ARR Gil Cap Reduction

[Xenor]

You should probably read Bayohne's translation, since while I appreciate Reinheart's work, he'll be the first one to admit his translations aren't always 100% accurate. People can sometimes interpret things incorrectly.

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...l=1#post826003 - Bayohne Translation

Nowhere does that say that EVERYONE's gil is getting reduced. All this implies is that anyone with a gil amount over 99,999,999 will be capped at that value in ARR. Reinheart's translation seems to expand on what Yoshida said, but all he said was that vendor items were going to be reduced in cost and what they buy items for will also be reduced.

Reinheart translation:


I emphasized the bolded part because I believe Bayohne's translation is more accurate for that specific part.

Bayohne's translation is confusing because it begins with "No, there won't be a gil wipe". I consider losing hundreds of millions to be a gil wipe. I'm more inclined to believe it's a mis-translation and we'll be divided by 10. They do this kind of thing in the real world too, it's called redenomination. Look at Zimbabwe for a recent example.

[lordvr]

Bayohne's translation is confusing because it begins with "No, there won't be a gil wipe". I consider losing hundreds of millions to be a gil wipe. I'm more inclined to believe it's a mis-translation and we'll be divided by 10. They do this kind of thing in the real world too, it's called redenomination. Look at Zimbabwe for a recent example.

Redenomination is exactly what it said in Japanese, as a matter of fact. Why Bayone chose to ignore the word in the English version is beyond me.

[Takeshi_Eiketsu]

Bump for interest in a dev clarification...

[TheRac25]

Redenomination is exactly what it said in Japanese, as a matter of fact. Why Bayone chose to ignore the word in the English version is beyond me.

yes perhaps they are rethinking this and that is the cause for their delay in clarifying, or it could just be SE being SE

[PandaTaru]

Bayohne's translation is confusing because it begins with "No, there won't be a gil wipe". I consider losing hundreds of millions to be a gil wipe. I'm more inclined to believe it's a mis-translation and we'll be divided by 10. They do this kind of thing in the real world too, it's called redenomination. Look at Zimbabwe for a recent example.

Yup, that's a disguised gil wipe if they do change our gil by 1 digit as well. If they really wanted to fix the economy to keep prices reasonable, they would fix the rate at which we can get items - drop/spiritbound/everything else.

I'm sure the psychological effect of going from a double/triple digit in your gil bank to a single/double alone will make some people quit. Then, if they don't fix the rate at which we can get items and the price of some items still skyrocket (materia needed for Relics as example) will make the other bunch quit. I will for sure.

[Takeshi_Eiketsu]

Yup, that's a disguised gil wipe if they do change our gil by 1 digit as well. If they really wanted to fix the economy to keep prices reasonable, they would fix the rate at which we can get items - drop/spiritbound/everything else.

I'm sure the psychological effect of going from a double/triple digit in your gil bank to a single/double alone will make some people quit. Then, if they don't fix the rate at which we can get items and the price of some items still skyrocket (materia needed for Relics as example) will make the other bunch quit. I will for sure.

I agree...this isn't something they can just "fix" plans should have been implemented long ago to take care of this...what about my progress on my currency achievements????