Game Economy and the gil redenomination

[Molly_Millions]

I have some suggestions for those of you who are panicking about imagined prices of items in the ARR:

• Buy everything you want NOW. Prices are currently stable and the markets aren't moving much, so you should be able to get good deals.
  
• Craft/farm items in ARR. Sell them for the crazy over-inflated prices. Get rich.
  
• Buy loads of stuff that you think will sell well after ARR, and then sell it for the inflated prices!

If you are so sure that the relative purchasing power of the gil will decline / prices will rise, why not just convert your gil to ITEMS before it happens???

This is a very risky strategy that could pay off extremely well, or fail miserably. It's actually one that I personally am banking on.

[Zantetsuken]

This is a very risky strategy that could pay off extremely well, or fail miserably. It's actually one that I personally am banking on.

I tried this with Gold Ore when they first revamped the recipes... I purchased as much as I could with the anticipation that they would introduce new Gold recipes in the future

They did, but the selling price dropped almost immediately due to a the markets being flooded by vast amounts of mining. As it turns out I couldn't sell it for half of what I bought it for, and ended up giving it all away to a friend.

You win some, you lose some, LOL.

[Molly_Millions]

I tried this with Gold Ore when they first revamped the recipes... I purchased as much as I could with the anticipation that they would introduce new Gold recipes in the future

They did, but the selling price dropped almost immediately due to a the markets being flooded by vast amounts of mining. As it turns out I couldn't sell it for half of what I bought it for, and ended up giving it all away to a friend.

You win some, you lose some, LOL.

I think if you are doing this with mats, it carries even more risk due to the gathering changes.