World Balance is doomed until ..

[Bourne_Endeavor]

Linking each world's market board on the same data-center would be nice for many reasons, but of course the only ones who will complain are the greedy self-centered control freaks.

And its not hard to make all the Gil you ever need with huge amounts of competition, the more selection, the more competition, the more items that sell and continue to sell. Yes, you wont be making profits of 1m per item, you'll have to settle for much less.

Much less would be items dropping to below 100,000. Currently, on Balmung, the new 320 crafted Striking chestpiece sells for below 500,000. Combining all of Aether would drive those prices down into nothing. Why am I going to bother putting in the effort to get all the materials for something that sells for vendor prices? If you don't like the prices, you can very easily level your crafters and make it yourself.