Why are there no gil fountains?

[Aarran]

I've been reading up on the economy of the game, and I'm sorry if this point has been made already. It seems to me that a big problem in the economy is that your gil gain relies too much on other players. I don't buy things from other people because I don't know if my stuff will sell and I can't chance losing the money. I imagine others feel the same way. If I had a steady daily income I'd probably worry less and buy more. My idea would be to give players a couple of gold coins for daily quest instead of crystals and myth tomes. Just a thought.

[Alberel]

Do the 8-man treasure hunts. Seriously. If all 8 people have just 1 map each that's 12,800 gil MINIMUM per person. Chances are you'll get at least one rare chest with 5,000 gil in so that total will probably be higher. That's also completely ignoring the rare mats that come out of those treasure coffers...

I do 8-man maps with my FC every few days and each person has 2-4 maps to do... usually looking at 30-40k gil in about an hour plus a tonne of HQ mats.

[Thaliss]

I believe tribal beastmen daily quests do give you gil too.
will check later.

[Bixby]

There are plenty of gil fountains. Dungeons, roulette, leves, fates, treasure maps. And daily quests do reward gil. Hundreds each.

[Ri_ri]

Yohida said that with the 2.1 stuff (dailies, treasure hunt, duty roulette) you can get 20000 per day. That is a lot.

[Sylve]

There are plenty of gil fountains. Dungeons, roulette, leves, fates, treasure maps. And daily quests do reward gil. Hundreds each.

Roulette after the daily bonus continues to give a Gil bonus too. I use it in place of manually selecting multiple instances like i used to when farming for Tomes. Several thousand Gil from the run, then an extra 750 to cover the repairs and then some.

[Aarran]

While I don't argue anyone's point, the curve seems low compared to a lot of other MMOs I've played especially when you factor in ports and repairs.

[Sylve]

While I don't argue anyone's point, the curve seems low compared to a lot of other MMOs I've played especially when you factor in ports and repairs.

Yeah. Other MMOs like WoW. Shower you with gold, then inflate the prices of everything to accommodate that extra Gold.
For juuust 5000 gold, your horse can fly 15% faster! Bargain! Or we have this wonderful ground only mount for the low low price of 20 thousand gold pieces!

Seriously, I like XIV's approach to money. If i want it, I need to work my ass off to get it. As it should be.

[OldGeezer]

There is no problem with gil. After they nerfed repair costs and gave you money for killing everything in instances, you have to try very hard to lose money at the end of the day. There are plenty of gil fountains in this game.

[Silversnow]

While I don't argue anyone's point, the curve seems low compared to a lot of other MMOs I've played.

Not to come off as sounding like a smart ass but you are pretty much saying "Why can't the game rain money on me like every other MMO." without giving a good reason why the current system is bad. Simply logging in daily to do only 2 roulette's, 6 beast tribe dailies and 1 treasure map I've managed to replace the money I spent buying peacock ores (because I was lazy) + crafter tip doing up all my smn accessories in astral/gold rose since the 2.1 patch.