Real Money to Get In-Game Currency: Eternal Bond Edition

[ChibiChan_Hyperion]

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*this is a little harsh-ish I've realized after the fact. My apologies, NyarukoW*

You can spin it however you want; the end result is still real money being used to acquire in game gil. The individual transactions themselves are not the target of the discussion. It is buying the item from the Cash Shop and then selling it for gil. Both transactions combined make it RMT. Again, the size of your wallet is not supposed to be able to determine your in game performance, especially outside of the scope of the item purchased from the Cash Shop.

Gil can very directly determine your in game performance, and confer advantages. Whether it does or not is irrelevant. That the possibility exists creates the possibility of paying to win.

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I don't think buying gil is ever okay. How much you work in real life, and you money you earn therein, should not count as time being worked in the game. Your money in real life should not have an ability to affect your progress in game. Spending time in the game should be the only thing that does this. Nothing else, imo.