Quote Originally Posted by KageTokage View Post
This is partly why I'm concerned about cross-DC travel because there's been no mention of marketboard usage restrictions which means now the filthy rich players can exert influence across their entire DC cluster instead of just their own DC.

I have seen on multiple occasions people attempting to manipulate prices on things by buying out the entire stock of certain glams and such.
I think a lot of the rich players really don't carefor the markets in general..

The economy is so messed up right now that the rich players are getting richer without even touching the markets... (in terms of relative wealth)

I had just over 100 million towards end of 5.0 not mega rich but still rich enough to not care about money..

with the current economy though that 100 million has effectively become 1 billion just because the economy has crashed and prices have plummeted..

in 5.0 250k would get you maybe 1 top tier crafted weapon..
currently 250k can basically get you kit out entirely in top tier crafted stuff. (think it cost me about 270k for all 11 slots of 560 gear for my soon to be 90 ninja)

i'm effectively 10 times richer than i was and i havent done anything...

i know a good number of players that make me look bankrupt tooo so imagine how rich they are about now....

i'd theorize its not the rich folks crashing the markets but the poorer folks grasping for gils... theyre the ones who sit at the markets all day undercutting each other cos they're items must sell first.. richer folks list there stuff and forget about it.. might adjust there prices in 3 or 4 days when they check there retainers,

the biggest issue the richer folks have is there wealth doesn't circulate. which only makes the economy even worse still..

this though comes from the fact that nothing holds value and everything is so easy to obtain that the markets are always flooded. drives prices down.. if those high level nuggets were actually difficult to mine for example they'd be worth a lot more...