Atomos = Inflation...

[Picoman]

My point is that a large amount of time is being put into Atomos by alot of players, therefore the Wards are running dry, which is boosting up the prices of certain things.

Many hours spent at Atomos where those players may have spent many hours spritbonding, making the price of Heavens Eye IV skyrocket.

[Kagoma]

OK let me explain how money works because people seem to think that Atomos = Inflation. Which in a way is true. If you were given an easy way to get a lot of GC seals your going to use it.

Because everyone is out waiting for Atomos to pop they are spending less time doing other things.
Less time to gather items.
Less time to spirit bond.
Less time to craft.

People with money are still buying items they need because its convenient.

With a much lower supply of items and little to no change in demand the ward are selling out causing prices to go up.

As far as people selling crystals people are making money off of these but its just another commodity.
There is no money getting added to the system because the only way the at money is added is by killing mobs with gil, selling items to npc's, or doing quests.

Money is just changing hands now in great quantity on an item that is easy to obtain but high in demand.

SE only mistake was to create an event there servers could not hand and had to remove one of the best rewards from it. While 3K clusters were still available the price of crystals was going down. I was not even turning mine in I was saving them B/C they offer a nice attack boost. Once Clusters got removed the demand for crystals went up so there prices rose.

Bottom line is that all the stuff on the AH can be obtained your self. Yes some you need a group for the drop but there are people who need items that you can sell to them and then buy what you want that's the cycle.

[Vaer]

There is no money getting added to the system because the only way the at money is added is by killing mobs with gil, selling items to npc's, or doing quests.

People constantly trading in seals for dawn drops and NPCing them adds a lot of money to the system.

[Victor]

Is it indicated anywhere how long they intend to have this event active?

[Quesse]

Is it indicated anywhere how long they intend to have this event active?

I think they said until everyone has max gil of 999,999,999

[Vanguard319]

Me, I'm mostly trying to stock seals for the next GC rank, though I also want to keep some of these crystals for my own use, 40 seconds may not be alot of time, but for that time, you get a huge boost to your damage,. For tough fights, I'd say it's worth it.

[Victor]

I think they said until everyone has max gil of 999,999,999

For realsies >.>

[Alhanelem]

I think it is more people with a lot of gil are spending it fast so they won't lose it in the cap in 2.0. But I am sure Atomos spam is also contributing.

Thing is, they aren't going to lose anything so they're just shooting themselves in the foot.

[Alhanelem]

Atomos is NOT causing inflation. The only way to turn Atomos crystals into NEW game money ('cause getting it off other players does nothing to the economy), is to mass buy/sell dawn drops... But have you actually tried doing this? Try doing it with 5k seals.... It takes hours upon hours, and that 5k seals wont even get you a mil in gil. The time it takes to do this, you could earn the same off farming or pretty much anything else.

It might not be greased lightning, but it sure is easy considering all you have to do is spam the enter key for a while then go to a vendor and sell it all.

[Zumi]

If some people think they are losing gil by the gil change they will start to mass buy items to get rid of their gil.