Hello All,
Ever since the medal dupe exploit i was pretty intrigued by the ffxi economy and what kind of ppl are creating / doing this. Some just for fun some for rmt.
As of the latest maintenance update I see they fixed the second crafting exploit known which will have its effects on the economy i can imagine.
Pointed out by other ppl there are materials coming into the game by no normal means and i guess there are more hidden exploits still being used there.
So there clearly were people that wanted the crafting exploits to be revealed. This could be just a simple matter but it could also be a rmt thing in where they lost the flow of making / selling gil (same i assume with the medal dupe) and they sought getting more of a monopoly by removing the crafting exploits that ended up in the wrong hands and eventually in the open.
Regarding to RMT, stuff hits their bottom line so I tend to think more sophisticated about these ppl
Breaking this down a bit, if you create an overflow of hqs, that will mean a lot of material buyers. hq pricing goes down. ppl will buy more gil to buy cheap gear? Or ppl will buy less gil because its cheaper?
Other ideas of mine is that they (rmt) control all the directions of the gil, not only botting stuff, but also hqs and materials. Then it's just a matter of monopolising.
After the dupe exploit and now the crafting exploits, i imagine hidden stuff in these areas:
- Escutcheons exploits
- Equip exploits
- Item upgrade exploits
- More dupe stuff
Anyway what are your theories and speculations?