Quote Originally Posted by Eisi View Post
2. Gil as multiversal currency I assume doesn't refer to the First where they went into detail on why Gil is the accepted currency there, which is actually an indicator that they take the lore more seriously than just having stuff exist purely for gameplay reasons (much like the new custom delivery line where spontaneously flying creatures [mounts] are researched). Instead you probably mean Ultima Thule, which only has been given shape through the sacrifice of Thancred, which made it breathable, traversible, tangible, communicable and I would assume also allowed for trade and stuff. Also we have the likely original Omicron currency as a counter as well: Omnicoin.
I was talking in a more general sense about the fact that any single currency is accepted absolutely everywhere. From Gradianan merchants, to Vanu Vanu warriors, to the Steppe clans, to 4000-year-old Allagan nodes in Azys La, to Ancients in time before time Elips, everyone accepts and pays out Eorzean gil.

In major trade cities like Kugane and Radz-at-Han (which we know have their own currencies)? Sure, there are probably money changers everywhere and those merchants probably accept loads of different currencies. But everyone else? When a Yanxian peasant gives you a quest to weed his fields, is he really paying you in gil, or is he paying you in local coin and the game just automatically converts it to gil for the sake of convenience?