Thread: Gold and Items from 1.x -> 2.0

Originally Posted by dragorian

and do you know this as a fact and are you the game code'er i dont think you are it is a wait and see approch

They told us, Dragorian ... It's known from ages.

We will not be loosing our gil but that does not mean that our gil will not potentially lose its value in the change-over. 2.0 is going to bring with it a massive change in game play as well as how the game is organized and seeking to establish an even playing field in terms of the in game economy is certainly something I can see SE attempting to do.

This sort of thing happens all the time when MMOs release new expansions. Players simply find themselves having more gil on hand then they ever did before simply by participating in new quests/content. In this specific case the advent of a more quest based level up system could inject a huge amount of disposable gil into the economy. Instanced dungeons could also have this effect.

If you want to hold on to the value of your hard earned gil the safest bet would be to invest in an item or set of items that you believe will hold its value in the changeover (anything related to the relic quest is probably a safe bet). The value of an item will always fluctuate in both directions but the value of your gil will likely only ever go down. Once the storm is over, but your stuff up for sale at the newly settled price and reap in the inflated profits. This is a tactic that works very well even for patches as well (especially considering the new recipes in big patches get released before the servers go down).

When all is said and done, past all the whining and moaning that changes like these things cause, this sort of thing is actually very healthy for the community in the long run. It ensures that an even playing field is established once every few years. Of course, those who care about making gil as efficiently as possible will always find themselves on top of the economy in the end anyway but still it creates an opportunity to obtain virtual wealth for newcomers where one may not have existed before.

For those that are skeptical about this sort of thing, hold on to that skepticism until we can confirm whether or not the gil cap changes in 2.0. If it gets any higher then expect and prepare for a very very large amount of inflation.

Honestly, I'd not be too bothered if they did decide to reset gil after all - in fact I think it might even be a good idea.

The botters are working overtime at the moment. If their accumulated gil is suddenly dropped into the market post-2.0 the economy is going to get seriously ugly.

Originally Posted by dragorian

and do you know this as a fact and are you the game code'er i dont think you are it is a wait and see approch

I'm a programmer, not from FFXIV but still. Unless this game was made by morons, gils are probabky the easiest kind of value they can transfer from 1.0 to 2.0

All datas about our characters are most likely stored in a SQL server, or their own version database.

To make it really simple, think of it as if it was a basic Excel table.
ROW A = Character
ROW B = Gils owned by character.

So you would have something like this :
Luderic Randelmire; 7300841
Dragorianknight Ragnarok; 8564963

(in reality, it is probably a little bit more complex than this, but not by much)

That's it. That kind of data is really easy to transfer. Maybe the name of rows will change, but that's it.