Inflation on TaxiFollow

Reading the whm Forums, I found this discussion interesting.
(Link Below)
Knowing that Our Rag. Server is now the most expensive server. The inflation on many items have gone up in Price.
Example: Vermillion, Raise 3, Erase.
Its getting harder for a whm to make income to get the "basic" gear and spells that every PT "Expect" whm to have for a pt.

http://ffxi.allakhazam.com/db/jobs.html?fjob=1&mid=1105866132685734223&num=325

Now the link above in a nutshell is saying the raise in price for a taxi. Now Charging, I Quote:

"/shout Teleport-Dem Teleport-Holla Teleport-Mea 2,000 gil
/shout Teleport-Vazhl Teleport-Yhoat Teleport-Altep 5,000 gil "

Is way too much, but it is understandable that a change in Price for taxi needs to be made, due to the inflation of the economy.

Now I am wonder what are your thoughts as a Customer, and as whm.
Do you think a change is needed?

Honestly there is always the WHM that will undercut you.

You /tele holla for 600
other WHM /Tele holla for 500

This keeps everyone in check.

There always be ppl under-cutting each other, known fact.
Also will like to point out that, yes there are other ways of making Income, but please note that since whm is a "Mage"

Farming NM is ... not possible.
We cant Voke to pull NM from Competition, (Dia is too slow)
Can't Solo the NM unless we are well past the NM Level.
If we Sub Thf, Once again, it gets Hard to Farm.

Crafting, Sure~ Crafting is Good, but you need a Decent Capital to go through it, to reach a decent craft level to make back Money.

I suppose I would be willing to pay up to 800G for one of the basic teleports. But more than that would be impossible. It's cheaper for me just to take airships or use outpost teleports rather than pay 2k for a basic teleport.

Off topic, but

we're the most expensive server?

You read my mind. ^^

Thanks for the many reply, to this subject. Insight from other ppl are always good to hear.

I understand that whm can solo (White Ninja), but that is if u got Hex-Strike (Club Lvl 220). If you can Hex, you can now some-what meet close to a Rdm soloing (I still think Rdm is a better Soloist than whm. Rdm's Phalanx is what makes it all).

Now personally I dont want to wait till I get Hex (Lvl. 68+?)

Farming..... is an issue that has both sides, Some of the reasons I hate about Farming is, Ppl Complaining "You're Taking all the Mobs", and commonly, "Can you Pwl me".

Maybe I'm just ********* Its really makes me very depressed, the more I try to save Money to buy the basic stuff, the more Inflation there is on the items, and seems like the Gap never get small.

the Gil Gods are unhappy, we must sacrafice more Goblins to them.

That's strange, because i've met about 5, and 3 of which are on my Blist. This makes WHM the most populated job on my Blist. :/



White Mages shouldn't be nuking with Black Mage spells.... But regardless, there are many more things White Mages can and should do:

Magic Burst: If you're fighting Goblins, or anything else weak to light for that matter, try to get a Transfixion or Fusion skillchain going and Magic Burst off it with Holy or Banish I/II/III. Remember: Undead are weak to Banish now!

Also, if you pick up a Water Staff, you will notice a significant increase in damage due to it's "Divine Magic Skill +10" bonus. :)

Flash: If you have Ninja tank, USE THIS! Timing it right should blind the mob long enough for your Ninja tank to get off his Utsusemi: Ichi spell without interruption.

As for the "Flash generates too much hate!" argument, well, think of the alternative: If the Ninja keeps getting interrupted, that's more damage for you to cure, and thus, more hate being generated on your side. So either way, you're still going to get hate. At least this way, the Ninja won't be at risk of dying. :P

Haste: Don't dismiss this spell so soon. With a Ninja tank, this is especially demanding. When I was going through my White Mage phase, I could, usually, keep the tank and one other melee Hasted at all times without any severe MP drain. If you have a Red Mage in your party, then it is very easy to keep all your melee hasted appropriately.

Of course, nowadays as a Summoner, it seems the Haste roll always falls into my corner. Hastega may not last as long, but it lasts long enough.


Dia!? Use Flash silly! Don't have Flash? Well good news, most mobs up until... 40 or so, are rather easy to kill, even if they con Decent Challenge. They were for me, anyways...

Have you ever seen a whm/nin? I have, and they kick ***! White Mage can use some pretty powerful Clubs, not to mention their oh-so wonderful ability of Hexa-Strike that they get around level 66 or so. Of course, that is a ways off, but that's not to say a Whm/Nin is weak without it. Just give it a chance, you'll see.

Of course... If you want treasure hunter, well... Then what you say is true, for the most part. ^^; I'd think Galka and Elvaan White Mages shouldn't have too much trouble though. :D

I realize some of this stuff was already said. If so, I'm really sorry for raining in on your parade.

Well looks like based on the responses, Sacrificing the Gobs, are the answer to this Thread, j/k LOL

That somewhat cheered me up. Thx Guys

I understand that whm get a variety of other spells that they can use but with all my filters off I rarely and I mean very rarely ever see a whm use any spells than the ones listed.

Magic bursts...I'm all willing to do transfixion and stuff so the whm can burst but it's almost always distortion that a pt wants...or fragmentation...beyond that nothing is ever really used since usually a mage of some sort is using those spells to burst instead of that. Maybe at higher lvls when people do light chains I'll see it more often but 63 and lower....not seeing a whole lot of it.

I've got no problems with whm...they can do as they please it's just they have potential and it usually goes to waste because pts stick to the status quo and don't typically try anything new or different to see if things will work out in a better method. I compare it to pts I have that panic and think we can't kill a mob once we have it halfway dead and the mages run out of mp. There have been numerous times where not running away like everyone else would do and just swapping tanks or using special abilities like 2 hr cna actually save a pt.

More power to a whm if they start taking over haste duty or magic bursting after changing the renkei setup. I'd rather a mage ask for a different skillchain to test damages than for them to just sit there and want to do something but because they are just a mage they have no say. Basically we put our lives in any of the mage class's hands so we more than likely should listen to them.

*ponders if this is the topic that a ls member said I was flamed in and misunderstood*