In Europe and NA we've been plagued with bots, both gathering and on the market board, for quite some time. GM's have no power to do anything, only the special team, situated in Japan, of 4 persons, are allowed to do anything about them (the last time I heard). This helps reduce the prices to a point many gatherers and crafters don't bother doing anything anymore. Good for the buyers, not so good for the sellers.
Then came patch 5.4, and the change to the drops for retainers. I have 45 of them, spread over 5 characters, most lvl 80, in Neo-Ishgadrian or similar. They bring back stuff that destroys the market even furter. At a minimum there should be a limiting factor connected to the supply on the market board on the drops. Some items that used to sell for tens of thousands I now de-synthesize, or sell to vendor, they just aren't worth selling anymore, and even with 45 retainers I don't have room.
Both of these decreases prices to a ridiculously low level, where players that once used to gather and make stuff now have stopped doing that, some even quit the game all together. Is this good for the game? Everything worked fine, before the bots and patch 5.4. You sold for a price someone was willing to pay, no more, no less (mostly). That's market economy, and it works great.
So, dear Square Enix, give the GM's the right to ban players who uses bots, and take into consideration the drops from the retainers and what's already available on the market board, please.
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Then came patch 5.4, and the change to the drops for retainers. I have 45 of them, spread over 5 characters, most lvl 80, in Neo-Ishgadrian or similar. They bring back stuff that destroys the market even furter. At a minimum there should be a limiting factor connected to the supply on the market board on the drops. Some items that used to sell for tens of thousands I now de-synthesize, or sell to vendor, they just aren't worth selling anymore, and even with 45 retainers I don't have room.
Both of these decreases prices to a ridiculously low level, where players that once used to gather and make stuff now have stopped doing that, some even quit the game all together. Is this good for the game? Everything worked fine, before the bots and patch 5.4. You sold for a price someone was willing to pay, no more, no less (mostly). That's market economy, and it works great.
So, dear Square Enix, give the GM's the right to ban players who uses bots, and take into consideration the drops from the retainers and what's already available on the market board, please.
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