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That's the thing; players also earn gil at 1/10th the rate that they did in 1.0. ("All quest rewards, monster drops, and in-game monetary rewards will be reduced to 1/10 of current values.") It won't be faster to "catch up" because everything in the game -- earning money, spending money, and how much money everyone currently has -- is more or less exactly the same as it was before, all of the numbers are just 1/10th as big as they used to be. While "that sword" that was 1,000,000 gil may now be 100,000 and while the guy who once had 50 million gil will now have 5 million, that also means that the quest that would've given you 20,000 gil will now give you 2,000. Although the numbers are all smaller, there's still just as much of a hill to climb to catch up with those old-timers. (Barring the effect of gil sinks such as housing, which should help quite a bit.)
And as I said before, the one wrinkle in all of this is that old players may be mentally attached to prices for certain old items ("this piece of gear sold on the markets for 200,000 gil in 1.0, so I'll try to sell it for that price again!"). And there's nothing either SE or we as players can do about that, aside from not paying those prices. (Maybe an enterprising new player could flip some gear on the markets at "old prices" to clueless old-timers, though, to try to make some easy money.
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(I apologize to the mods for how far this thread has apparently gotten off its original topic. I won't be contributing to this side conversation any further.)
And as I said before, the one wrinkle in all of this is that old players may be mentally attached to prices for certain old items ("this piece of gear sold on the markets for 200,000 gil in 1.0, so I'll try to sell it for that price again!"). And there's nothing either SE or we as players can do about that, aside from not paying those prices. (Maybe an enterprising new player could flip some gear on the markets at "old prices" to clueless old-timers, though, to try to make some easy money.
)(I apologize to the mods for how far this thread has apparently gotten off its original topic. I won't be contributing to this side conversation any further.)
Adelpha Sarantas (ARR) / Aldrisi Shirantas (1.0)
Currently retired from RP.
Currently retired from RP.