Quote Originally Posted by Souljacker View Post
It didn't matter that Gustaberg was "the" place to go for Goldsmithing, everyone still sold the goods in Jeuno if they sold them at all.

Besides that, we have to think beyond trade goods and have a care for new players looking for equipment. Crafters generally NPC the low level things that don't turn a profit because there isn't a market for it in the big city and those selling slots are precious. If the AH's are linked, they can reach a wider audience for their wares and not be limited by only those people who happened to start in the "correct" city.

profit is made by reaching as large an audience as possible, not by cutting trade off and only being specific to one region. There's a reason we have a global economy now.
1st- I want to make myself clear. When I speak of specialization I am not talking about crafting guilds (anyone can craft anywhere). I am talking about resources. Such as, LL has mineral deposits that are better for goldsmithing than armouring. Therefore, if I live in blackforest I need to visit LL to get those materials. -or- players collect and import those goods to blackforest.
The taxes would be cheaper for goldsmithing goods in blackforest because that city wants to promote the import of those goods. Therefore, goldsmiths would work in LL, the lazy goldsmiths would sell in LL but not make a lot of gil. The more motivated goldsmiths would travel to blackforest, and sell their goods for a better profit.

2nd- low level items will be npc'd no matter what you do. As crafters gain rank, they craft more expensive things. There is no stopping that. NPC low level items will happen; unless a constant stream of new crafters continue to make these items. A global AH isn't going to change anything in this aspect.

3rd- I fail to see how this stops my goods from reaching a large audience. The system I propose encourages travel and trade. This system does REQUIRE a large server population. Enough players to actually move items around.
This system is real life global economics. This is what is happening everyday to all of our countries.