Quote Originally Posted by Promethevs View Post
Keep in mind too that in 1.0 leves gave just about the same amount of gil, and repairs at a merchant also took about the same amount of gil(which is 10x the numerical value you see now). During that time, the economy was pretty far from collapse still.
Well yes, but there is an important difference. G5 Dark matter dropped off of a lot of the endgame things and it could be gathered. Also, you could request repair and anyone with the right job could fix your things. So really, repairs for the most part were a non issue. You could also change to a crafting class while in a dungeon and repair your stuff on the spot.

Now, dark matter 5 is a lot harder to get. You have to fork over a large amount of seals, or buy from the NPC. It can't be gathered and you can't get anyone to repair your gear so you are stuck with either leveling that craft class up or using the NPC.