anyone else disapointed with the side effects of expansion?Follow

If people are still making a profit on the harnesses then why does it matter?
People get them cheaper, the crafters make their money. Everyone's a winner... except you. You're bitter because you can't get a rebate, where as the general population of people coming up to SH level are buzzing with anticipation because they're getting a kick *** item for a large percentage lower than it used to be.

I've bought items before for like, I dunno, 200K (for argument's sake) and heard people go "lol i paid 20k for that when the game came out".
It's not fair, but it happens.

Long live lower priced items.

P.S. You could sell your SH, buy this "better" item and get a nice piece of armour and several hundred thousand in your pocket.

Edited, Jun 10th 2006 at 9:25pm EST by Unohana

Your right Alex, lets move Vanadiel to communist style economy, its the only way everyone will be happy...... As if a bonecrafter has a choice in deciding what he can price his goods at, its like Sony coming out the blue and saying all my DVD's are now going to be sold 3 times more then my competitor. See how long that lasts.... Read up on some simple concepts of suppy/demand economy. NO one benefits from collusion.

Lesson learned, don't farm for 4 months in a video game. It's a game have fun... don't make a job out of it or you will no longer have fun.

And, to just add this.. this is first time i've ever heard anyone complaining that SE released a piece of gear that is millions less than a previous item. And on top of that... most likely a better piece of equipment.

Too many people buy gil to feel accomplishment.

All the gear I have is earned. Almost ALL of my MNK gear is rare/ex. The only really valuable piece of gear I have is Osode and that was earned by helping my HNMLS. I can't remember paying more than 2 mil for any piece of gear I own and I feel more "accomplished" by learning my jobs to the point of not having to waste my life away non stop farming.

By releasing gear like the Jaridah Peti, SE is combating the ridiculous price gouging that has been going on as of late. We're now starting to see some unbelievably overpriced items come down to a more realistic amount. These items now have competition that have a realistic method to obtain them, so some of the wiser players are putting a little work to get them w/o wasting their life away farming. I commend SE for this.

Now, there are some items that will retain value. The Jaridah Peti is GREAT, but it's no Haubergeon. The Sipahi body "could" be subbed in for a SAM instead of a Haub, but you're missing some key stats (like +10ACC).

Personally, I think SE really did their homework this time. They introduced some gear that gives some of the "must haves" competition, but didn't surpass them in quality. This allowed people to keep leveling their jobs that they put on hold until they got gear that was socially acceptable (sad huh?), and provide them with a method to move forward.

One of the best comparisons (imo) is the Palawahn body. You can either get a D.Body Abjuration from Kirin, 2x Divine Lumber (~4mil per log!), all the other ingredients and have a Cursed Togi synthed (pray it doesn't explode, I've got a screenshot of my 2x d.lumber disappearing if you think it can't happen. LoL), oooorrr.. You can get with some friends, crank out 20k Assault points in Ilrusi Atoll, and get a bad *** Rare/EX body piece. Which would you rather do?

And as far as the peacock charm, give me a break. LoL. It's at 14mil and you're complaining it's too low in value? I would LOVE to be able to sell one of those. You got it from a BCNM40 I'm guessing. Sooo you traded 40 seals which you most likely got exping anyways, did a relatively simple fight, and got 14mil. This is a bad thing? Even if it was 5mil... that's a bad trade off? Yikes...

The only negative "side effects" I see in the new expansion is the f'n lag. LoL

Edited, Jun 12th 2006 at 1:18pm EST by LeetFade

I can see and understand you frusteration...fair enough. The fact is that although you farmed 4 months to get your S.Harness (btw congrats on that cause that's hard as hell to do) not everyone has the time to do what you did. People should still have to work for those items I agree, but 14mil is a bit ridiculous.

The issue is that you happened to do this at the wrong time...my guess is, would you have known about this earlier you would have either gone about getting the Harness a different way or not at all. I see where the OP is comming from though, I think I'd be pretty pissed off myself. You bust your *** doing things the hard way and suddenly something comes along and makes all the hard work look almost meaningless.

Who cares, SH is still 10acc and thats sweet. its price is about same price it was in the earler days peacock charm was 3 mill when i started playing kclub was 15 mill. point is all these items effect prices of other items in big picture the cheaper the kracken club is the cheaper items like speed belt kirins osode, alky braclets are going to be. And as far as how much you payed Who cares everyone has a sh now there not hard to get and never realy were.
lower prices are never a bad thing sorry you dont have a 14 mill item to show off now thats what you realy upset about. Items like SH are pricless ppl are willing to pay whatever the demand for it. If demand lowers the prices well thats good for up and coming ppl and IMO SH is still uber for some jobs if theres a cheaper piece that lets you have better all around stats you should be happy nobody care how much you pay for sh*t. everyone is to busy worrying about how they are going to get these items themselves. i payed 26 mill for peacock and it selling 11-13 mill now to me its priceless it alows me to use gears i couldnt use otherwise its a lvl 33 neck piece with 10 Acc thats insane weather it cost 10k or 26 mill its worth it and so many jobs can use it you cant put a price on it dont get me wron chiv chain is nice too! but i worked hard to get my peacock charm its pricless thats all i can say. Acc is the end all stat when it comes to ws multihit ws and great for tp build as well. no one will knock you for using SH over peti sh will do what it has always done help you get tp faster. It still a a sniper ring difference over peti. Haha and youre sense of accomplishment being dimineshed this is a MMORPG ppl play to get to 75 lol evrone will get to 75 if thats what they want to do gillsellers get to 75 and there some of most ffxi retarded ppl ever the day ninue and coolsnow lizi xigua and magikangel got to 75 was day getting 75 was nolonger the main goal it was just a part of a bigger endgame picture its a game if you spend all youre time worrieng about what youve accomplished you should just quit cus you arnt accomplishing anything no matter what in game stats or status you acheve all i want to accomplash is not to be bored. You could get a maat cap and thats not accomplishing anything. Accompleshment in game only comes from expeirences you have with other ppl wich can happen at any lvl i think i know 1 person in the game that doest have a lvl 75 job i see ppl all the time that dont but only know one only 1 on my flist that doesnt have a 75 job most have 2+ its not hard to get 75 esp since they lowerd the total expierence points needed to get 75.

Edited, Jun 13th 2006 at 11:44am EST by catrick