I support gil buying.Follow

Different people find enjoyment in different parts of this game. It's not like a single player game where there is a straight storyline and then you win. While FFXI has storylines, and some people find it very enjoyable to get Rank 10 in all three cities; others couldn't care less. Some people want to get several jobs to 75 with full relic/god gear/whatever in the shortest time possible. Some people like fishing or crafting or helping out lower level players with quests and missions. Some people just want to chat on their LS or in /tell with their friends.

Like it or not, some people buy gil to avoid a part of the game they don't like, to reach a goal they want.

FFXI is a game constrained by limits. Limits in the amount of exp/hour, limits in drop rates on "good" gear, limits on how often mobs pop.

Each of us as individual players finds parts of the game that they enjoy and fits that around the limits imposed by the developers as best they can.

I have an LS-mate who wants a Brown Belt. He has so far been unable to get the drop from Morlborger. I'm sure he could earn the 3 million or whatever a Brown Belt costs but to him completing the quest is the important part. So he does without and continues to try every once in a while against the mass of people camping.

Some of those campers are no doubt botting/hacking, another "cheat" just like buying gil, that allows the user to circumvent the limits of the game. I am sure that some of those botters are gil sellers; and some are just players looking to make some easy gil to buy some other piece of limited gear that will help make their personal FFXI experience more enjoyable.

Making moral judgements that always assume our personal way of playing the game is superior to all others is just wrong.

As for the golf analogy, why should I care if another golfer has more expensive clubs than I? I'm out there for the exercise and fresh air and some time at the 19th hole with my buddies. Maybe someone else is out their to be the "hole in one" champ and a third person is shmoozing business clients and a fourth is using his compressed air gun to show off his marksmanship skills. None of this matters; what matters is when there is only one golf ball and all four of us want it; and there won't be another golf ball for 21-24 hours. Now we have a conflict. I'm more deserving because I'm playing the game for the pure enjoyment, the Hole in One champ is more deserving (in his mind) because of his elite skills within the rules of the game, the air gun guy thinks he is more deserving because of his creativity in circumventing the rules of the game; and the rich businessman... well, we all know how rich businessmen think.

Cheating in a video game is one thing. If you wanted to spend real money on 999999 Gil for Final Fantasy 7, go for it, it's your own money and it doesn't hurt anyone.

Cheating in an MMORPG in a way that directly hurts thousands of other players that play with you just because you're 'above everyone else' and it won't affect you is pathetic. How dare you turn your back on the thousands of people that HELPED YOU get to 75.

I don't support gilbuying because it's a cheap way out. You're playing this game for what it's worth, and for better or worse, getting gil is a cornerstone of this game. Equipping a SH or a Haubergeon or any other high-priced item definitely feels better when you've worked hard to earn it.

Also, gil is NOT hard to get in this game if you just use your brain. There are several low level crafting recipes that can net you a nice chunk of change if you farm ingredients, which can usually be found in all the newbie zones.

As I said, buying gil is a cheap way to play the game. I wouldn't feel obliged to exile someone just because they bought gil, but I would think less of their character just a bit.

I bought gil, and I most certainly never felt guilt. When it allowed me to do what I wanted to do in game without spending hours farming. Its my time to spend the ways that I want, its my life, and my money.

Im sure you hate anyone that doesnt fit your ideals. Hitler was the same way.

Actually I would be looking for the nearest gyno if I were you, because you appear to have something lodged in your ******.

Seriously who cares what people do. In this world we will never be fully satisfied with peoples choices and decisions. I dont believe in people buying performance parts for cars, because its to me its just transportation from point A to point B, but you dont see me sitting on forums telling them I hate them or what to do with their lives. It would just be unrealistic, and a worthless cause. If people have money to fuel whatever hobby it is so be it, you are no saint nor are you one to pass judgement as I am sure like anyone else you are void of perfection.

Now you are just being unreasonable. But I am sure there is somewhat of a semi valid argument amongst making a *** of yourself. You really look foolish with the above, and let me be the first to point that out for you.

By unreasonable I mean you are unaware of what a fool you make of yourself by making some sort of broken relation between a statement of personal hapiness and content with that to which is physically harmful to a individual or race. Its a comparison that doesnt hold any validity in a argument. Atleast when making jabs it has somewhat of a relevancy, it just shows that you missed my point entirely and gave it your own context. Which is something someone of lesser intelligence would generally do. Its a common mistake.

I dont care if they are gimps or gil buyers. Better xp always wins in my book. I've partied with a few gil sellers before and got a lot of hate from people outside the party... but it was one of the best xp parties i ever had.

Eonsssss.. can I borrow $100? <3

Like hell it doesn't. I hate ricers

What can I say, I just dont care really! It doesnt destroy the economy anymore than your greedy friends do.

And Doomy you can have it all :P YAY DOOMY!