Current State of End-Game Contents - A Blog Post from A Japanese Player

[Gilthas]

My point is there is nothing worth buying in this game. Therefore there is no point in getting gil. Therefore a lot of time that could have been spend crafting (or gathering) for gil in order to buy stuff you want is non-existent. You know.. an economy: An economy or economic system consists of the production, distribution or trade, and consumption of limited goods and services.

I'm not saying there isn't an upside to making everything ourself. Simply put, the lack of a meaningful economy means we have less to do.

And yet people continue to craft/buy/sell stuff in FFXIV every single day. Your problem is that there's too much competition so you can't set prices as you see fit.