Why is everything so cheap all of a sudden?

[DPZ2]

It’s because they made crafting and gathering absolutely brainless this expansion. Ishgard restoration made it so everyone and their mother can have easy max level crafters so there’s way more supply than there is demand.

It is a wonderful thing: the ability to craft one's own max-iLevel gear without having to pay millions of gil for the latest-and-greatest each patch.

It wreaks havoc with the so-called economy, but there are also a heck of a lot more players at this moment than at any other time we've gotten to the last patch of an expansion. Of course prices are lower.

I expect things to take off again, pricewise, the third week of November, when the preview week of the next expansion begins.

[Liam_Harper]

It is a wonderful thing: the ability to craft one's own max-iLevel gear without having to pay millions of gil for the latest-and-greatest each patch.

But gear was never hard to get. Normal 8 mans and the current 24 man raid usually drop gear that's more than enough for everything in the game below Savage, not to mention Tomes. You never had to pay millions to gear, it was just a luxury. Max level raid gear handed over on a plate just isn't necessary.

It damages more than the economy when endgame items are too accessible. There's a reason most MMO's don't just hand everything over once you hit 80 and raids have loot lockouts. It means less reason to run Normal raids, dungeons and Alliances. Crafting no longer keeps players occupied. Things like Materia are worthless as rewards. I doubt it was intended for everything to be this cheap at all.