Alerith said:
Mules weren't origonal ideas that were implemented in the development of FFXI.
So I ask again, would you rather be able to use the Mog Gil system to send money through your mules and deal with Gil Sellers or Take the time to send the item from your mule to your main and sell it there, and weaken the Gil sellers?
Complain about one or the other. Not both.
I have a mule in Windy, Sandy x2, Bastok, and Jeuno. This enables me to camp every guild so I get items I need for crafting, etc. It is also convenient because the AHs are not all tied together and if something is not up in Windy, well it may be up in Jeuno. To hell with riding to every city to purchase items instead of purchasing it with my mule and sending it to myself.
Also, I can only put 7 things up at one time. Using myself and mules, I can put 42 things up. This can be important when you are putting up consumable items (like food, oils/potions/powders, fish). Why would I do that if I was never going to be able to transfer the gil to purchase the expensive items I need/want? And how am I going to get my start up gil for those characters? I have no desire to go level my mules to farm with for start up gil.
If you cannot send gil to/from mules, then all you have is an extra MH to store your equipment in.
If that was the case, I would just have one mule, and that is $4.00/mo less SE would get from me, and $3.00 less from my boyfriend. I am sure it would be the same for a lot of other people, too. That is a lot of potential revenue loss for SE, and I don't think it would happen for this reason if no other.