ARR Gil Cap Reduction

[Claustrum]

If you think it wont have any affect you will be in for a surprise, who cares about NPC's the market is player controlled.

As a player, with your income slashed by 90%, your current gil slashed by 90%, your NPC expenditures slashed by 90%, the price you are willing to sell your wares and services for will be changed by ??%. Is there a variable I'm missing here?

Let's put the shoe on the other foot, shall we? Let's say when ARR launches, everyone GETS 10x their current gil, quests and mobs drop 10x more gil, NPCs charge 10x as much gil. Would you then be arguing that players won't be smart enough to raise the prices on their wares and services by roughly 10x?

Looking at some of the replies on this thread, it's disgustingly obvious that there will be some people who won't catch on. They just don't have the mental faculties to understand that all wealth is relative, and if the government suddenly made everyone in the world millioinaires, being a millionaire would mean nothing and money would be carted around in wheelbarrows just to do grocery shopping. The proposed gil changes strengthen the importance of gil in the game economy while minimizing its impact. Yes, there will be idiots. There are always idiots. Heck, I'm sure even some smart people will leave their prices high just to test the waters and see if anyone bites. But given enough time and trial-and-error, things will stabilize.

Arguing the economy is player controlled, then assuming it's gonna suck doesn't place much faith in your fellow players.

Edit: Just so you know, Illusion, I'm not really trying to reply to your post specifically, I'm just using your quote as a jumping-off point to target about half the other posts in this thread. The "Player-run-economy" thing is a fantastic observation, and is what inspired me to jump into the conversation. I agree with much of what you say.