Quote Originally Posted by RhaegarFFXIFenrir View Post
And I don't deny that. I can't say that the crafter that did the meld accepted that high tip either. Regardless, this is still an apt microcosm of the macrocosm.
A singular example is hardly a microcosm within a macrocosm, especially if we don't know why the player felt compelled to offer such a grandiose sum of Gil for the meld.

If you had multiple examples of such an incident with similar rational, then we can start calling it a microcosm.

I just feel using this single example as an argument for your position is just weakening your position overall.

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Will agree that I like the Alex idea for a "meld Prism" of sorts, though the question then becomes if it's (1) worth the crafters time to make and (2) would people actually buy it if the price of such a coincidence is too high due to market demand?

I do like the idea though.