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

[Gilraen]

But hey, I only have a good 5-6 years into EVE, which is one of the most well known games out there that uses any kind of token system. Wanna know how many RMT I've come across there, be it in game or via PMs? ZERO

I don't think you quite grasp the differences between here and Eve. With Eve CCP monetized time. Not in real money, but game money. Everyone sells game time nowadays, but CCP is one of the few (if not only) companies to do so as an in-game item. To support this they also made their game subscription-optional. What's the point in offering time as an in-game item if you're just going to force people to subscribe anyway? XIV is so very NOT that. Game time has no value in XIV because we're all required to subscribe to play. All more time does is unlock veteran rewards, of which only one can be sold over the marketboard (at a very low price at that). Now, in order to make time worth trading in XIV they would have to adopt CCP's model and get rid of mandatory subscriptions. That's just not going to happen.