Oh, so FFXIV is pay-to-win? That's... stupid.

[Aeyis]

Hardsilver, mythrite, Aurum Regis sands, etc etc. All are much much cheaper now then even 2 days ago.
Cloth items are the same
Pigments? Really? That is in fact hoarding lol.

Im a crafter first most, not only a gatherer like your friend. Unlike her im still making millions a day even with heavy competition. Having stockpiled resources means I wont have to buy leather off the mb for 30k each every time someone decides to buy out the mbs stock.

I make and sell a good 20-50 chimera felts daily, and yet you said in a previous posts you had something like 300 manes?

I already used most of those. Thats the difference: You sell materials, while I craft those into items and sell them for more.

Im not sure how anyone can argue that keeping materials in stock doesnt save gil...

Edit: I have a friend that gathers everything herself and hoards it all. Claims it saves her gil and blah blah blah. Her 4-man FC are all poor and were saving for a house. I made her sell everything she had in her retainers to me for 10mil gil. She thought she was ripping me off.

I figured the earlier post was bait, replied in a straight manner regardless.



Incidentally im currently making a stock of HQ 1* materials. Im sure your also of the opinion I should be selling those on the mb now? I'm interested in what your thoughts are on this matter.


PS: if your friend only stored ''thrash'' theres no way her inventory would have been worth anywhere near 12m. Its well worth noting that the prices of some items will only rise in price as time goes on.


tl;dr:
Stocking items saves time/gil when you need them (or need them to produce something).
Mine is just an example of an inventory. If I had the time for it I would only stock full stacks of HQ materials. (as I stocked full stacks of NQ materials pre-HW) And no raw materials at all.
HQing that many items takes time I do not currently have. Especially not since retainers and other ventures bring in raw materials constantly, it is required to keep slots for raw materials as well.