It's time to reevaluate the idea of adding a PLEX/Chronoscroll-like system to FFXIV

[Necromunkey]

I kinda like this idea, I wouldn't have to hunt down time cards anymore =P.

Nonetheless, I'm skeptical, as I feel like the op only gave us all the positives and no negatives. What good argument is presented with only one side!? Many people here probably have little to no experience with plex or similar systems (myself included), and would probably like to know if there are any possible or actual downsides to this.

Perhaps RMT would buy up all the cheaper subs in order to manipulate the price. In the short term they would loose money, but they could potentially gain money buy staying vigilant and buying out the undercutters, slowly raising the price and thereby providing more gil to sell. Or perhaps it could motivate regular users to illegally attempt to sell subs bought with gil for real money.

[DoctorPepper]

I kinda like this idea, I wouldn't have to hunt down time cards anymore =P.

Instead you would have to spend countless hours making the millions it costs to purchase the item. Unless you're legitimately rich and have nothing to buy in game you aren't going to be the one who's winning, it will be the people who just spent $1/hr for your time.

Either way only the rich will prosper from this one way or the other. Poor people in game won't be able to afford the item with gil on the mb and poor people in real life will not be able to afford the item with real money.

[Necromunkey]

Instead you would have to spend countless hours making the millions it costs to purchase the item. Unless you're legitimately rich and have nothing to buy in game you aren't going to be the one who's winning, it will be the people who just spent $1/hr for your time.

I was sort of joking; I'm legitimately having a hard time finding cards at local stores =P. I guess you're right though, my entire game time would be converted to almost exclusively making gil to buy game time to make gil to buy game time.