Destroying Server Economies

[Deceptus]

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.

Congratulations you've just experienced what real world businesses experience. It's called a Global Economy and you're now part of it. Where different countries (worlds) are now competing with you.

You have a few choices. Meet the new market supply and demand models, or quit.

[Kirsi]

Congratulations you've just experienced what real world businesses experience. It's called a Global Economy and you're now part of it. Where different countries (worlds) are now competing with you.

You have a few choices. Meet the new market supply and demand models, or quit.

Pretty sure you can't teleport to buy cheaper shoes in China in real life. Hardly the same concept.

[Nixxe]

Pretty sure you can't teleport to buy cheaper shoes in China in real life. Hardly the same concept.

Yeah, the conditions on each server are also fundamentally the same aside from population, so it's an inherently even playing field. While there's some degree of separation because you 1) can't browse all servers' marketboards simultaneously and 2) can't sell on other servers, it functions more like a straight increase in population than globalization.

[Malzian]

Pretty sure you can't teleport to buy cheaper shoes in China in real life. Hardly the same concept.

Honestly, these days if you're buying shoes at all you're buying them from China, there's just a heck of a lot of people you're paying for those shoes from the point they're made to the point they get to you. If you wanted to buy them cheaper (provided their was a free way to get to China) you could just buy them there. Granted, it's a loose fit, but there are some parallels to be made... The economies have just gone from being inaccessible planets to being all lined up on the same street. Now you're window shopping worlds instead of having only one store to buy from. Much better for the consumer, much worse for the seller and with such disparity between worlds it will be a painful process until everything evens out.

"This too shall pass..."

[Bobkitty]

Server economies are not "messed up" or "destroyed" as you say.

First off, no one wants to buy things for crappy prices to begin with, they only tolerated them because there were no alternatives and little competition on your (suppliers) part. Now that you actually have to compete, you either get in line and play the game or you don't.

Second, the price disparity across worlds will reach an equilibrium eventually. Either way, you're going to have to adapt or lose out.

[hydralus]

It'll balance out, eventually. Sellers will stop producing because there's too much competition/undercutting and that'll leave bubbles of profit for people who stick to it here and there.

[StouterTaru]

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.

Was anyone buying them off your MB before? Crafters on my server set the prices so stupid high that stuff doesn't sell, and people instead rely on commissioning crafters.

[Miufille]

Was anyone buying them off your MB before? Crafters on my server set the prices so stupid high that stuff doesn't sell, and people instead rely on commissioning crafters.

Just transfered to your server and if you think prices are high here, you should've seen my old server (Malboro). Hilarious that these prices are considered "high".

[aesteval]

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.

Being familiar with Diabolos' market all I can say it that yall got what you deserved given how overpriced nearly everything has been on your server.

[Skivvy]

I welcome the potential balancing of the markets. I've been on both Balmung and Coeurl - one is a buyer's market, the other a seller's market. My dream for the market would be for all servers to eventually be linked directly, without the need for an actual visit. The initial transition may be interesting while both sides adjust, but it will balance out.

I'd also like to see the city tax removed. What exactly is the point of that anyway? Seems a bit antiquated at this point.