Destroying Server Economies

[Akonyl]

If anything, people on previously expensive servers are in the best position after this. You have a larger amount of savings than you would have if you couldn't sell high, and now the markets are gonna average out across datacenters, but you'll still have your savings advantage over someone who would have been from a cheaper server.

[Arazehl]

You mean this hurts your power to overcharge on crafted items or gathered nodes because others may charge a more reasonable rate for same item somewhere else? I think as this patch settles in you'll still will be able to cater to the lazier people who do not want to take the time to go bargain hunting somewhere else.

[Nixxe]

You mean this hurts your power to overcharge on crafted items or gathered nodes because others may charge a more reasonable rate for same item somewhere else? I think as this patch settles in you'll still will be able to cater to the lazier people who do not want to take the time to go bargain hunting somewhere else.

Overcharging on gathered items isn't really a thing. The raw materials market on any server that isn't perpetually closed to new characters (e.g. Balmung) has its prices set by the gathering bots as it is.

[Sarevok_Thordin]

The situation will work out better for all in the end, you get more money for your goods if your economy was a buyer's market and if it was a seller's market, you get more customers and prices will go down.

People need to let the market normalize after this big change.

[Ursa_Vonfiebryd]

Im just hoping it forces some items to finally be available on some servers. Im tired of buying super ethers on Mateus 1 or 2 at a time. Time to go shopping.

[NessaWyvern]

Eh, the problem is, is that some servers have crafting and market board bots that fund RWT, which crash the market. The problem of one or two servers will become the problem of all.

[KageTokage]

Eh, the problem is, is that some servers have crafting and market board bots that fund RWT, which crash the market. The problem of one or two servers will become the problem of all.

People really overlook how much of a problem this is, particularly on larger servers like Cactuar, Gilgamesh, and Balmung.

The whole thing about prices balancing out would be all fine and dandy if these guys didn't exist, but they have a lot more control over the market then many people are actually aware (Likely because they don't know/care enough to tell which people on their server are involved in the practice).

A single omnicrafter bot on my server singlehandedly tanked the prices on crafted gear from around 500K to 200Kish in the span of about a month because of them using an alt account bot to both constantly relist gear and undercut anyone who tries to sell lower then them.

[Vnolan]

People really overlook how much of a problem this is, particularly on larger servers like Cactuar, Gilgamesh, and Balmung.

They're already at it:

[DBriggs304]

eh. It will even out