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(07-05-2013, 12:41 PM)Adelpha Wrote: Any disadvantage for new players would still be exactly the same as if they did nothing.But this is wrong.
There is a finite amount of gil you can attain through normal play. Over a certain amount of play hours you will have X amount of gil, guaranteed. Thus, by cutting all existing players' gil by 90%, it takes a LOT less time for someone to catch up with that amount through normal play. If someone has 1 million gil and keeps it, it will take MUCH longer for someone new to the game to catch up to that amount, whereas 100k is a considerably more manageable number.
Obviously, if you don't play the game at all, your wealth inequality will remain exactly the same, but that's not the scenario I'm concerned about here. I don't care about how poor people were in 1.0 versus the rich folks, I care about how much purchasing power rich legacy players would have versus new players just starting out. Or at least, that's the concern that most people who have problems with the legacy servers seem to have (besides the level differences, naturally).
Over time the gil income from natural play should even out the field. Allowing legacy players to keep their full gil allotment would make it take much, much longer for this to even out. That's all there is to it.