We're all in the mood for a tragedy!

[Kisna]

Hello BG, I'm Kisna from Diabolos. I'm a first time poster, long time addict.

*To the tune of Piano Man, by Billy Joel* :rocl:



There's an hour left til dynamis starts
The linkshell's about to fill up
There's an old hume sitting next to me
Crying "why did I level a pup?"

He says, "Son will you tell me what's happening?
I can't seem to get any gear."
"I know what you mean, it's cruel cause it seems
The sellers took it all out of here."

La, la la ditty dah
La la, ditty dah, dah dah

Do us a wrong, you're the gilsellers!
Do us a wrong, tonight!
Well we're all in the mood for a felony,
Cause SE is running in fright!

These gillers, they are no friends of mine
Even though they sell things for near free.
You see I believe, there's a trick up their sleeve
When I tell you you're sure to agree!

I said, "[GM], these gillers are killing us!
I've got all the proof here for you!"
"Well thanks for your call young adventurer,
But there's nothing at all I can do."

Oh la, la la ditty dah
La la, ditty dah, dah dah

Now Odin runs rampant with players.
SE can't figure out why.
The answer is clear, that's where gillers take gear,
Where prices are always sky high!

And Diabolos is sinking in chaos!
As the auction house empties its shelves.
Yes, the gillers are fixing the prices
And they only sell to themselves!

*PIANO SOLO! Now just the Chocobos!*

Do us a wrong, you're the gilsellers!
Do us a wrong, tonight!
Well we're all in the mood for a felony,
Cause SE is running in fright!

It's a pretty fine day for a glacier run,
The AF is dropping for all!
Our cheering reflects, if you want more than EX,
Your chances are getting real small.

The gillers have moved on from camping things
They might have been scared off by Taj.
But they're back off the floor, they're here for some more,
And their game is now grand arbitage!

Oh la, la la ditty dah
La la, ditty dah, dah dah

*Everyone!*

Do us a wrong, you're the gilsellers!
Do us a wrong, tonight!
Well we're all in the mood for a felony,
Cause SE is running in fright!

*Thanks for listening!*


In case you don't know, arbitage is taking advantage of pricing differences across different markets.

1. Gilsellers sell items to themselves at ridiculously cheap prices. To hide their actions, they
sell different things. However, the same two people always sell to each other. Several pairs of
gillers sell to each other, and so the history of any one item they are monopolizing looks normal.

2. With prices fixed at historic lows on Diabolos, eventually players sell their hard-won items
at the artificially low giller prices. Gillers buy as many of these items as they can.

3. These items usually have a limited supply and are highly desirable. Examples
include Penitent's Rope, Brown Belt, Elemental Torques, and nearly 20 other similar items.

4. Gillers move their collected items onto a mule and hop to Odin. Diabolos has some of the
most deflated prices of any server. Odin has some of the highest inflation.

5. Profit.

Why should you care? On Diabolos, we can't buy many of the items we need for our jobs.
For example, if you quested and sold a brown belt, it is nearly impossible to get a new one.
Odin has suffered as well, and soon SE will close Odin's borders.

Where will the gillers move next?

Please, request that SE end it's policy of allowing characters to jump servers, or take another
action to end this blatant price fixing and market arbitrage.

[Apelila]

I like the song. And the explanation of Odin's recent front page news story. The only link I could easily find on FFXIAH was
http://www.ffxiah.com/player.php?id=1211377, which lead to many more just by going through the history.


Interestingly I discovered a new easy way to find fishing bots (I think). Just take
http://www.ffxiah.com/player.php?id=12113xx and starting @ 00 start adding numbers incrementally. Lots of just 'fishing rod and bait only' purchases. (73 through 82 are all the bots I found mentioned in the OP, not fishing bots)
Edit: whoops, context.