After one of the updates you get 10 times more capras from mobs grind than from gathering.

So yes: life skills are dead and mp also dead because noone never sell anything for zero profit.

Well the good thing with the lifeskill system in this game is that you are able to go out and gather what you need and then craft an item instead of only being forced to buy a completed item from an npc like you might see in a themepark mmo, so I think they should be complemented on that part. The downside as you said is that you can make so much more per hour from other areas in game that you'd rather just earn the silver and buy straight from the market but can't due to lifeskillers concentrating on cooking or whatever pays the most currently.

One step forward two steps back seems to be the bdo way. 

Good luck telling all those wannabe capitalists to go make less net income while grinding Caphras.

Additionally, what you suggest only makes sense on paper. If the prices of Caphras go so high that the perceived value is more than grind spots income, in the reality, grinders will only get what 15-20 Caphras/h compared to how many more they could get if they liquidated grinding income into stones not abused by golden boys.

This is the whole point of a controlled economy such as BDO one: people can still corner markets however the damage control of regulated prices greatly combats their ability to hurt the economy since their profit margins are way lower that failed free markets and their uncapped price variations.

As usual you're spreading lies and misinformation.

Anybody can freely access garmoth public grind tracker and see for themselves the reality: https://garmoth.com/grind-tracker/old-global

Case in point, you get like 15 Caphras per hour grinding to give a rough estimate.

I dare you telling us with a straight face that you get 1,5 Caphras per hour gathering.

It doesnt necessarily have to be free market.

But staying at bottom and never moving is dumb too. I thought price scaled automatically based on demand but nope. You cant actually buy anything from market.

Example there is 40k preorders on crystals. And cost is 6 million.

Well after 1-year it will still be 6 million. This is how dumb market is.

Gather the needed iterms for youself, problem solved!!

Yes. You can obtain even 0 caphras per hour from gathering because life skills = lvl and mastery system. 

Trash mobs grind in valencia, drieghan or kamasylvia does not require anything.

Anyone after just one season can generate more money (and caphras) from mobs grind then life skiller after year or even 2 years in game.

And after 1 year there won't be 40k pre-orders anymore because people will have gotten their gear.

Your complaint about lifeskills seems to be that you have to go out and life skill...

I'm pretty sure grinding anywhere other than the lowbie Val areas requires at least something higher than quest gear.  Same thing with gathering.

I wrote SEASON not main quest gear. Season give you something like "old" soft cap: weapons + armour boss TET and all acc TRI and even one TET acc. For free.

Good start for gathering cost you 35-40b. And season don't give TRI / TET Manos for free.

I personally dont ask to uncapp all items, but all those useless 1st degree gatherable or bottle neck items, could just get high cap if they are stuck on max PO for months, don't you think?