[dev1162] Gathering Fatigue Mechanics

[Peptaru]

If people wanted to flood the market like that (which would be stupid anyway) they could with an extra character or so on. That wouldn't benefit the market flooders, either. Farming for my own stuff, stuff for friends, stuff that gets npc'd. DoH can flood markets (and do) like noboby's business. if its already easy to flood the market, then let's DROP THE FATIGUE~ You can only gather 30 times now before you gotta change! lol.... If its already easy, then the system must be ineffective as is.

As an aside, people doing DoH leves can flood markets, too. albeit it less often.

[Lux_Rayna]

If people wanted to flood the market like that (which would be stupid anyway) they could with an extra character or so on. That wouldn't benefit the market flooders, either. Farming for my own stuff, stuff for friends, stuff that gets npc'd. DoH can flood markets (and do) like noboby's business. if its already easy to flood the market, then let's DROP THE FATIGUE~ You can only gather 30 times now before you gotta change! lol.... If its already easy, then the system must be ineffective as is.

As an aside, people doing DoH leves can flood markets, too. albeit it less often.

DoL is the only class that can effectively control the economy, and something like that *needs* limits. Unlike most games, FFXIV lives and breathes off of mats and crafted materials. Almost all of your gear is obtained through crafting, minus dungeon/primal drops. Because of this, collection of materials needs to be closely monitored, or a select few ppl would be able to control the entire market by creating several monopolies over specific materials. This kills competition, which allows the one in control to set the prices of things. Now every crafter is doomed to pay ridiculous amounts of gil for mats, which in turn makes all items crafted ridiculously expensive. Course you can't easily sell mats to pay for the gear because the other guy will undercut you until you give up or take very small profits. And yes, ppl *would* do this. There are a lot of jerks in the world, especially on nets.

While I agree the limit doesn't prevent market flooding cuz its so high, it does prevent monopoly. And it is monopoly that ruins game markets; FFXIV's market is especially fragile since most gear comes from crafting, and not random mob drops as in other games. As a result, it is prudent that gathering be limited.