Quote Originally Posted by IzzyData View Post
Ahahaha. Ok. You do that. Unless you have infinite gil that is only a temporary change and if you drop all your own prices enough all you are doing is throwing away gil out of spite. Then the next day it will be back to normal.

Imagine this situation in real life and realize how absurd of a notion that is.
Nah, it's not absurd in real life - that's exactly how monopolies often get their start. A company with plenty of money sells at a loss until their poorer competetors go bankrupt. Then, when they are the only one left, they jack prices up as high as they want. This kind of practice is justifiably illegal, and regulated, in most countries.

It IS absurd in game, for exactly the reasons you state. No player can control a market in game for long, because there is no entry cost. If a player tries to tank a market until everyone else is gone, then lift it up again - everyone comes right back, with no delay. Because why not? What's stopping them? In real life, you're stopped because you have to hire employees, buy a building, etc. In game, you just start crafting the relevant product again. And if the player tries to tank it again, you just ride it out again until they give up their silly notion of being an all-powerful tycoon.

Quote Originally Posted by Lyrinn View Post
Sure, until you realize I have more gil than 95% of the server and can afford to keep prices low. Enjoy never selling anything.
Ooh, so scary! Yes, I'm sure you could make things very uncomfortable for people for a few weeks. Maybe even months if you really decided to get pissy, give up work or school or whatever, and just obsessively strangle every part of the market all day long for as long as you can! But eventually, Hurricane Kaori is gonna pass, and things'll be right back to normal. No matter how much money you have, you can only afford that kind of waste for a finite period of time.

You may have the gil, but you have no long term power. None.