Who wants to be a Gillionaire?

[littleyi]

Hi. Majority of us here started the A Realm Reborn because of the like for the Final Fantasy series. Regardless if you are an end-game dungen raider or trade economist or just a casual player, all of us started with our first 120 gils awarded from the first story quest. As we progress through the story, majority of us will realize the need for this currency called gils to engaged in some of the ‘optional” in-game content. Regardless it’s to buy a weapon, a battle gear armors for raid, a vanity dress for your gf/wife/mistress or a house for your free company, gil farming is something we all have come across. Some run dungens for rare loot, some engaged in DOH crafting, some travels around searching for gathering nods, gardening, spirit bonding, desynthesis etc.

It wouldn't take long before your cross your first 1m milestone. Our first joyful moment seeing your hardwork has pays off in a 7 digit number. Then you start looking at possible ways to earn more gils. Next is crossing 2m gils. Then you try find more ways to double it, triple it, quadruple it. It’s like a pachinko machine! I started crafting my first brass ingot back in November 2013. Like most of the hardcore crafters in ARR, we followed the crafters progress closely in all the patches from 2 star up to 4 star in 2.55. With average 3-5 hours per day, that’s like almost 1,500 hours in 1 year! Today I find myself crossing a milestone and would like to share with the other crafters.

I've been reading FF ARR forum not that long. But long enough to anticipate the upcoming questions and the following answers:
1. No, the 2 billion (varians of 2 gils) digits are not photoshop. Full size added by request
2. 100% legit from crafting in game with over 200x retainer sales history screenshots selling to over 800 different players.

For those who did crafting in Final Fantasy A Realm Reborn, I am sure majority will agree that the crafting system here is something unique and addictive. Throughout the years I have meet a lot of different crafters to share on information and activities. Thus I believe I'm not the only one. Hope this in a way inspires some to work and explore the contents in Final Fantasy A Realm Reborn in a more different and exciting way.

Regards and good luck!

[CYoung187]

Though I'm sure it's very possible to get that much. I have very casually made over 100 Mil. I still slightly suspect photoshop.

Congrats. Now what the hell are you going to do with it all?

[Sove92]

I still slightly suspect photoshop.

Sure can be forged but the amount of detail is very convincing and there are no inconsistencies. ELA scanner shows high error potentials but it always does when it comes to XIV.

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[littleyi]

Hi. Thank you all. I seldom post in forums, and I was really hesitating to post this at first (knowing the possible various outcome.) But this is something that I have been working for a year or more and consistently almost everyday, despite the RL work schedule constrain. I just want to share this milestone and see where it goes from there. FF ARR is really a good place to learn about economy and market opportunity. Wishing you and the rest of the crafters, gatherers, & others the best of luck.

Though I'm sure it's very possible to get that much. I have very casually made over 100 Mil. I still slightly suspect photoshop.

Congrats. Now what the hell are you going to do with it all?

Buy over gold saucer from Godbert, build a small house resident area around it for people to buy and stay in.

Grats op does that mean I can craft now without being undercut

I will try my best..

[spoiler]

Dear Respected One,

GREETINGS,

Permit me to inform you of my desire of going into business relationship with you. I got your contact from the Final Fantasy Lodestone directory. I prayed over it and selected your name among other names due to it's esteeming nature and the recommendations given to me as a reputable and trust worthy person I can do business with and by the recommendations I must not hesitate to confide in you for this simple and sincere business.

I am Altrage A'uli; the only Son of late Mr and Mrs George A'uli. My father was a very wealthy Chocobo merchant in Ishgard,the economic capital of Coerthas before he was poisoned to death by his business associates on one of their outing to the Manderville Gold Saucer on a business deal. When my mother died on the the seventeenth sun of the fifth umbral moon, my father took me and my younger sister Elfrun special because we are motherless. Before the death of my father on thirtieth sun of the sixth umbral moon, in a private hospital here in Ul'dah. He secretly called me on his bedside and told me that he has a sum of 999,999,999 Gil left in a suspense account in a local Bank here in Ul'dah, that he used my name as his first Son for the next of kin in deposit of the fund.

He also explained to me that it was because of this wealth and some huge amount of money his business associates supposed to balance his from the deal they had that he was poisoned by his business associates, that I should seek for a God fearing foreign partner in a country of my choice where I will transfer this money and use it for investment purpose, (such as real estate management). Sir, we are honourably seeking your assistance in the following ways.

1) To provide an account where this Gil would be transferred to.

2) To serve as the guardian of this since I am a Boy of 16 years.

Moreover, we are willing to offer you 15% of the sum as compensation for effort input after the successful transfer of this fund to your designate account overseas. please feel free to contact ,me via this email address
notarealemail@yahoo.com

Anticipating to hear from you soon.
Thanks and God Bless.
Best regards.
Mr. Altrage A'uli

PLEASE FOR PRIVATE AND SECURITY REASONS,REPLY ME VIA EMAIL:
notarealemail@yahoo.com

[/spoiler]

Salute. Made me almost wanted to sign the letter of acceptance. xD

Nice, congrats. Any tips for those just starting? I almost have a mill right now. I can see you got yours in crafting. Do you also have gathering jobs too? I recently got my mining upto 50 and i'm going for botanist and fishing too. (my crafting is going well) mostly i'm doing SB for money at the moment. I don't want to steal your limelight. Just curious about it that's all (as far, I have received various good materia from storyline quests)

Hi no worries. Im just grateful I haven't gotten flamed yet at this stage. Hehe. I believe in order to cross the first 100m you will definitely need doh activities. I seldom gather as most of the time are spent in preparing mats for crafting the end product, also coz Im doing this as a solo crafter. DOL is very promising assuming you play for a long period of time and are able to catches the early morning ET time nods in every hour. Imho in 2.55, the key words for gil farming is DOH (as usual), desynthesis and spirit bonding. Crafters margin in mb nowadays is pretty low as we are almost reaching the end of the 2.5 patch life cycle. The market for Zodiac weapon IV materia upgrade is still promising. Price index for IV material is still at 60-70% of its peak value. And market observation - Mix around with players/crafters. Sometime we get new info from others by sharing. And info = opportunity.

[Cutie_McSnuggles]

Life must be very different on NA servers. If I have over 1M gil that's a big deal.

[Gillionaire]

Mmmmmm can't say much other than /clap.
I bow before you.

[DragonFlyy]

Life must be very different on NA servers. If I have over 1M gil that's a big deal.

Server location has little to do with it. I have been playing since release and the most I've had is around 500k. Some people are just good at making money in MMOs mostly by playing the Marketboard. I suck at it.

[Sadana]

Life must be very different on NA servers. If I have over 1M gil that's a big deal.

IKR... we're struggling to make ends meet on Atomos. XD
My guess is, on my server at least, most players are self sufficient. Why buy what you can make? My FC even has a notice on our website informing potential transferees that it is definitely a buyer's market here. >< Heck, we're cheaper even than Tonberry (haven't checked Masamune out).

[Eye_Gore]

Speaking of shoving things in ones face.....

[Nuinn]

Congrats :O