How do Server Economies differ so greatly, especially Legacy vs. Non-Legacy?

[hagare]

supply and number of people in a server.
more people in the server = more people making items = more supply = lower prices

[UBERHAXED]

supply and number of people in a server.
more people in the server = more people making items = more supply = lower prices

This is the only correct answer. There are higher supply (seeing as this is a game where everyone can do everything) so prices are lower.

[Toguro]

However in places like Gilgamesh.. everything seems to be 3x more expensive than on something like Cactuar(probably an exaggeration..) but everything on Gilgamesh is suuuuuper expensive. So maybe that isn't an exaggeration. Dyes are almost un-buyable or probably simply undesirable to someone with limited gil. Its just too expensive. Everything.

[UBERHAXED]

However in places like Gilgamesh.. everything seems to be 3x more expensive than on something like Cactuar(probably an exaggeration..) but everything on Gilgamesh is suuuuuper expensive. So maybe that isn't an exaggeration. Dyes are almost un-buyable or probably simply undesirable to someone with limited gil. Its just too expensive. Everything.

Gilgamesh isn't legacy. It doesn't have thousands of people who began the game with all 50 in crafts and gatherers.

[Toguro]

Gilgamesh isn't legacy. It doesn't have thousands of people who began the game with all 50 in crafts and gatherers.

I brought it up in response to Hagare.. maybe I should've quoted him

[Malzian]

However in places like Gilgamesh.. everything seems to be 3x more expensive than on something like Cactuar(probably an exaggeration..) but everything on Gilgamesh is suuuuuper expensive. So maybe that isn't an exaggeration. Dyes are almost un-buyable or probably simply undesirable to someone with limited gil. Its just too expensive. Everything.

Gilgamesh isn't legacy. It doesn't have thousands of people who began the game with all 50 in crafts and gatherers.

It is partly server population (you can't make a character on a legacy server, only transfer to one so these servers aren't getting more people like other servers do) and partly server mentality. In the case of Gilgamesh, that is -the- prime raiding server in the NA pool. It's the main server for the world first race we have here, and because of that not only do people tend to have more gil but they're much more willing to spend large amounts on things top help them prep for or gear up to those races. Because of this people are going to take advantage and sell at higher prices.

[Felis]

(you can't make a character on a legacy server, only transfer to one so these servers aren't getting more people like other servers do)

You can create characters on legacy servers.
You can just not create characters 24h/day on full servers.

[Kaze3434]

However in places like Gilgamesh.. everything seems to be 3x more expensive than on something like Cactuar(probably an exaggeration..) but everything on Gilgamesh is suuuuuper expensive. So maybe that isn't an exaggeration. Dyes are almost un-buyable or probably simply undesirable to someone with limited gil. Its just too expensive. Everything.

oh, if you only knew. cactuar is filled with gil buyers, making the standard price of ANYTHING stupid.

[hagare]

However in places like Gilgamesh.. everything seems to be 3x more expensive than on something like Cactuar(probably an exaggeration..) but everything on Gilgamesh is suuuuuper expensive. So maybe that isn't an exaggeration. Dyes are almost un-buyable or probably simply undesirable to someone with limited gil. Its just too expensive. Everything.

exceptions to the rule exist of course.
xD