Heavendragon said:
For example. Maybe if RMT doesnt Exist a Hagun cost just 1-2Million. Not 3. RMT ruin the Game.
I really.. REALLY hate to defend RMT, but here we go.
Please note, every single person that says "It's RMT that fix prices and make things go up" simply has no idea how the world works.
Hagun used to cost, on my server at least, 1.5M before they updated Y/G/K a long time ago. The price then rocketed to 2.5M
Players are as much in control of anything on the Auction House as any RMT are, and very often you'll find it's players that "play the Auction House".
Ever bought something from the NPC for 5k less than AH, then put it on the AH to get money from it 2 days later?
Ever seen 1 of an item on the AH for 200k, when you know you can sell it for 220k? Hello manipulation!
Anyone, absolutely anyone, can manipulate the Auction House, it
isn't just RMT. Chances are, RMT are going to try and sell in volume instead of in price.
Example:
Typical person finds they have 4 different items:
A = 10k Sells: 1/day
B x4 = 5k(each) Sells: 12/day
C = 50k Sells: 1 /2days
D x3 = 30k (each) Sells: 3/day
Now, a normal person may put up: D, D, D, C, A, B, B
RMT finds they have the same 4 different items:
RMT may put them up as: B, B, B, B, D, D, D
Now.. You'll find that they pull less money that way, immediately..
But they're selling it faster, to get less money, sooner. If they just made 110k'ish in 1 day, whereas the Player just made around 100k in 1 day. Who just came out with the better profit margin? Now, obviously this example is WAAAAAAY too small to give a true projection of what happens, and without working side-by-side RMT, I wouldn't be able to tell you exactly how they work.
Anyone with some
revenue and
business sense can control a lot of FFXI. The people you're calling RMT based on AH manipulation, could very well be your best friends mules.