Odd market trend for sky pirate's gear

[Valesti_Peleiades]

So I've noticed an odd trend in the market for Sky Pirate gear on Famfrit, and I'm curious to hear if others have noticed similar trends on other servers.

Basically, the Sky Pirate gear is selling far better than I thought it would. After discovering it was only i185 with no materia slots, I assumed that people would only buy it for 1 of 2 reasons:

1) Glamour, especially since many pieces look pretty good.
2) Spiritbonding grade V materia in the diadem. (I had thought this was mostly an insignificant factor, given how easy it is to get grade Vs just from zerging diadem mobs and buying grade Vs with spoils)

So I saw how much these things sold for on Famfrit and decided to give it a shot. I noticed that almost all the listings on the market were NQ, and this was unsurprising, since I assumed most people wanted them for glamour. But I was really curious to see how well HQ versions would sell; after all, they'd spiritbond faster, and I imagine there are some unusually wealthy players who'd be too lazy to farm law/alex gear. So I made a bunch of HQ pieces, expecting NQs to sell much better.

And here's the weird part: HQs are selling like hotcakes! I only started selling this gear two days ago, and it feels like I can't keep enough of them on the boards. This honestly shocked me, bc I've been selling HQs at around 2 mil when NQs are sitting around 800k-1 mil on average.

So this got me thinking about what people are really using Sky Pirates gear for. Obviously, if people are paying twice as much for HQ when NQ is readily available, then they must not be buying it for glamour (or at least not just for glamour), but either for spiritbonding (since HQ spiritbonds faster) or they're actually buying it to, you know, use.

I can't imagine paying 2 mil for a piece just so it'll spiritbond faster, so maybe more people are buying it to use as battle gear than I originally predicted. It seems like farming Alex NM would be an easier, cheaper, and better option, but I've heard that the removal of the loot lockout has made NM a nightmare to get the loot you want, since you're fighting 7 other people on pretty much every roll.

I'll continue to monitor the market trends on Famfrit to see if this pattern persists; I have a feeling it won't, but who knows? The markets have surprised me before!

[Caimie_Tsukino]

You have said everything in my mind. Zalera is a less populated server, so those i185 HQ gear here DON'T sell like hot cakes. But they still do sell after a few days to a week. It boggles my mind.

[Rath]

500-900k for hq here. If it is weaver or leather craft. 1mil plus for gsm.

[Valesti_Peleiades]

500-900k for hq here. If it is weaver or leather craft. 1mil plus for gsm.

Thanks for the info. How often do HQs sell compared to NQS on Coeurl?

[OoglieBooglie]

They don't seem to give tier 5 materia very often. I think I've converted like 10 pieces or so, but haven't seen a single one. I had better luck with the i160.

[cgbspender]

Same is happening on Moogle, and sell for 900k/1,2m in average. I think it's mostly for spiritbonding. Even the pants and hands are selling quite high, that generally wouldn't be the case if it were only for glamour. I did get a few requests for glamour, but they alway ask for the chest.

[Rath]

Thanks for the info. How often do HQs sell compared to NQS on Coeurl?

I don't really pay attention to NQs. I attribute those to being mistakes, as usually they are the same people that list NQ 2 star gear. They don't sell though, as the HQs are just as cheap.

[Mature]

Whatever requires Fisher mats will sell for millions. No one likes fishing... Well I know one person that loves it lol

[XLauncher]

I'm jealous of your worlds. On Siren, most of the Sky Pirate stuff doesn't even have a full page of sale history and the pieces that do still have entries from like the 11th. ...Then again, the listed prices far outstrip the cost of mats, so I could cut into the price a little to get more buyers. Hmm...capitalism, ho!

[Nekotee]

Seconding cgb on Moogle
Most piece are around 400k or 600k NQ and 1M HQ
The more the leather the more the price GP high XD

Personnally i just made 2 piece healer torso and pants (have to wait my leatherworker slave for the remaining pieces)
Not for glamour but spiritbonding

You get almost 2% for rank IV and V in diadem for HQ piece
And it give Tier V materia
It's faster than farming pink loot and waiting for 48 token
=> and combining both allow you to get tons of materia

Plus my miqote is so pretty with this stuff