Quote Originally Posted by Coltvoyance View Post
several items costing 100,000 and you had to purchase them from NPCs.
To be precise: 4 items of 100k each.

That's not a terrible lot, I get that much money on the way to 50 on my alts these days. Plus, at least it's an actual gil sink - the gil spent is gone from the economy. Crafted goods on the other hand tend to not only be more expensive, but the only gil sink in there is the market tax. Otherwise, it's pretty much just a planned gil redistribution from people who prefer battle content to people who prefer crafting -> Eff that!