Right, I don't dictate prices or the worth of gil on the server. The players do. However, with a billion gil removed, player will start to realize that if they do want their things to sell, they're going to have to adjust prices. I didn't say they'd never have sold, I said htey wouldn't have sold for waht htey sold for. The economy would have been dramatically different.

I never said it was fair. I said this was the best solution I was able to come up with. I had been monitoring gil loosely, not sure where it was coming from, but completely unaware that it was being exploited from npc's. Once I learned about them, I worked hard on plugging the holes. Doesn't make sense to adjust things if gil is going to keep pouring into the economy, so nothing was done but watch in frustration. And it was frustrating, because I had no idea where it was coming from When I would fine one, another would appear. And it would continue. I only know what the players report, and while some report issues like this, most do not.

When the last of the holes got plugged about a month ago, and it was time to figure out how to fix the damage that had been done. The decision wasn't made lightly, by any means. There was no solution that worked well across the board, but the money needed to come out. Do I leave you with yours and take everyone elses? How does one pick and choose? There was no way.

But the value of 12m has changed, regardless of what the players say, because it's the percent of the whole. Before, 12m was a lot, but completely obtainable. Now, it's more than anyone else has. The percent of all the gil that you have has not changed, and that's what will end up dictating the value of the gil.

And before anyone gets the wrong idea, I realize others have lost out on this as well but I can't argue for them because I don't know what they've lost. I don't know their circumstance. I only know what I lost and how this affected me. I'm sure others are in a similar boat, even if it is on a smaller scale.

tl;dr - I get ya, this situation sucks for everyone except the cheaters, and it especially sucks for any entrenched legitimate players

we should start a keep oddin fundraiser

Oddin, we've been through so much over such a long time together, that I hate to see you go. You and I were the last remaining members of our original group. I remember all of us getting a group together to get to sea, slugging it out and finding out how the missions were different from retail since not many had tried before us. I remember us getting our rajas rings together and going to limbus for the first time. Then we would farm dynamis until our fingers bled to get that Spharai for you, the first relic on the server that didn't require direct intervention by Nasomi. That was a great day for you, but even more so was the pride that we felt by knowing that we were able to help someone who was such a great help to the entire community.

In the end, I hope you find happiness in whatever you decide to do, and I hope even more so that maybe one day you will change your mind and return to the server. Whatever you decide, know that you have friends here who think highly of you and miss you greatly. I treasure my memories of our adventures together, which are worth more to me than any pile of gil ever could. Farewell, Oddin, you will not be forgotten!

[ Cajole / Koverlet ]

P.s. I'll happily donate to a Keep Oddin fund! Track me down in game!