It is what it is... The simple truth

[Thebob89]

Gil hunters are a minescule portion of the player base. If they increase the difficulty in acquiring top teir equipment then they are more or less sending a big f you to the larger player base. Not saying that added content won't move to lessen the strain on the economy but, and this is my main point, making things more difficult for the casual player base will only frustrate an allready shaky build. The largest portion of players have little to no interest in craft grinding. There is a reason that they have more or less let the economy go. Even still with the over all ease of capping a crafting level is rediculous. Two weeks of heavy grinding and you can cap out any single trade. I managed to rase weaver by 20 some odd levels in two days. Then there's still the mass of people with already mastered trade crafts that will still just flood the matket with those same top teir items, price cutting, and re spark the entire cycle.

Not only will that run this loop right back to where it started but it will cause the larger player base of casual player to complain about the difficulty of acquiring said items. SE will add more dungeon drops to shut them up and them you will be right back here pitching a fit. It's a vicious cycle that leaves a bad tast in every ones mouth, and honestly it's easyer to ignore a half dozen threads about a crappy economy than ten times that about the game being to difficult for the casual crowd.

On a side note, the housing system is a joke. Houses have no real substance other than boosting player vanity. It has no cotribution to the substance of the game and is a rediculous ly over priced hang out for the few players that can actualy aquire them. In my opinion they should have spent their time focusing on pvp rather than fancy boxes. At least then the amount of work they put into it would be worth it. Don't get me wrong, it's a nice little distraction, but with the houses being open to the public then all it takes is one group to buy a house for a swarm of squatters to move in and just make their selves at home.