Letter from the producer LIVE III!

**Izzy** · 2012-09-17 17:10

To stop the sperging:

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...748#post831748

Hello! Producer/Director Yoshida here.

I would like to clarify the announcement I made the other day during the Letter from the Producer LIVE in regards to denomination by reducing max digits of gil by one. However, as I mentioned, we will be making an announcement on Topics about this, so please wait just a bit more for the final details.

The prices of NPC goods and how much they pay for your items in A Realm Reborn will be 1/10th of the price currently.
The amount of gil received as rewards for content and monster drops in A Realm Reborn will be 1/10th of what they are currently.
All items current being sold with a single-digit value of gil will either have their sale values modified or be removed from the game. (Items removed from the game will be automatically converted to their value in gil, which will be calculated as 1/10th of their current value)
Due to the large scale changes in battle specs, the value of items in A Realm Reborn and the current version will be different.
The amount of gil players currently possess will become 1/10th of what they possess when A Realm Reborn launches.

In other words, all the hard work you've put into saving up gil won't be lost. Even though the gil you possess will become 1/10th what it currently is, we're adjusting NPC sale/buy prices to also become 1/10th what they are now, so relatively nothing will change. However, we do apologize that this may be a shock emotionally.

Players may feel like "my money is being reduced!" However, we're doing this so that when we launch A Realm Reborn and support it for many years to come, it will be easier to play with a more realistic sense of value than just having huge economical digits just because.

The whole reason for this change is to rectify the increase in cost of items relative to the price of arrows, since archers in A Realm Reborn will no longer need arrows. I'd like to make it clear that we have no other agenda in wanting to reduce the amount of gil everyone has currently.

During the live stream I tried to convey this all by saying "the entire economy will become 1/10th of what it is currently, so there is no detriment," but I apologize for my lack of explanation.

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From here on out is just icing on the cake, so if you are not so keen on somewhat overly complex details, feel free to skip over this.

The denomination to take place with the shift to FFXIV: A Realm Reborn, as stated above, is making the amount generated, the amount gained, and the amount in circulation 1/10th what it is now. In other words, it would be best for players not to do anything at this point in time.

I'm sure there are some thoughts about selling items before they become 1/10th what they are currently, but as I wrote in #1, 3, and 4 above, the NPC item purchase prices and items that are useful in battle will change to go along with the balance changes in A Realm Reborn.

For example, let's say you're thinking "I better hurry up and sell Heaven's Eye Materia IV!" However, with the balance in A Realm Reborn, there is a possibility of changes in the amount of these being generated and they could not be as effective as they are currently. This is something that we cannot clearly answer as we're balancing this as we are creating it. While there is still the possibility for futures purchasing, please keep in mind that there is also the possibility for large losses as well.

In other words, it would be best to stay the current course.

**Stromgarde** · 2012-09-17 17:50

Originally Posted by Izzy

To stop the sperging:

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...748#post831748

Most appropriate title

**Enygma55** · 2012-09-17 20:05

Its pretty much like a stock market from here on out. Do you wanna invest in goods in hopes it becomes profitible or will it become common and crash in price, or you can just hold solid gil and know the value after the conversion.

I'm just gonna do nothing, ride it out and worry about it in 2.0.

**Ratatapa** · 2012-09-17 20:46

This is what im wondering about

Blow the gil away
or stock as much as i can so i start with as many as possible

also see they keep saying Character money, so maybe if we stock on 1 retainer it wont be 1/10 but on the other hand, i'm sure SE though about that

**Burningthought** · 2012-09-17 21:10

Originally Posted by Ratatapa

This is what im wondering about

Blow the gil away
or stock as much as i can so i start with as many as possible

also see they keep saying Character money, so maybe if we stock on 1 retainer it wont be 1/10 but on the other hand, i'm sure SE though about that

Hmm, 99,999,999 on character, and the rest on retainer should allow you to keep your money if you're past the cap?

**Izzy** · 2012-09-17 21:11

Originally Posted by Ratatapa

also see they keep saying Character money, so maybe if we stock on 1 retainer it wont be 1/10 but on the other hand, i'm sure SE though about that

Yeah, I doubt they're gonna overlook that lol.

**Niiro** · 2012-09-17 21:14

You really think they'd scale back the gil of every NPC buy/sell value, every guild leve reward, every quest/mission reward, every mob drop, and every player's inventory yet somehow forget retainers?

**Ratatapa** · 2012-09-17 21:20

Talking bout se here

But yeah lol

**Draylo** · 2012-09-18 01:25

Good, this was needed.

**Lokus** · 2012-09-18 01:34

^ Not gonna change anything since wealth is still gonna remain proportionally the same.

**Cichy** · 2012-09-18 01:40

Originally Posted by Lokus

^ Not gonna change anything since wealth is still gonna remain proportionally the same.

exactly, I dont get why this is so hard to grasp

**Gokulo** · 2012-09-18 01:45

Well, the only thing that will change is that the numbers won't be so big anymore, which is good imo.

**Alkar** · 2012-09-18 01:47

Originally Posted by Burningthought

Hmm, 99,999,999 on character, and the rest on retainer should allow you to keep your money if you're past the cap?

Everyone's gil is getting reduced to 1/10th of what they have now.

**Draylo** · 2012-09-18 01:50

Why this is so hard to grasp? The fuck you talking about.

Not gonna change anything since wealth is still gonna remain proportionally the same.

Was anything said about wealth in my post?

**Gokulo** · 2012-09-18 01:57

Lol, that's the first assumption people will make because you did not say why you think this change was needed and ton of idiots believe it affects people's wealth.

**Draylo** · 2012-09-18 01:59

The translated explanatory post was necessary.

**Lokus** · 2012-09-18 02:21

^ Well that changes everything.

**Burningthought** · 2012-09-18 02:40

Originally Posted by Alkar

Everyone's gil is getting reduced to 1/10th of what they have now.

Yes, but the max gil cap is being reduced as well, and that was what I was referring to lol.

**Stanislaw** · 2012-09-18 03:41

Originally Posted by Burningthought

Yes, but the max gil cap is being reduced as well, and that was what I was referring to lol.

Actually I'm not so sure of that. The live-letter, nor the recently translated Yoshi-P post mentions any of it. The only thing we've got going for is the English rep's quick translation, and I'm fairly sure that's a case of mistranslation. It was the source of all the confusion, after all.

**Spira** · 2012-09-18 07:09

i can see it now. the next FFXIV meme.

divide by 10.

no matter what you do, its going to be the same.

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