I've noticed lately that everyone gets a gem drop every now and then. I've also realized that most of the gems that drop, aren't so popular between the players. This eventually leads to the pile up of unwanted gems in the inventory at which player end up droping them in random places. I've heard before that too many items on the ground can cause lags.

This is when I came up with the idea of a gem shop. I think there should be a place where you can trade all of your unwanted gems into a NPC in exchange for zenni. I feel that each gem's price should be determined by quality and color (based on player demands). As for the demnd in color, you should determine the prices from the projected list below. (I doubt anyone would trade a purple gem to the shop keeper which gives it all the more reason to be price pretty high.)

Most Demanded From Highest to Lowest

1) Purple (Super, Unique, Normal)
2) Red (Super, Unique, Normal)
3) Black (Super, Unique, Normal)
4) Green (Super, Unique, Normal)
5) Blue (Super, Unique, Normal)

Sweet!

hm i think its a good ideia

Or we could uh.. maybe.. you know... Fix it the right way? While I am not entirely against a gem trader; it's far from the best option. Think bigger. If the gems aren't useful, or popular enough, why not change them? Focus more on ideas to fix or replace something that is wrong, rather than just ideas to modify and cover up issues.

Besides... You're basing this off of V17. Not the newest version. In the newest version red gems are too common, gems are all rarer, and purple gems hold less value as they're only important for a couple of resurrecting things. Which brings me to my next suggestion. As I've said many times to some people. Think less about how FR is, and what it has, then instead think of what it Should have and what it Needs.

More new, less modify.

wht?
around x number of one color to trade for a gem of another color and that stuff?