Armor repairing, what do you think about it?

[Lusavari]

Right. And that's you. And that's rather kind. But some of us need money. I agree that things can get outrageous in terms of pricing. I slowed down my XIV playing cause I don't think I'm up for paying 200k for a lot of my weapons. But at the same time, at the end of the day and discussion, you have to appreciate economy and how it works. A few people can be real big on deals, sure, but it's not a sustainable practice in the end. You may help your friends out, and that's fine.

Who here does NOT help their friends with free or reduced priced repairs?

But when it comes to strangers or people I don't deal with frequently... I want some reasonable compensation. I'll spare you another long winded analogy.

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Also, please just call me Lusa or Vari. My XI character is Varizen, so when I came up with my character names, I made is to I could use either a new or old Nickname :P

[TheVedis]

Right. And that's you. And that's rather kind. But some of us need money. I agree that things can get outrageous in terms of pricing. I slowed down my XIV playing cause I don't think I'm up for paying 200k for a lot of my weapons. But at the same time, at the end of the day and discussion, you have to appreciate economy and how it works. A few people can be real big on deals, sure, but it's not a sustainable practice in the end. You may help your friends out, and that's fine.

Who here does NOT help their friends with free or reduced priced repairs?

But when it comes to strangers or people I don't deal with frequently... I want some reasonable compensation. I'll spare you another long winded analogy.

friends.shellmates get everything from me for free
or at least i try to, they still refuse to take it for free and pay me

as far as some of ther 200k+ items out there, i used to wonder about that too til i leveled up everything enough to actualy make them myself
and OMFG the ammount of synths needed in some of them hurt.
Cavalry bows for instance.
Takes carbon fiber, which is a 45 alchemy recipe. which cost 100k on its own to make 3! so there is 35k or so gil on its own for that one material. Add in everything else, and you have done around 10+ synths already, and had to go through the hassle of finding an alchemist who can actualy make the stuff(and hasnt quit the game, which is the case on Besaid right now, all the 50 alchemists quit, and the closest active one i know of is me, and im only 42)
then you add in the 5 more synths it takes to make the next upgrade of that bow
and the 7 or so more synths to make the next upgrade...and you realize how much time it can actualy take to make some of these items. And it more then justifies some of the markups on them.

[Lusavari]

friends.shellmates get everything from me for free
or at least i try to, they still refuse to take it for free and pay me

as far as some of ther 200k+ items out there, i used to wonder about that too til i leveled up everything enough to actualy make them myself
and OMFG the ammount of synths needed in some of them hurt.
Cavalry bows for instance.
Takes carbon fiber, which is a 45 alchemy recipe. which cost 100k on its own to make 3! so there is 35k or so gil on its own for that one material. Add in everything else, and you have done around 10+ synths already, and had to go through the hassle of finding an alchemist who can actualy make the stuff(and hasnt quit the game, which is the case on Besaid right now, all the 50 alchemists quit, and the closest active one i know of is me, and im only 42)
then you add in the 5 more synths it takes to make the next upgrade of that bow
and the 7 or so more synths to make the next upgrade...and you realize how much time it can actualy take to make some of these items. And it more then justifies some of the markups on them.

Heh heh. I should clarify what I meant. The upper level weapons, I can appreciate it. I'm fine with 200k+ for a rank 40 or 50 bow, Maybe even 3 or 400k

But a rank 26 Axe? No way. I got the rank 30 axe for 150k. And it's more complicated to make!

[TheVedis]

Heh heh. I should clarify what I meant. The upper level weapons, I can appreciate it. I'm fine with 200k+ for a rank 40 or 50 bow, Maybe even 3 or 400k

But a rank 26 Axe? No way. I got the rank 30 axe for 150k. And it's more complicated to make!

yeah, "most" low rank items the prices are a tad rediculous
however some of them(cavalry) bow the price is justified due to whats required to make them, but thats 1 out of every 100 or so low level items that even falls into that pricing catagory.
i laughed when i was able to sell 10 iron pickaxes for 200k each, i got away with it cuz no one is making gear that low anymore
yeah i know it was wrong to overharge on them like that....but there was actualy a demand for them, so i went with it(plus i was making myself one so i made a ton of extras while getting myself an HQ)