AFK Leveling

[Shai]

You don't work, you don't eat. It's that simple. For every person out there wasting resources in life, depending on others without contributing will cause others to pay for it in some form.

I do work. It's called 'raising a family.'
It's actually quite difficult. You should try it sometime. It's very rewarding.

Edit: Also in your example that I didn't read past 4 paragraphs. The only difference between Player 1 and Player 2 is that Player 1 chooses to rely on 1 "characters" income rather than start a new character, spend the time to level it, and reap more of a reward. You get the effort you put into it. Player 1 could go out and buy a 2nd computer and a 2nd FFXIV and do what I do (which by the way is for a 2nd human player who buys her own gear and uses her own resources - but in your example we can pretend that's not the case).

Nothing bars others from doing it besides the choice not to do it. There's nothing in the game itself or the rules given by SE that indicate you cannot or should not do it. People are just creating these "morals" and "beliefs" about right & wrong (which is fine) but then trying to hold others to their arbitrary standards.

I play by my own arbitrary standards and the rules and guidelines presented to me by SE.

PS: Sorry for the long edit. I didn't want to blow off your whole post. Just the half of it that was redundant.