That was my thought, I would never ever create a chara on Aries to play there, since prices are so unbelievable high. You really would have to bot (what is cheating in my personal opinion) to get all the money which is needed. And also, why would ,or can, anyone buy an alchemy book 3 or 4 for a price, for which you can already buy the weapon or armor, which the compounding POSSIBLY gives @_@? That doesn't seem to make sense for me at all ...