Did someone discover a Get Rich Quick scheme in Eorzea, or...

[Preypacer]

... have people simply lost their minds when pricing gear they're selling on the MW.

Was perusing through the MW tonight (haven't really given it a look since I started over again) and the prices of the gear I'm seeing are, to put it extremely mildly, beyond ridiculous.

1,000,000 for a level 6 body piece?
10,000,000 for a level 18?
999,999,999 each for 3 of the same low level item; each one listed by different people.

The most "reasonable" price I saw was 80,000 for a rank 12 or 13. I didn't look much beyond that 'cause the prices were about to make me sick (not really, but you get the idea).

So, have people found a way to 'get rick quick' in FFXIV, are people really just that greedy, or are they trying to scare away new players with an out-of-control economy? Is it a way to try and "encourage" new players to pick up crafting early so they can make all their own stuff?

What exactly happened to the prices during my time away from XIV? Why have they gotten so insane?

P.S. For those who might take my subject line as a literal question, don't. I'm being facetious.

[Richardd]

is this your first MMO? Normally people put outrageous prices on the most inconceivable things to SAVE ROOM on their character, bazaar, retainer.

[Preypacer]

is this your first MMO? Normally people put outrageous prices on the most inconceivable things to SAVE ROOM on their character, bazaar, retainer.

No it's not my first MMO. Not by a long shot.

It is the first MMO I've played where every single item I see listed on the MW (Auction House, what-have-you) is set at ridiculous prices.

If it was a few items here and there, fine... I could see that. But every single one?

I went through several pages, in a number of categories. It was the same thing throughout.

If it didn't seem so out of the ordinary, I wouldn't have asked in the first place .

[miqokini]

Yes, the get-rich-quick scheme is simply known as playing the game.

Out of all of XIV's faults, I don't know if they'll EVER be able to fix the economy. ;;

[Preypacer]

Yes, the get-rich-quick scheme is simply known as playing the game.

Indeed... In Rank 1 gear lol.

Out of all of XIV's faults, I don't know if they'll EVER be able to fix the economy. ;;

Unless SE was to step in and place an arbitrary cap on prices, or impose really high tax % on high-ticket prices, that would come down solely to the players to control.

Thanks for the reply.

[mysterytaru]

Yes, the get-rich-quick scheme is simply known as playing the game.

Out of all of XIV's faults, I don't know if they'll EVER be able to fix the economy. ;;

This couldn't be more truthful, especially with the way the leves handed out gil like Reichsmarks...seriously, like the Germans, we were burning currency to keep warm.

[MariyaShidou]

This couldn't be more truthful, especially with the way the leves handed out gil like Reichsmarks...seriously, like the Germans, we were burning currency to keep warm.

Then I don't know why some people are complaining about how they need to fork out gil to get their stuff repair, and that the new durability penalty upon Death need to go.

[SuzakuCMX]

Then I don't know why some people are complaining about how they need to fork out gil to get their stuff repair, and that the new durability penalty upon Death need to go.

Newbies who didn't do a lot of leves and/or spent their gil on shards.

[Rimmer]

This couldn't be more truthful, especially with the way the leves handed out gil like Reichsmarks...seriously, like the Germans, we were burning currency to keep warm.

Wheelbarrow full of gil for a bottle of milk.

As of 1.18 the quest rewards have gotten really crappy, the only thing i ever see as a reward on leves other than gil is food items, which is rather annoying.

[Kaizlu]

I can only think of why someone would price something like that: to not lose their "spot" on the MW.

I'm not really sure if you retainer disappears once all of the items are sold, but if people think that happens they'll sell stuff for those prices so nobody can buy them and therefor never sell everything.