If you guys could go ahead and restrict the use MBs while being on another world

[Azureskies]

This isn't the same as international trade since there is no infrastructure cost other than time.

The only thing I see this "ruining" is huge profit margins for crafters on smaller servers.

That is why I phased it the way I did. There are tons of details about real life that don't apply to the game (and vice versa).

Take the chocobo leveling onion. It used to sell for 100-150k or so when i left the game. Now it is well over 600k (it was 1 mil when I got back right after Shb release but has gone down and then back up to ~800k). The only reason for this price difference would be the MBs are now linked. So why should I, someone that doesn't craft anything and doesn't do a lot of game economy stuff pay for lower pop servers greed?

I don't make all that much gil per week so why should I have to pay ~600% higher prices for things?

My end point is they should have never went through with this with you only able to buy. Make it a totally linked market (or at least have the ability to sell on any server you want).

[Krotoan]

Take the chocobo leveling onion. It used to sell for 100-150k or so when i left the game. Now it is well over 600k (it was 1 mil when I got back right after Shb release but has gone down and then back up to ~800k). The only reason for this price difference would be the MBs are now linked.

Or.. the demand went wayyyy up because lots of people have resumed playing? There are many items that used to sell for astronomical amounts that have now reduced. It's difficult to pinpoint a cost increase or decrease of one particular item to the link, but the downward trend in pricing across MOST items says to me that overall it has reduced prices rather than increase them.

So why should I, someone that doesn't craft anything and doesn't do a lot of game economy stuff pay for lower pop servers greed?

I don't make all that much gil per week so why should I have to pay ~600% higher prices for things?

I'm not sure what your personal income has to do with supply and demand? If things prices have moved up you should be able to find something to sell (acquired through gameplay) to increase your own profits since items accross the boards would have gone up and the price is just a reflection of gil inflation, if the price of just one item has skyrocketed and the price of everything else has tanked there is likely a different reason for that items increase.

My end point is they should have never went through with this with you only able to buy. Make it a totally linked market (or at least have the ability to sell on any server you want).

While I still don't see the harm and have not felt any sort of disparity (though I may be less affected having always been on a relatively large pop server) I think the limitation right now is because they CANNOT allow selling right now, not that they do not want to.