Quote Originally Posted by Metalwrath View Post
Probably unpopular oppinion here but they are likely making crafting more easier for casuals so it drives a bigger supply of crafts on the items thus crushing the rediculous overcharging a lot of crafters have done in the past.Doing this will ultimatly decrease the value of everything on the mb making it more affortable or attainable for your casual players.This in turn will stear them away from gil buying.
"Hyperdeflation refers to extremely large decreases in the general prices of goods in an economy—or, correspondingly large increases in a money's purchasing power."
Needless to say, this would be very bad for the in-game economy as it destroys progression. One of the problems of FFXIV is there's not much to do in each 3 month patch period. Instant gratification would just make the content dry out even faster.