Destroying Server Economies

[Ilan]

But what when people hop onto the "Mall"-Server before they even started looking in their home world? Why looking on your own market board when you know you can get everything you need for a cheap price on the other server?

Not only that. People on the smaller worlds would have to server hop all the time to adjust their prices if they want to sell something. Sounds extremly annoying.

[Seraphor]

Not only that. People on the smaller worlds would have to server hop all the time to adjust their prices if they want to sell something. Sounds extremly annoying.

Yes, server hopping all the time will be extremely annoying, which is why it won't matter all that much.
People are already too lazy to teleport to the same city as the seller to avoid the marketboard tax, they're not going to server hop to get something slightly cheaper.

This will only affect those rare, expensive items that people would usually be waiting for a price reduction before purchasing anyway.

e.g. "Oh, that item I wanted is up for sale at 300k… that’s too much, I’ll wait until it’s cheaper.”
“Oh, that item I wanted is up for sale at 300k… that’s too much, I’ll try another sever.”
Either way, that item isn’t selling for 300k.

[Ilan]

Yes, server hopping all the time will be extremely annoying, which is why it won't matter all that much.
People are already too lazy to teleport to the same city as the seller to avoid the marketboard tax, they're not going to server hop to get something slightly cheaper.

This will only affect those rare, expensive items that people would usually be waiting for a price reduction before purchasing anyway.

Porting to another city would only make sense if you would've a trading chat that you can read in every city and the housing zones. Otherwhise your example is not a good one because i can't know what someone wants to sell in Limsa when i'm in Gridania.
There will be enough people that are going to hop servers especially when new crafted gear will come out.

[Seraphor]

Porting to another city would only make sense if you would've a trading chat that you can read in every city and the housing zones. Otherwhise your example is not a good one because i can't know what someone wants to sell in Limsa when i'm in Gridania.

Er... what?

No, I mean, you check the MB and there's something you want to buy for 200k. The Seller is in Limsa, you're in Gridania.
You teleport to Limsa before you buy it to avoid the tax, you save 10k.

[Ilan]

Er... what?

No, I mean, you check the MB and there's something you want to buy for 200k. The Seller is in Limsa, you're in Gridania.
You teleport to Limsa before you buy it to avoid the tax, you save 10k.

Ah that. That fee is really negligible and only really counts if you buy something expensive. But when you look at things like crafted gear, people will notice that they don't sell their stuff if they don't hop servers to adjust their prices and that is annoying, same goes for buying that stuff.

[LalaRu]

Not only that. People on the smaller worlds would have to server hop all the time to adjust their prices if they want to sell something. Sounds extremly annoying.

Well, if you are listing items for millions Gil, it is worth the time. I'd sure won't jump to see if my batch of ten 15 Gil items is sold at 14 there.