Quote Originally Posted by Mortikhan View Post
1) People wanted an AH. They got one. Congrats.

2) Crafting and Gathering have both gotten easier since the beginning of the game. Especially since last patch. Expect a lot more competition for NQ items and a moderate increase in the amount of competition for HQ stuff.

3) Botting is not the reason why prices are going down. Botting has always been around. The economy is falling out because any numb-nut monkey with some time can craft now. Thank SE for that.

4) HQ class specific items will fall in price over the next few months as well. It is the nature of the beast. When something first comes out it gets exploited till the market is saturated and it is not worth the trouble to make any more. buyers know this and wait for a better price. They are just letting the MWs take their natural course. Market bulls stay ahead of that curve and exploit it as much as possible.

5) Undercutting is a way to make quick easy gil. Even if only by 1 gill. Wait it out and wait for the demand to exceed the supply or compete for buyers.

6) If you think that producing HQ items is very hard then you are wrong. It is slightly difficult at best. No real decision making or risk is made for crafting anymore. All you really have to decide on is weather to take the risk to HQ or just complete the item. If you are having trouble popping out finished products then you need to farm more, get better crafting gear, read the crafting forums here and/or do some research into HQing since 1.22.

7) People are not obsessed with HQ in FFXIV...not like FFXI. This is because crafting is (more so than ever after 1.22) much easier to do and more people leveled their crafts earlier on. This situation will probably not change in the MWs until a level increase comes out or they offer a specialization option for crafting classes.
Prices going down!??? Whaatrrt? A food cost 14-20k! And I see weapons costing millions. Where are prices going down!????