Relic - Opportunity for removing Gil from the system

[Kaizlu]

Huh?
The price/value of an item is measured in Gil.

Here's a really simple example:

Let's say that there are only 10M gil on one server.
I have 0 gil but, I gather some mats, and create a piece of gear. I put it up on wards for 2M.
You have 4M, and buy the gear from me. Now I have 2M and you 2M.
You blow up the gear trying a double meld.
There are still 10M on the whole server.

That's why people (me included) are saying that the only real gilsink is the price of the mat from Hamlet Defense, since buying from NPC actually removes money from the economy. Creating something from scratch only adds gil and buying something (even if it blows up) only moves gil around.

And that's why FFXIV's economy is so funny, there are a lot of ways to inject money into the economy but little to none to actually remove gil from the economy.