Destroying Server Economies

[Seraphor]

You mean fixing server economies.

Of course balancing the buyers markets with the sellers markets means that seller havens like Diabolos take a hit.

[LeonTrifang]

I mean let's be fair here, how much of the population is /actually/ going to actively server hop to find the best prices

*Sings* IIIIIIIII WILLLLLLLLL

[grinkdaboy]

I mean let's be fair here, how much of the population is /actually/ going to actively server hop to find the best prices? People can barely be bothered to buy items from NPC vendors and would prefer the convenience of the marketboard closest to them, even if it comes with a near 5-10x mark up. While yes some people will be world hopping, I doubt it's going to kill any server economy. People are just too lazy for that.

there are discord bots that will do the job for you so you won't have to manually server hop

[Jeeqbit]

I like to believe that Square Enix has destroyed individual server economies now. i'm an omnicrafter on Diabolos, and no one is going to buy things for the prices crafters have set here because you can get it cheaper on Balmung. It's a HUGE slap to the face. This is the ONLY thing I'm upset about with the update, otherwise the world visiting system is great.

They specifically said they want it to balance out. Balmung's prices will rise as a result of the higher demand, and your prices will reduce due to the weakened demand, ultimately balancing out. Of course, this relies on if people can be bothered to use the visit system much.

[Hugowulf]

Balmung, mall of eorzea

[Enla]

Balmung, mall of eorzea

Only thing we're missing is a run down food court.

[Coatl]

Wait a minute, this actually brings to mind some bigger problems. Since people will be flocking to the big market servers like balmung for lower prices, doesn't that make it harder for those on smaller servers to now sell their goods? Everyone will be hopping to the big servers to buy their stuff there, meanwhile the crafters on the smaller servers are sorta SOL and just have to hope and pray someone randomly sees their item on their smaller server and buys it.

That's not exactly fair, and sort of sets a bad precedent for the future economy of ffxiv.

[Kaedan]

Wait a minute, this actually brings to mind some bigger problems. Since people will be flocking to the big market servers like balmung for lower prices, doesn't that make it harder for those on smaller servers to now sell their goods? Everyone will be hopping to the big servers to buy their stuff there, meanwhile the crafters on the smaller servers are sorta SOL and just have to hope and pray someone randomly sees their item on their smaller server and buys it.

That's not exactly fair, and sort of sets a bad precedent for the future economy of ffxiv.

Not if they lower their prices to match (or in some cases, they can raise their prices to match, or undercut)

People won't need to spend the time server visiting if they can get the same prices on their home server.

[Tint]

Not if they lower their prices to match (or in some cases, they can raise their prices to match, or undercut)

People won't need to spend the time server visiting if they can get the same prices on their home server.

But what when people hop onto the "Mall"-Server before they even started looking in their home world? Why looking on your own market board when you know you can get everything you need for a cheap price on the other server?

[Ilan]

But what when people hop onto the "Mall"-Server before they even started looking in their home world? Why looking on your own market board when you know you can get everything you need for a cheap price on the other server?

Not only that. People on the smaller worlds would have to server hop all the time to adjust their prices if they want to sell something. Sounds extremly annoying.