IMO the real problem with this game is that we as players always want to be better than the next player, even if its just by a small margin. Nowadays if you cant afford certain luxuary items, some will say you shouldnt lvl the job. You all know the items im talking about. This type of thinking is why ppl can make Real Money selling gil. Anyways, SE is not going to be able to stop ppl from selling or buying gil w/o hurting their own business in return. With that in mind My idea is this: SE should take all the gil earned from PC to NPC Interaction, Ie. Dynamisis hourglass sales, airship/chocobo sales, Auction house tax etc.....(where does all this gil go anyway lol) Then allow the gil to be re-sold to FFXI players in limited amounts. SE should make the cost of the Gil dirt cheap and make it available through gift cards or other indirect forms payment like an FFXI credit card.
The kicker and actual focus of my madness is to get SE to make more luxuary items, and make them all ex/rare, thus making ppl focus less on items that can be bought. Items like the Assault Jerkin could have better stats than the Hauby. Bounding boots could have +4 agi and dex whereas LL boots only have +3. Another idea is to make more dropped items just plain EX, and allow those items to be crafted. For instance the Shikaree ring(which is ex now) could be crafted into a sniper's ring( currently it cannot), which can then be sold at the ah. If a person is willing to take a craft to 100 then farm items for hours upon hours, they deserve all the gil they can get. This could also work for items like beastmens blood, sulfer, Tiger Hide, hermit rings etc... In this system these farmed items wont make you any gil if you cant craft them. One other idea is putting a cap on AH prices. Make 15M the most anything could be sold in the AH, or something to that nature.
My goal and I think SE's original goal (lol), is to make teamwork, and dedication the primary way for players to get ahead in-game, not their Credit Cards^^
Edited, Sun Feb 26 04:32:21 2006 by Guranimol