Quote Originally Posted by Mavrias View Post
Yes but this is not real life where others get ahead due to favorable family lineage, country of birth, etc.
Yeah, instead this is a video game where some people got ahead by getting into the game early and doing things which now are nowhere near as profitable. Crafting in particular has been made a lot more accessible, which also means prices for crafted items have gone down. It hasn't been even two weeks since 5.4 and Exarchic gear is already selling below 100k (for some pieces at least) - cheap enough that I consider crafting it for sale a waste of my time. There was a very short window (a couple of days) where the new crafted gear sold at high prices, and I made about 35 million gil from it because I was prepared. Others probably made even more. How quickly do you figure you can make 35 million gil now that that window has closed?