Why are people rewarded for cheating?

[Faelandaea]

1. Those who have figured out how the XIV economy works, have made their millions, and are puzzled that others complain that the RMT bots are ruining the economy when the way to make REAL gil in this game involves no botting whatsoever.

This! And part of how the economy works is that you don't need all this Wal Street player bullshit to make Gil. I do not spend my Gil frivolously, I am not some super master craftsman (yes, that's the proper word. "crafter" is not a proper word), and I still manage to make a shit-ton of money without botting or RMT. I just SAVE all my Gil then when something REALLY needed comes along that I truely find rewarding to have, such as a house, I buy it. It's so damned easy to make Gil in this game that it's nuts. Just by playing the game normally, without even crafting, Gil just POURS into your pockets at an insane rate. Hell just the loot that I get from dungeons and those Allagan pieces you sell rake in at LEASt 5-10k for a few hours of game play. And you never have to deal with some silly Wal Street fantasy world to do it.

*Someone with 1 or 2 classes leveled/somewhat leveled and 0 gathering/crafting classes and millions to spend HAS, however, probably bought gil from RMT.

Completely incorrect. It is SO bloody easy to make Gil in this game just from . . . playing the game. And you DO NOT NEED THE MARKET BOARD TO MAKE MILLIONS, people! Wow. This is where you are all fucking up. Dealing with players. Just deal with the vendors. Their prices are steady, they are always friendly, and they give great customer service. Whatever you loot, whatever materia you get, just plop it to a vendor and they always smile and say thank you. The crap that my retainers have been bringing back to me as a result of their exploration missions (gearing them up helps a LOT with this) is worth TONS on the market, and even though the vendors pay me a fraction of what players do, I'd still rather the vendors get it because they can use it for far more constructive means than the players can.