FFXIV - A Step to P2W (My 2.45 Feedback)

[Aegis]

There we go. Now we're using the correct term, awesome! But now I must pose you a few questions; How would this affect the gameplay of other players? Raiders? Casuals? Mid-core? Newcomers? Is there some sort of wall that prevents players access to content in-game that can only be broken through by paying? You yourself said that it had no impact on the economy. So you can't use that as a reason. o:

Refer to Havenchild's post as they explained much better than I could.

Skipped a lot of this thread, but, to clarify:
RMT: Real Money Trading. Literally any transaction of real-world currency for items or services ingame. This includes purchases from illicit parties or users (Secondary Market RMT) and from an approved agent (usually the game developer - Primary Market RMT). [1] [2]

So, this isn't a case of indirect RMT. It's Primary Market RMT.

You are buying an item from SE for real money. The fact that is is being traded for gil is incidental.

[AdamFyi]

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Just so you know, Wikipedia isn't a very reliable source as anyone can edit the page if they wanted to. The other link says the page doesn't exist. I would have loved to read that though. :/

You made a summery judgement based on that one point... That it is "crap" to you... The problem with that is the fact that combat isn't the only part of this game with progression (which is a commonly understood "win" condition)

Second, with regard to combat. A fresh 50 can do what you said, buy their ilvl 110 with their bracelet money, there-by bypassing gearing grind to gain access to dungeons. If an exp pot is pay to win, so is buying your way past content.

I didn't know you could buy BiS gear with gil! Please show me your ways! No, seriously, please. Dungeon access is easily overcome by grinding out the poetics and soldiery tomes as the dungeon content requirements (with the exception of the coils) are pretty low.