so run out of gil...now what?

[Gramul]

Game that doesn't reward people for doing what they like is doomed to fail.

You are rewarded, just not financially. That's what the crafting and gathering classes are for. A game that rewards you everything for anything all the time quickly becomes boring. You need to struggle a little to make the rewards more enthralling.
I for one don't like having to run through fetch quests just to progress a story, but I still do it.

It's a GAME not work.

I find this hilarious as playing videogames is actually my job.
The only real difference between work and play is perspective. And being paid obviously.