The Current Economy

[Abriael]

@Altena: Nix has a point: housing is, historically, one of the biggest gil sinks in MMORPGs. There's no real reason to believe that housing will be cheap in ARR (as a matter of fact, Yoshida stated that it'll be costly). You don't necessarilly need MANY gil sinks. You just need big ones

Before calling for more gil sinks, we need to see what the ten ton gorilla will be like. If housing is costly enough, it can sink billions of gil easily.

Also, to be noted, housing normally tends to be a rather unintrusive gil sink for those that don't have much money, as it's an optional feature.

Those that don't have much money will get a very small house, spending little. Many of those that are really rich will spend a ton on it. With this kind of system you suck money out of the market from those that have a lot, leaving those that don't with a bit of breathing room. It's pretty much one of the best ways to do it.