Destroying Server Economies

[Deceptus]

I like to believe that Square Enix has destroyed individual server economies now. i'm an omnicrafter on Diabolos, and no one is going to buy things for the prices crafters have set here because you can get it cheaper on Balmung. It's a HUGE slap to the face. This is the ONLY thing I'm upset about with the update, otherwise the world visiting system is great.

Congratulations you've just experienced what real world businesses experience. It's called a Global Economy and you're now part of it. Where different countries (worlds) are now competing with you.

You have a few choices. Meet the new market supply and demand models, or quit.

[Kirsi]

Congratulations you've just experienced what real world businesses experience. It's called a Global Economy and you're now part of it. Where different countries (worlds) are now competing with you.

You have a few choices. Meet the new market supply and demand models, or quit.

Pretty sure you can't teleport to buy cheaper shoes in China in real life. Hardly the same concept.

[Nixxe]

Pretty sure you can't teleport to buy cheaper shoes in China in real life. Hardly the same concept.

Yeah, the conditions on each server are also fundamentally the same aside from population, so it's an inherently even playing field. While there's some degree of separation because you 1) can't browse all servers' marketboards simultaneously and 2) can't sell on other servers, it functions more like a straight increase in population than globalization.

[Malzian]

Pretty sure you can't teleport to buy cheaper shoes in China in real life. Hardly the same concept.

Honestly, these days if you're buying shoes at all you're buying them from China, there's just a heck of a lot of people you're paying for those shoes from the point they're made to the point they get to you. If you wanted to buy them cheaper (provided their was a free way to get to China) you could just buy them there. Granted, it's a loose fit, but there are some parallels to be made... The economies have just gone from being inaccessible planets to being all lined up on the same street. Now you're window shopping worlds instead of having only one store to buy from. Much better for the consumer, much worse for the seller and with such disparity between worlds it will be a painful process until everything evens out.

"This too shall pass..."