If SE is taking away my hard work...

[Chinook]

I would pay 30m. I have 30m.
In 2.0 if the price goes to 10m. I will have 3m.
I wont be able to buy it anymore.

In 2.0 if the prices goes to 3.1m. I will have 3m.
I wont be able to buy it anymore.

However.

I would be willing to pay 45m (50% more)
Thus it could go to 4.5m and I be happy to go buy it if I have enough.
It could of been 30m and go to 4.5m and I be happy to pay it.
Those who could buy it before, now cant because I and others balanced it out at 4.5m
Which is 50% more.

So what I am saying is, Due to ARR, the price of an item increased 50% more
where it would have not in the current economy as its not increasing in value now.

I cant get it more simpler than this, this is the exact reason, why > I < believe I am losing Gil, because the reduction of the item did not go to 1/10th and I have to pay more than what I had to originally.

You may not find this as losing gil, you may call it anything you want, describe it in anyway you want and try tell me I am wrong, but you won't succeed, because to me, this is the reason why I think myself, and other people, are losing Gil.

I do not buy from NPC's.
I do not Rent Chocobos.
I do not use the repair person.
I do not use the airship.
I do not purchase from Qiqirn Market.

All those gil sinks are irrelevant to me, and I bet a lot of others. Their costs could be x400 or 1/1000th it would have zero effect to me.

You forgot 50% of the equation, your income ...

Let's say the double-melded class weapon you're looking for went from 30m in 1.0 to 10m in ARR (33% of current value and not 10%, giving you the feeling to be ripped off).

The mats and materias to make that double-melded class weapon will also be worth roughly 33% of their current values. Guess who sell mats and materias ? Me and you. So your income will fluctuate at the same rate as the market, your buying power will be pretty much the same as of now.

[viion]

You forgot 50% of the equation, your income ...

Let's say the double-melded class weapon you're looking for went from 30m in 1.0 to 10m in ARR (33% of current value and not 10%, giving you the feeling to be ripped off).

The mats and materias to make that double-melded class weapon will also be worth roughly 33% of their current values. Guess who sell mats and materias ? Me and you. So your income will fluctuate at the same rate as the market, your buying power will be pretty much the same as of now.

Income is stuff I have had to EARN BACK in order to get to where I was.

If an item is 30m and goes to 10m, but i go to 3m, I have to EARN BACK that 7m.

Income does not count because you have to obtain it back from what you lost.

And the more I get, the more other people get, and the more likely an item will set in stone at a price higher as it becomes more affordable, thus I have had to earn enough just to get back where I was in the first place.

So, let the stupid people lose their money. Smart players will know better.

Smart players would exploit these people.