rising prices in game!!Follow

i just want to say something on raising prices. i mean when i started game emp pin 200k now close to a million and demons arrows 4k now 17k. this is crazy ppl. ppl say it is gil sellers. i think they r partly to blame. Square-enix is to and ppl as well. Square charging ungodly taxes on sells then affects all of van. then ppl thinking like this well if i sell for a few extra 100 or 1000 gil it not going to hurt. then other ppl think the same and so forth. then prices go up. i mean like shihie 4to5k to make it sells for 8k to 10k.
i heard of rumors that is SE is thinking of taking over AH and limit the prices on stuff and getting rid of NM. this r rumors of ppl talking nothing more. something needs to be done all i am saying. poor little noobs be buying leather armor for 10k by summer time:/. i like to hear your suggestion on what SE needs to do or comment on this matter.

Edited, Sat Feb 26 07:14:20 2005 by amecaurine

When i go to the AH to sell something and there are some of the same item selling already i'd put a slightly lower price to the item.

If there are none selling they i'd rise the price considerably (say if there's something that sold for 85k last time i'd put it for 100k), i want to make money on those kind of items, and most of the ppl does the same.

Though i'm not talking about heavyly camped NM's items, but about everyday items.

Well if you are a level 10, I would say you should take your chances at camping the leaping boots. 650k is not easily made if this is your first job. The leaping lizzy is a relatively painless camp seeing as the timer is very short regarding pop times and also provides an excellent challenge. You may have alot of competition, but the key thing to remember is, be persistent.

The drop rate is also fairly good on the boots. It really is one of those lower level camps that anyone can do and in my opinion is good training for your patience for future NM hunts.

Kacy i doubt you can kill it at your lvl wait atleast a few more lvls just to be safe... but maybe i just have horrible luck cuz im 0/17 on Leaping Lizzy :/

The mining/logging/harvesting nerfs also have affected the price for some stuff, but sadly, not affecting the price of the synths

Edited, Sat Feb 26 13:24:31 2005 by Corrderio

I also heard Utsumei: Ichi is now higher in price than Utsumei: Ni

As boring as it is, kill worms in Dangruff Wadi for zinc ore and start doing that quest over and over again. Once you are of level to use Utsesumi you will have traded enough to quest for it, the Ichi quest itself is simple and will save you quite a bit of gil.

Well gilsellers dissapeared for a month during chinese new year. During this time prices just raised even more. Why?
Cause of lack of items. Some items gil farmers have had own monopoly on and now that they are gone some NMs where hardly hunted at all (even some HNMs where up unhunted) Lack of items with high demand gives high prices. thats one reason.

The solution to this problem at least in my mind, would be to alter the AH tax system so that the more a player tries to charge over the market price of an item, the higher the tax. SE should take an average of the cost of items on all servers and form a baseline for taxes off that.

well myself I raise the price because of AH fees. I'm not gonna loose on sumin I paid more for. This week I sold alot of equip I wasn't using any more. haubergeon, lord's cuirses, espadon +1 , vigor rings. I just watched till none was in stock and I did go up in price. mainly to cover the tax. just on haubergeon alone the tax was 78K gills.

I really don't think the gill sellers are making the prices go up.
there not the ones farming crystals and crafting supplies. personally If i could make all the crafters raise the hell out of their prices I would. If anyone has tried to craft lately you would know it's all a big loss. mainly because of ingredient cost.

Im not even gonna try to come up with the golden plan for everyone to have leaping boots and a hairpin. but these are high-end items . Ones not ment for everyone to have. so I don't expect the price to get to the same as lizard boots or chainmail.

Prices rise because of supply and demand... the gil sellers provided a steady supply of items and therefore the price stayed steady. People only complain about the cost of items at the AH when they are buying. Who complains when the item they are selling has gone up in price? Eventually, we all sell and all have to buy.

I tend to put things up at the AH in cities other then Jeuno. The lower going price off sets the cost of the tax in Jeuno. Sure it takes a little longer to sell, but I still make out even if not gain a profit by avoiding the 14% (I believe) tax in Jeuno.

And, as far as I'm concerned if I am synthing, I figure the cost of the items I have made and mark up a reasonable profit to sell. For instance, Chocobo Fletchings sell for 1k a stack but only cost 360g-445g a stack to make if I buy the crystals and not farm them. I always put them up on auction for the same price regardless of the going price.

Also, its a good idea to check out the vendors for armor and weapons and synthing supplies. Some one mentioned leather armor cost at the AH... but, the whole leather gear set up can be purchased at a vendor in Sandy for less the 4k.

For the most part, people are lazy and would rather do the easy thing and buy from the convience of the AH then spend the time looking around or looking up quests that give items and doing them. And, in being lazy, are lining the pockets of those that put the item on AH at a slightly higher price.

Anyway... thats my thoughts... Greedy and Laziness rule Vana'diel!

You know what I find funny, the Auction House has no auctions. o.O
Adding to what Foret said (or maybe just elaborating) If they have a standard base price, with a standard base time on AH, but you have the option to set a "Buy it now" price or just up the current bid, ala eBay, maybe this would help.

I think it would also be more fun. You'd have people convert to day traders. LoL. Just a thought stemming from Foret's post.

I think the real problem is players in general (average one) is getting rich. Inflation is a response to supply and demand, and also a response on how much money out there.

A few likely reason why people are rich:

1) Fish botting: I hope it is fixed now. In the past, it was really bad and introduce huge amount of new money into the server.

2) Gil sellers: Gil sellers that are after beastmen, and sell stuff to vendors create a large amount of money in the game.

3) Profitable repeatable quests: Hell, I can go kill all 6 avatar primes everyday and make 60k (from NPC) everyday.

4) Monopoly of high level crafters: Leveling up craft is not cheap, and once you get up there, you do not want new competition (i.e. no other new high level crafter), and are able to monopolize certain items (especially if you have a HNMLS behind you to farm the items).

5) Some LS and players are insanely rich, and are willing to pay the steeper price. LSs like HighPower, KoN or PunishmentofAsia has... probably few hundred million. May be Bani can tell us the answer ;p