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Looking at some of these numbers it's pretty staggering what it could potentially do to the economy. Â I'll take a look at Gilgamesh, where we reside, for now. Â The Tier 1 best plot of land you can buy costs 125M gil at the onset. Â Let's say that 10 Companies purchase said properties. Â That's 1.25 BILLION gil gone from the economy. Â These are the kinds of numbers we see when they scrub out RMT. Â 10 Tier 5 plots for the large house would knock out 1 Billion gil. Â
Now from what I've gathered, there is a VERY small percentage of guilds out there that can actually afford these prices AND accommodate the number of players in their company. Â I don't think it's necessarily likely that 10 of the Large properties would be bought out at once, but it's plausible. Â That's a lot of buying power leaving the marketplace very quickly, and we're not talking about losing RMT gil AND the players/bots that generate it. Â This is actual hard-earned player money. Â Who then will be able to afford the prices that everyone wants people to pay after that cash simply disappears? Â In addition to the tanking economy, if folks aren't already jumping ship on the idea of housing, they're going to cling to their gil like their lives depend on it.
I'm well aware of the implementation of new measures of gil generation, but nothing near the amount that SE appears to be wanting to pull out. Â From the Director's mouth, he's expecting us to grind 7 days a week for 3 months until we can afford a house. Â At that time, the properties are supposed to have dropped to 50% their original asking price, but that only if they haven't been purchased already. Â What gives? Â I don't see who benefits from ANY of this. Â I personally think they're terrified their servers will collapse, and they're shrouding an IT issue with the glamour of end-game content. Â I don't mind working hard towards a goal, but offering housing up to only the best of the best seems like a betrayal to me. Â What reward dod the dedicated players from 1.0 get for saving their gil for housing? Â First a 1/10 reduction of all their currency (and yes, they did also reduce the price of everything in the game as well), then they just looked at who had the most cash immediately and tilted the curve for everyone else. Â What of the players who joined Hyperion to be with friends from 1.0? Â 40M for the cheapest plot of land possible? Â
Ultimately, the news goes against what we were led to believe previously, rumors went rampant, and we got our hopes up. Â It looks to me like they never intended on making housing available day one, but we weren't told "Please look forward to looking forward to it."
Now from what I've gathered, there is a VERY small percentage of guilds out there that can actually afford these prices AND accommodate the number of players in their company. Â I don't think it's necessarily likely that 10 of the Large properties would be bought out at once, but it's plausible. Â That's a lot of buying power leaving the marketplace very quickly, and we're not talking about losing RMT gil AND the players/bots that generate it. Â This is actual hard-earned player money. Â Who then will be able to afford the prices that everyone wants people to pay after that cash simply disappears? Â In addition to the tanking economy, if folks aren't already jumping ship on the idea of housing, they're going to cling to their gil like their lives depend on it.
I'm well aware of the implementation of new measures of gil generation, but nothing near the amount that SE appears to be wanting to pull out. Â From the Director's mouth, he's expecting us to grind 7 days a week for 3 months until we can afford a house. Â At that time, the properties are supposed to have dropped to 50% their original asking price, but that only if they haven't been purchased already. Â What gives? Â I don't see who benefits from ANY of this. Â I personally think they're terrified their servers will collapse, and they're shrouding an IT issue with the glamour of end-game content. Â I don't mind working hard towards a goal, but offering housing up to only the best of the best seems like a betrayal to me. Â What reward dod the dedicated players from 1.0 get for saving their gil for housing? Â First a 1/10 reduction of all their currency (and yes, they did also reduce the price of everything in the game as well), then they just looked at who had the most cash immediately and tilted the curve for everyone else. Â What of the players who joined Hyperion to be with friends from 1.0? Â 40M for the cheapest plot of land possible? Â
Ultimately, the news goes against what we were led to believe previously, rumors went rampant, and we got our hopes up. Â It looks to me like they never intended on making housing available day one, but we weren't told "Please look forward to looking forward to it."