A.H Prices T.TFollow

Im sure people would agree with me on this at least for mages.
Why are low level gear and spells so freaken expensive and non farmable yet once you get to like 60+ all your spells can be farmed and dropped from mobs; also you get your af armor for free after questing all day like a tard basket >.<; Is this the same for other jobs too? My friend's samurai also has expensive gear to get 20+ which sucks for him because just one piece of his armor cost him 60k at lvl 30 . Guess its nice to be able to farm with 45+ thfs these days >.<;

Every job has AF, but even with it, you're far from being the best you can be. Most every job has equipment available before the AF counterpart that is way better. I know for myself, my AF body gives +5 accuracy, but it comes a level later than the almighty Scorpion Harness, which gives 10 ACC and 10 EVA. At one point, the AF was the end game gear, but with updates, expansions, and level cap increases it's not uncommon to only use your AF in equip swap macros.

No doubt, 25k per ring seemed a bit much when I picked up my 2 the other day. Oh well the +4 mnd does help.
If you want to check on prices for items without hitting the ah you can use the following site.
www.ffxiah.com
Plug in your server and go from there. You can even look up players sales/bought item info. ( past 10 transactions only)