Quote Originally Posted by RyuujinZERO View Post
Certainly the likes of EVE and GW2 that don't treat their in-game economies as disposable don't. Doing so results in wild market fluctuations that people who got the patch notes early can exploit - particularly RMT's who have the capital to flip huge profits and crash entire market sectors.
It only results in "wild market abuse" if there are no alternatives to earning gil.

I'm not sure what the difference is between people preparing to farm valuable matts ahead of time, and say, people farming matts 2 weeks after the patch.

Market prices respond to supply and demand and inevitably rise and fall. (I.E When the stocks are over-saturated, prices drop competitively).

So whats the problem? Prices always drop regardless.

Call me simple minded for not having expansive knowledge on economy and trading, but I really don't see your point as valid.