Relic Weapons-Broken Promises

[fusional]

If you want this game to be run by npcs and quest rewards then I suggest you play a single player game.

you don't have to lecture me about what it takes to get relic. i have two, and i'm not stopping there. as far as not seeing RMT, you must not get out much. maybe i'll toss some screenshots your way, considering you're on the same server. you also don't seem to understand MMO economics. you don't seem to understand how this quest encourages inflation and how inflation hurts the economy. and finally, you don't seem to understand how making the materia purchasable via NPC works to curb inflation, both artificial and natural, by removing currency from circulation.

i listed 500k as a suggested price, as 500k for tier IV is actually still more expensive than any of this junk was going for before relic- and yet still much more fair than some people paying 20k per materia, others paying 200k, and the rest paying 1.5-2m per. maybe you haven't been keeping track, though? it would still be expensive to double meld most relic, and you're not just redistributing the gil. all the playerbase must do to make sure their materia sells rather than the NPC materia is to list it at 498k.

anyone who hasn't noticed a general economic inflation even outside of relic needs to pay closer attention. it's happening, and it's only going to get worse. other MMOs (which i won't name so this thread doesn't get locked for a stupid reason) have plenty of built-in money sinks designed to help remove currency from the economy. this is necessary whenever there is any way in the game to generate currency from thin air, be it quests, leves, mobs, etc.

this game doesn't really have a good system for that. relic is a prime opportunity to implement one. just assuming on average each meld costs 1m in materia (from npc) and they get their double in about 5 attempts, that's ~35m gil PER PLAYER removed from the game *forever* if they go for all 7. long term, that can only help. additionally- relic stays expensive, stays uncommon at the very least, and the system will no longer outright punish certain players just for favoring a class that needs heavens' eye materia rather than mind IV.

i say all this as a player who already has relic and will get more either way. it's called objectivity. strange concept, i'm sure. next time try to actually read what i'm saying and think for a second before leaping to straw man arguments, though.