Quote Originally Posted by Roaran View Post
As far as the total quantity of gil in the economy. All gil sinks are voluntary. Gil being introduced into the economy is strictly tied to the growth in population. Whether intentional or not, Square Enix has just created probably one of the soundest economies in gaming history.
Gil sinks are voluntary? Really?

Okay, so have fun spending 15-20 minutes walking everywhere if your free company wants to do anything. Oh, and forget Limnsa. The only on or off that island is either through teleportation (which takes money) or ship (air or sea, doesn't matter, it also takes 200 gil).

And I suppose you could avoid repairing your gear, but then your performance would drop like a rock.

And you could avoid using the market, what with the 5%-10% fee when an item sells. I suppose you could go to the old fashioned route of selling by yelling...

The simple fact of the matter is that when a person hits level 50, the gil sinks are quite evident, and the gil fountain dries up. This will be a problem in the long term as the sinks will outpace fountains, and which will shut down the game as a whole (because people can't afford ships, teleports, chocobos, and even basic repairs.