Economy question.

[jsrv]

Hello,
I'm thinking of coming back to FFXI when the dvd version comes out (Although honestly, I'm not in any rush.). I'm just curious about one thing though, I keep reading that the economy prices for high end gears have dramatically increased since before. Did the gill buyer/sellers cause this price increase, or did SE do something with the said items? (By the way, did they ever bother with catching Gilbuyers? The only one caught I remember from before was only suspended for a day.) And also, does this price jump also apply to lower level items?

Stopped playing sometime before the first expansion pack, and I think sometime after ballista was introduced. (I remember silk cloth stacks were 20k, Scorpion Harness 3-4m, Fire Crystals 4k, Wind Crystals 2k...)

Just curious.

Thanks.

[neighbortaru]

Inflation is a combination of many factors. gil buyers are one. another is just a simple accumulation of too much gil in the system (from many high level players). certain servers behave differently than others so who can really say what the exact cause is. fact is, it's here and we have to deal with it.

[Lukey Pukey]

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[Rones]

another is just a simple accumulation of too much gil in the system (from many high level players).

Not quite. The inflation is a result of more money being created that is removed. Gil is created every time someone sells something to npcs, completes a rank quest, gets gil from any npc. More gil is entering the economy than is leaving (this was especially so during the cap crafting mania in rabo). The inflation doesn't matter too much because although everything costs more, so do the items you sell to earn money. Inflation hurts those who already have money and are holding on to it while the inflation is going up.