Gil Issues @ 50

[BubblyBoar]

Player repairs would be nice and would be incredible for the economy as it would dampen gil sinks a great deal. I don't understand why it's not in.

Thanks for this. I've been leveling my crafts and the money is coming easy. All those bitching about the auction house taking a cut please stop. Every MMO I've played has a house cut. Guess people don't notice because the game publishers have made those games so easy just to try to get all the casuals on the subscription.

We know there's a cut, we aren't crying about a cut being there. It's just an example of a gil sink. The cut itself is a gil sink. The AH all together, while exchanging gil between players sinks gil and does not create it. That's the point we are trying to make. It's fine that it is there and no one asked for it to be removed. Unknowledgeable people just say that they make gil on the AH house as an example of creating gil when in truth, it's a gil sink (an acceptable one)

You're correct, this COULD happen. But it is not happening now and it is just speculation that all players will end up grinding endgame and there will be no new players left. It could take months/years for this to happen. SE will slowly adjust. There just isn't any evidence to support that gil sink > gil creation from total players in the economy.

And where's the evidence to the contary? Some people that play MMOs DO understand economy and the ups and downs that are inflation and deflation. Some people play MMOs just to play the economic. Just because you are unable to make predictions doesn't mean no one else can. Just because it might not happen doesn't mean you should not worry. Ignoring the issue isn't going to help anyone. But it makes sense that if the cost of battling exceeds the profit of battling that gil is being lost.

Telling everyone to craft is like telling all your customers to make their own products and to not buy from you.