OK, I gotta vent. Are people stupid or... Stupid?

[Lstkaws]

OK so the point is still being missed by many, because apparently we were talking about real life </sarcasm>. So let's do this BACKWARDS:

I lose 1 million gil trying to get a ring+1 because I kept failing the synth (80-90% chance fail remember?) and the materials cost me 200k per attempt.

After the 5th try I make a ring+1 and want to sell it for a profit... God forbid I want to make a decent profit because you know, I LOST 1 MILLION GIL earlier.

Why is my precious ring+1 selling for exactly the same price it costs to make?

Answer me that Lux_Rayna.

I will answer this. Once again the answer is........ you guessed it DEMAND! The demand for your +1 ring is too low for you to sell at a profit. QUIT MAKING THEM. To continue making them is foolish. You will continue to lose gil. Supply side economics my friend.

If this was a Chinese game you could just get SE to subsidize your crafting. Maybe you can talk SE into allowing you to NPC your ring for a 10% profit. Still a decent margin in some industries although jewelry is not one of those industries.