Quote Originally Posted by Artemiz View Post
Inflation is a constant problem within any living economy and has to be managed. The markets have crashed because we are so close to a new expansion, over the course of the whole game though they are still far higher than they used to be.
This is simply untrue. At least on Aether. The prices have been below 200k for months and crashed to within that range after less than two weeks of release. The notion of market board inflation is utterly laughable nowadays. Between crafting becoming extremely easy and the myriad of bots SE does absolutely nothing about. Prices plummet while a Savage tier has barely just begun. Prices in Heavensward and Stormblood were in the million range for weeks, if not months. Just for comparison sake.

Everything they said about needing a gil sink is complete nonsense. The economy in this game has long become a joke because they don't do anything about the aforementioned bots and haven't actually bothered with any meaningful gil sinks. At this point, they've simply waited far too long. Rich players aren't going to be impacted in the slightest. I have hundreds of millions, meaning I could literally don't earn a single gil throughout all of Endwalker and still barely notice. Meanwhile, more casual players won't have this luxury. This change doesn't touch the rich but only impacts the poor.