Are some of the servers economies complete trash?

[BelegErkhten]

The only way to get the economy in game to stop being such a trash fire would be if Squeenix found a way to ban all the botters, and its very abundantly clear that they don't have any reliable way of doing so.

[Liam_Harper]

At the end of the day, profits are low because players wanted accessible crafted items. Not because of undercutting or server transfers or nefarious players plotting to bring ruin to your profits. The reason is simply because crafting is ridiculously easy, anyone can do it (including bots), thus almost everything you make is near worthless and in massive supply or easily made. Simple as that.

[Absurdity]

At the end of the day, profits are low because players wanted accessible crafted items. Not because of undercutting or server transfers or nefarious players plotting to bring ruin to your profits. The reason is simply because crafting is ridiculously easy, anyone can do it (including bots), thus almost everything you make is near worthless and in massive supply or easily made. Simple as that.

I like the quote I've read of a frustrated crafter. I'm paraphrasing here since I can't remember the exact words but it was something along the lines of

You people looked at the money we were making and thought "I want that" but you didn't want to put any of the effort in. Now you got your wish, they made it easy, they made it just like you wanted. What you forgot to think about is that it was profitable because it was scarce. I don't care anymore, I made more gil than I could ever spend... but you will not. Because if everyone can do it then it is worthless.

This could've been inevitable, even with the old system, we'll never know. But the rework to crafting accelerated what might have taken another year or two to a few months.