What are the gil sinks in this game?

[Theodric]

I do wish that there were more things to spend gil on. A mount that costs a straight up ten million gil or some such.

[RitsukoSonoda]

I do wish that there were more things to spend gil on. A mount that costs a straight up ten million gil or some such.

While IMO that would be nice. Having the board flooded with threads created by people that can't afford them and feel entitled to have them just because they exist would be beyond annoying.

[HeulGDarian]

Step 1 : become an omni crafter
Step 2 : get bored of gathering stuff
Step 3 : use the marketboard for everything
Step 4 : contemplate how the fck did you manage to be poor even though youre a crafter
Step 5 : get addicted to housing

At least thats how i manage to reach having 5k gil from time to time. Have you guys ever traveled from ishgard to goblet on foot?

[Adeacia]

I just keep getting more gil slowly over time. I don't try to get it, just happens as I play. I don't even use the marketboard for anything. There simply isn't anything to spend gil on.

[Espritduo]

Mounts, minions, orchestrion rolls, bardings, emotes, hairs (and now umbrellas). Anything that is a permanent addition to my character. Easily costs you hundreds of millions. Already spent about 40mil just on 5.3 stuff.

[Gula]

Buying out MB listings to resell at better prices with the intent of 0 profit.

[Theodric]

While IMO that would be nice. Having the board flooded with threads created by people that can't afford them and feel entitled to have them just because they exist would be beyond annoying.

I'm sure people could be eased into it. The first gil sink could be one million gil, the next two million, the one after that five million and so on. It'd establish a trend.

Mounts, minions, orchestrion rolls, bardings, emotes, hairs (and now umbrellas). Anything that is a permanent addition to my character. Easily costs you hundreds of millions. Already spent about 40mil just on 5.3 stuff.

Isn't that based on early purchases, though? Even with a lot of gil to burn, I just wait a week or two for the prices to fall and purchase the stuff I want as soon as they do.

Some servers also have better prices than others too.

[xxvaynxx]

Raid supplies mostly. It kinda goes fast when you buy pots and food.

[Seddrinth]

I spend the most on raid supplies (food, pot, and gear at beginning of tier, materia for melding/pentamelding, etc). As far as housing, it is expensive but just a one time thing. Once you are done with your house and are happy with it, there's really no continuous cost. Some people spend a lot of gil on glam but personally I don't.

[Jojoya]

Are you asking how players spend their gil, or are you asking what gil sinks are in the game? Those are 2 different things.

Gil sinks permanently remove gil from circulation. The best gil sinks are ones that players must repeatedly use so gil gets steadily drained from circulation just as it's steadily entering it from quest rewards, mob kills, selling junk to vendors, completing challenge logs, roulette bonuses, etc.

Gil sinks:
Teleport fees
Market fees
Repair fees
Melding fees
Items purchased from vendors for gil
House plot and estate permit, apartment, FC private chambers, FC workshop

Player to player transactions aren't gil sinks (outside of any market fees involved). You being poorer because you gave your gil to another player in exchange for something doesn't remove the gil from circulation. It only changes who is holding it.

There are no good gil sinks targeting wealthy players. Housing is a poor gil sink because you only pay once. Apartments might be available for everyone but the price is relatively small (can easily make that much while leveling). Houses might cost more but they're supply dependent. Gil doesn't get removed when there's no house to buy. For housing to be a good gil sink there would need to be a recurring fee for house owners.

Really the only thing for wealthy players to spend significant amounts of gil on are items that other players are already selling. There's nothing out there that can only be purchased with gil that's gong to make a dent in the gil wealthy players already have. The largest gil purchase price I can think of for a single item (outside of housing) is 100,000. There might be a few items higher but still gil sinks targeting wealthy players in general are lacking.