[dev1200] Why the drastic reduction of prices?

[Takane]

Not everyone is running over to Limsa Lomisa to pick up a level 10 axe. You can still camp Ul'dah and sell stuff just fine.
Relax.

[Technolust]

Not everyone is running over to Limsa Lomisa to pick up a level 10 axe. You can still camp Ul'dah and sell stuff just fine.
Relax.

You wouldn't need to run to Limsa to buy a level 10 axe, you can just buy it from the NPC in the Ul'dah market wards...

[DeadRiser]

No one makes low leveled gear anyways.

Lower leveled people need to get new weapons somehow since the majority of synths being sold are high leveld items.

Who really wants to spend (or CAN for that matter) 50k for a level 18 item? I mean, do people think before they post prices? New people can not afford half the low leveld stuff to begin with.

[Jinko]

Not everyone is running over to Limsa Lomisa to pick up a level 10 axe. You can still camp Ul'dah and sell stuff just fine.
Relax.

Did you miss the fact they are adding NPC's to the battlewards ?

I agree that NPC prices should be quite a bit pricier than buying them from a crafter, in most cases its not hard to find someone to make you an item, so I don't see the issue with low level players not being able to get armor and weapons they need.

I suppose for new players it can be a bit daunting but thats where you get out there and make some money for yourself and make friends.

[Crica]

gear (that turns into materia) is disposable now - we use it long enough to turn it into materia and then get new gear and do it again...

prices need to reflect the fact that gear is disposable now...I am glad they finally do.

[Technolust]

No one makes low leveled gear anyways.

Lower leveled people need to get new weapons somehow since the majority of synths being sold are high leveld items.

Who really wants to spend (or CAN for that matter) 50k for a level 18 item? I mean, do people think before they post prices? New people can not afford half the low leveld stuff to begin with.

I have made a ton of low level gear, for a very long time. It has always sold almost as quick as I make it. Why peoples perception that no one makes low level gear, and no one buys low level gear is beyond me. I'm talking based on experience, there was a demand for it, especially since the changes to optimal gear level.

I've already figured out a new niche, but I still stand by my OP, why such a drastic price reduction on all those items?

[Reika]

I have made a ton of low level gear, for a very long time. It has always sold almost as quick as I make it. Why peoples perception that no one makes low level gear, and no one buys low level gear is beyond me. I'm talking based on experience, there was a demand for it, especially since the changes to optimal gear level.

I've already figured out a new niche, but I still stand by my OP, why such a drastic price reduction on all those items?

So people cant get away with overpricing lower level gear because they might be the only one making it. The patch made a few adjustments that prevents prices on certain items from being too high. The better Fingerprints rate and increased area to obtain Karakul fleece are 2 of the other starting improvements.

[Quanta]

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/threads/26963

I understand why these prices are being reduced in price but aren't you screwing over low level crafters in the process? Now there will be no point in making low level gear because everyone will be able to buy it for usually a much better price. What will crafters under rank 30 really do? With such a limited selection on armor these days you really are hurting those that have found a niche in making low level armor.

While I agree the rank 10-15 armor should be made affordable the rank 20-30 armor shouldn't be. Don't take that away from low level crafters.

Oh no! What will the lower-level crafters do?! I guess they'll...make the same gear and sell it for slightly cheaper than the NPC price, like usual? I'm not sure where the issue is here.

[Reika]

Oh no! What will the lower-level crafters do?! I guess they'll...make the same gear and sell it for slightly cheaper than the NPC price, like usual? I'm not sure where the issue is here.

Hehe, the obvious solution to the 'problem' at hand :P

[Hachiko]

This kind of needed to happen, but it also kind of hurts.

As a new player, I have made about 2/3 of my gil (a little over 150k) making and selling low level items. Some ridiculously overpriced, but then more recently more reasonably priced.

Just looking at the prices though, some of this stuff kind of hurts, not sure how much it's going to hurt though.

Take Bronze Knuckles, for example. 2x bronze ingots, 1x sheep leather, 3 fire and 2 wind shards. To buy the mats from vendors, that would be 4,200 gil, and then the shards ton top of that.

So that's about 1/2 what the cost is from the NPC now. That leaves some space for crafters to move, but, crafting is ultimately quite time consuming. How much will I have to drop my prices now to sell? If they're 8,500g at the vendor, will people be willing to go into the wards to buy them at 8,000? Or will other crafters be undercutting them to the cost of mats?

Who knows. I was about to put up Bronze Knuckles at 7,900 today anyway to undercut someone else. Not sure how much lower I would go to reasonably make a profit.