob farming pov.

It also hurts more advanced players as well.

The other day I went to buy some Vit IV materia for platinum slaying accessories. It seems a certian someone my server bought a boatload of gil. The price had jumped from 200K all the way to 899K, since this person had bought everything, regardless ofnthe cost. The same went for savage aim and might. Won't be doing those acc anytime soon I think.

[ElHeggunte]

It also hurts more advanced players as well.

The other day I went to buy some Vit IV materia for platinum slaying accessories. It seems a certian someone my server bought a boatload of gil. The price had jumped from 200K all the way to 899K, since this person had bought everything, regardless ofnthe cost. The same went for savage aim and might. Won't be doing those acc anytime soon I think.

It looks suspicious, but that doesn't necessarily mean they bought gil. Some players literally have hundreds of millions of gil earned purely through hard work and working the marketboard.

[Spawnie]

It looks suspicious, but that doesn't necessarily mean they bought gil. Some players literally have hundreds of millions of gil earned purely through hard work and working the marketboard.

exactly this// its really not that hard to make gil in ff14 with a tiny bit of effort.. always laugh when some1 states players that brought a house by themselves are automatically gil buyers/bots lol

[GenJoe]

It also hurts more advanced players as well.

The other day I went to buy some Vit IV materia for platinum slaying accessories. It seems a certian someone my server bought a boatload of gil. The price had jumped from 200K all the way to 899K, since this person had bought everything, regardless ofnthe cost. The same went for savage aim and might. Won't be doing those acc anytime soon I think.

Ahh I knew the name looked familiar on MB..
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...ate-Night-fc-s

This guy.

He's in ICE9, Tetra will just throw millions here and there randomly, I'm not saying that's what he must've done, but that could be the source of the gil since they're on the same FC.

[Ashkendor]

The other day I went to buy some Vit IV materia for platinum slaying accessories. It seems a certian someone my server bought a boatload of gil. The price had jumped from 200K all the way to 899K, since this person had bought everything, regardless ofnthe cost. The same went for savage aim and might. Won't be doing those acc anytime soon I think.

So... just because they bought some materia, they must have bought gil?

That accusation is completely unfounded.

exactly this// its really not that hard to make gil in ff14 with a tiny bit of effort.. always laugh when some1 states players that brought a house by themselves are automatically gil buyers/bots lol

I actually find it pretty offensive. 'Since I don't know how to do it, anyone who does must buy their gil.'

Ridiculous. Absolutely ridiculous. News flash, people: some players are good at the market.

[DoctorPepper]

So... just because they bought some materia, they must have bought gil?

That accusation is completely unfounded.

lol that seems to be the general consensus from people who can't afford things. I don't think they realize how often people with gil buy highly sought after items, like materia, in order to relist them at higher prices. I know if somebody undercuts my items by a certain amount I usually buy it and relist it at my own price, it's really the only way you can avoid undercutters to some degree. I've made a few bad buys that way but for the most part it's only made me wealthier.