Molt has been in the middle-class since he was born.
When he was a child, he was supported by working parents. Though they originally lived just outside the Twelveswood in a small village, they still lived comfortably, though minimally, until their move to Gridania.
In Molt's teens, he was on his own, under a well-off merchant's support, though most of what Molt needed other than food and a home was out of Molt's expense, which he paid with his winnings in the Ul'Dah underground.
When Molt left all that, he still had quite a comfortable living, attempting to settle back in Gridania with a lover. When things got tense and money began to run low, he began to fight again to replenish his funds, and eventually bought a permit to live in Ul'Dah again, which brought his funds considerably low, since those permits are quite expensive.
When Molt found himself alone, he moved to Ul'dah permanently and maintained a job at the Phrontistery, living in an inn room, hoping one day to save enough money to buy a real home.
Come ARR, he lost a lot of money. Molt was smart, in that he withdrew all the Gil he could physically, safely carry in a pouch before Meteor came in and messed things up, taking out (or at least screwing with) the Ul'Dahn banks. Not that what he had under his account was much more than enough to buy groceries, rent, and a few supplies here and there.
5 years later, and (tentatively) Molt makes a name for himself as a traveling merchant, specializing in unique weapons and materia. Selling these products has certainly brought in Gil, though only to pay off a few loans to start his business and fix the parts in his life Dalamud shattered. Come the launch of ARR, Molt will be almost loan free and starting somewhat fresh, though still comfortable.
I translate that into: I was always broke in 1.0, and am taking with me 40k Gil to ARR, which will then be 4k. I figure the bank system (if one were to be in place lore-wise) would be all kinds of messed up, and the economy would be in the dump, so the net worth of Gil had been adjusted. In addition, the relative wealth that Molt has is greater than what I actually have. Come ARR launch, I will be able to give myself a clean slate, in a way, due to these things to bring Molt's wealth down a bit to match RL Gil, and allow me to explore different avenues to make money. And stuff.
To me, middle class has always been something I grew up with. Our house was always a two-person income, and my parents maintained the house, groceries, kids etc. well enough and had a little extra come in to save, even if I, as a child, ended up having surprise expenses (hurray ER visits and field trip permission slips).
It's only recently, when I've been living on my own, when I realized that I'm in the lower-class range. For a while, I was working a dollar above minimum wage, and had just enough money to support myself, though if I was screwed on hours or if something on my car broke down, then I was surely to be late on rent. Even with my new job as a delivery guy (which ranges from $5.50 an hour on horrid, slow day shifts to $15+ an hour on really good nights), I find it a little easier but I guess I'm still lower class.
It's interesting to take a step back and realize the different definitions of the class system and compare it to others, then compare it to what a person actually needs to support themselves, then realize what's left over. And then...there's debt, lol.
When he was a child, he was supported by working parents. Though they originally lived just outside the Twelveswood in a small village, they still lived comfortably, though minimally, until their move to Gridania.
In Molt's teens, he was on his own, under a well-off merchant's support, though most of what Molt needed other than food and a home was out of Molt's expense, which he paid with his winnings in the Ul'Dah underground.
When Molt left all that, he still had quite a comfortable living, attempting to settle back in Gridania with a lover. When things got tense and money began to run low, he began to fight again to replenish his funds, and eventually bought a permit to live in Ul'Dah again, which brought his funds considerably low, since those permits are quite expensive.
When Molt found himself alone, he moved to Ul'dah permanently and maintained a job at the Phrontistery, living in an inn room, hoping one day to save enough money to buy a real home.
Come ARR, he lost a lot of money. Molt was smart, in that he withdrew all the Gil he could physically, safely carry in a pouch before Meteor came in and messed things up, taking out (or at least screwing with) the Ul'Dahn banks. Not that what he had under his account was much more than enough to buy groceries, rent, and a few supplies here and there.
5 years later, and (tentatively) Molt makes a name for himself as a traveling merchant, specializing in unique weapons and materia. Selling these products has certainly brought in Gil, though only to pay off a few loans to start his business and fix the parts in his life Dalamud shattered. Come the launch of ARR, Molt will be almost loan free and starting somewhat fresh, though still comfortable.
I translate that into: I was always broke in 1.0, and am taking with me 40k Gil to ARR, which will then be 4k. I figure the bank system (if one were to be in place lore-wise) would be all kinds of messed up, and the economy would be in the dump, so the net worth of Gil had been adjusted. In addition, the relative wealth that Molt has is greater than what I actually have. Come ARR launch, I will be able to give myself a clean slate, in a way, due to these things to bring Molt's wealth down a bit to match RL Gil, and allow me to explore different avenues to make money. And stuff.
To me, middle class has always been something I grew up with. Our house was always a two-person income, and my parents maintained the house, groceries, kids etc. well enough and had a little extra come in to save, even if I, as a child, ended up having surprise expenses (hurray ER visits and field trip permission slips).
It's only recently, when I've been living on my own, when I realized that I'm in the lower-class range. For a while, I was working a dollar above minimum wage, and had just enough money to support myself, though if I was screwed on hours or if something on my car broke down, then I was surely to be late on rent. Even with my new job as a delivery guy (which ranges from $5.50 an hour on horrid, slow day shifts to $15+ an hour on really good nights), I find it a little easier but I guess I'm still lower class.
It's interesting to take a step back and realize the different definitions of the class system and compare it to others, then compare it to what a person actually needs to support themselves, then realize what's left over. And then...there's debt, lol.
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