Quote Originally Posted by Luhy View Post
I hope this is wrong only because some people are going to find an exploit. They will either spend all of their gil on materia and re-sell it early on in ARR before the prices go down 90% or spend all of their money on something that they can NPC to make back a big part of their losses.
That'd work if prices would still be insane afterwards, which only an incredibly ignorant person would put up the prices as they were. Additionally investing anything in any item pre-ARR is a harsh risk that is unlike to pay out (better/newer items, less desire for that etc.) And NPCs are being adjusted so that prices reflect the gil they want in the system with new caps. Buying something now to NPC later is likely going to give a lot less of a payout.