Quote Originally Posted by Holyomen View Post
The scope of your response is somewhat limited, and I'll explain why.
The choice between gil or seals is not either or. Both these currencies are required for mostly different purchases.
So the players who have gil or just need seals would choose to SB or buy up materia in the wards for seals.
Whereas the players who have max seals and/or all the desired GC purchases will opt to sell their materia for gil.

It's true gil is easier to obtain than seals, but keep in mind that gil can get you more things than seals and gil purchases are usually inflated.
That could possibly cause a large price inflation, going back to the issue of readily available materia for low level players. Also SE probably wouldnt add that without incresimg prices through the gramd companies for companies. Its a vicious circle. There is also the possibility that the result could be even better or worse than anticipated. This would be a tough thing to balance out and in my opinion the risk is greater than the possible reward.

By 2.0 it would be more worth it to sell the tier 1 materia with the increase in new players.