Fixing the Gil issue

[DubstepNinja]

What would happen if SE changed the "official" currency to lets say for arguments sake the "Ishgard Dollar" when 2.0 is released?

As of 2.0 release all leves,battle rewards chests etc drop ishgard dollars.

Ishgard dollars are accepted all over the realm, however gil is only used in the three starting city states market wards and in trade. Ishgard dollars are therefore more desirable due to their utility,valuable to due to its rarity. Inflation can be closely controlled.

You can still use gil to trade for goods if you wish but due to the fact it no longer drops, attrition by tax will remove alot of the supply of gil from the game. When it has reached a desirable level ,simple re-instate gil as the official currency and resume its supply by conventional means.

Cons
A dual currency system would be a headache to maintain, trying to figure out a price in dollars vs gil problematic.

Gil is not hard to obtain, even for new players. Currency change is unnecessary

Relies heavily on there being a new "hub" city in 2.0 release (Ishgard?)

Pros
New Players at 2.0 release feel like they can start on a semi even playing field.

Inflation can be controlled from the start

Dollar bills stick in miqotes thongs better than gold coins.

[Duuude007]

No, just...no. please no.

Gil is a FF staple.

You don't fix what's not broken. More gil sinks will render any current issues moot, such as the post-2.0 Gold Saucer casino.

[Daku_Naito]

Really? There is no reason for a change in currency.

[HKP]

Hi,

Actually im not for this, since it´s a Final Fantasy Game and well.. Final Fantasy uses Gil as main currency. (Please correct me if i´m wrong)

Dont get me wrong, i would like to see other currency like in ffxi for Ridill etc. (Ancient currency)

And btw. earning gil was easier before, it was already made better.

So no for main currency, yes for let´s say Endgame stuff to pay with

Regards

[Daku_Naito]

Hi,

Actually im not for this, since it´s a Final Fantasy Game and well.. Final Fantasy uses Gil as main currency. (Please correct me if i´m wrong)

Dont get me wrong, i would like to see other currency like in ffxi for Ridill etc. (Ancient currency)

And btw. earning gil was easier before, it was already made better.

So no for main currency, yes for let´s say Endgame stuff to pay with

Regards

His idea was to put new players on an even playing field, which they shouldn't because they didn't put the time and money into the game prior to it being amazing at 2.0. Your idea is about an endgame currency which is totally different.

[Nix]

I'm not sure why there's such an obsession with this lately?
I agree we need some gilsinks in game, but they'll come in the future as Duuuuuude mentioned. Not sure why people have a problem with the whole gil thing though. . . people can afford items instead of like in XI where a lot of the population were constantly farming and doing nothing but farming to be able to afford their next piece of armor.
Gil should be easily available to those who work for it, but it shouldn't be a full-time job to be able to afford something. . . I think the gil balance ingame is alright as it is, we just need more sinks!

[Chardrizard]

New players catch up fine in any other game.

[Nix]

New players catch up fine in any other game.

I agree!
I started a new character recently for kicks, on a separate server from my main so I had no access to any resources my main had and it was ridiculously easy to make money. Even by level10 I had more money than I needed (80k from random sidequests, storyline quests and NPCing junk).
I know that doesn't sound like a lot, but to a lv10 it's like /lottery! and that number will only go up as you level.
It's really really not that hard for players to catch up, and nomatter what you do you're always going to have people with ridiculous amounts of gil, it's unavoidable and inevitable in any MMO, so better get used to it D:

[DubstepNinja]

New players catch up fine in any other game.

Not worried about them catching up, worried about them staying around long enough to catch up.

[Nix]

Gil isn't going to make people quit the game as it's so easily available from leves, sidequests, farming (you can make a killing farming the right kind of mats). It's not as awful to make gil as it was in XI, I think you are worrying too much D: