Changes to Pickpocket

Actually, everyone having max mesos would be kindof nice - buying potions would be no problem, merchants would be screwed, and everyone would be on a relatively even playing field item wise. Bartering, for someone like me who hunts for items, would be much appreciated over the current buy low, sell high, repeat, repeat, repeat, finally buy what you want system. Nothing would get NPC'd, meaning rare but unwanted items would be more prevalent in the markets (or just dropped). Scrolling would definitely be interesting though...

We use money in the real world because bartering makes it much harder to buy and sell items. Money acts as a middle man to slightly reduce the amount we make but speed up the efficiency of transactions. I'd much rather be able to sell my goods off for money with which to purchase items than to barter.

People are going to be able to merchant wherever there are going to be people who are willing to sell lower than others are willing to pay. You can still merchant under a bartering system. Maxing mesos doesn't screw over merchants, it screws over ordinary players.

Potions should represent a signifcant cost to your expenses. They are supposed to be the biggest sink to your mesos to keep inflation from getting out of hand. They should be an incentive to actually freeze/stun monsters, and to train in places where you don't take constant damage just to blast as many monsters as possible.

The item playing field would be more level, but for the fact that Gachapon is the only source of many of the most wanted items in the game. This basically forces people to Gach to make money quickly.