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    Krotoan Argaviel
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    Quote Originally Posted by linayar View Post
    And my question is why? If people are uncomfortable with having too much money, maybe the game should take a look at lowering the maximum amount of gil people can hold. I actually like not having to run out of money and still be able to buy things I like without having to actively farm for gil. This idea that a gil sink is necessary/wanted is just so foreign a concept to me.
    There are people with multiple capped gil retainers. There is far too much money out in the economy. These few can control markets at will when they want to. However it would be unfair to simply lower the cap and "oh well.. you guys are SOL" especially since crazy amounts or not, they did (usually) get it all within game mechanics. We need something for these people to spend money on that isn't simply swirling the gil around the population. The game lacks adequate gil sinks. Housing is a one time purchase. Repairs are laughable. Teleportation is a extremely minor cost. We used to have things like failing regular melding or difficult crafts to take things out of circulation but all those got turned wayyy down.

    We need sinks that work for "endgame" people. We need to take some money out of the economy permanently. For many gil is meaningless. They can buy ANYTHING on the AH without even blinking. I used to be one of those who looked at the housing prices and thought "damn.. that's like.. all the money I've ever made". Not so much anymore. Everything I do endgame brings in millions a week. Treasure maps, retainer ventures, reselling GC seal items just to eat poetics, selling Materia from expert runs, the list goes on and on.

    Our economy is broken. There is no regular removal of meaningful amounts of gil.
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    Etherea Stormaire
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    Quote Originally Posted by Krotoan View Post

    Our economy is broken. There is no regular removal of meaningful amounts of gil.
    the bots dont care about your end game gold sink. they already DO control the markets and all they do with their gil is sell it for real money.

    not everyone is that good with Gil though, I know several people that dont have a stack of it wanting to be spent and they are end game. so for every person you says is sitting on a pile and wants a sink for it to fall into, I bet there are more than a couple that would struggle to do that on a regular basis and the game would become more like a job just trying to afford a repair bill.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Kes13a View Post
    the bots dont care about your end game gold sink. they already DO control the markets and all they do with their gil is sell it for real money.

    not everyone is that good with Gil though, I know several people that dont have a stack of it wanting to be spent and they are end game. so for every person you says is sitting on a pile and wants a sink for it to fall into, I bet there are more than a couple that would struggle to do that on a regular basis and the game would become more like a job just trying to afford a repair bill.
    Bots are their own problem with different solutions, I can agree they have a negative effect on the games economy and things need to be done about them as well. Perhaps better tracking of where the gil starts and stopping those transactions before they can happen. (though SE seems reluctant as hell to do anything about it for whatever reason)

    People "struggling" simply haven't tried. I know that sounds a bit elitist but after about 7 years of thinking "how does everyone else have so much gil?" then in the last 3 years moving to "oh.. yeah I guess I'll move my large house cause this is slightly better" it just takes a little research and maybe 20-30 minutes to an hour of daily investment.

    You are mistaken if you think I want this to be imposed on the "little guys" though. I don't think a leveling person or a casual endgame player should NEED money.. I just think those with excess cash need something to spend it on.
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