Am I missing something about Novus?

[Volcano]

Why is everyone acting like 10m is difficult to farm...? You can SB for 30 minutes and make 300k minimum. I would actually recommend SBing crafting/gathering gear -> sell -> buy the materia you need. Feel free to gimp yourself b/c you're too lazy to farm, but the "is 1-2 dps really worth 10m?" argument is incredibly stupid.

Because everyone has all the time in the world to do that, right? . it has nothing to do with "lazy" some people actually have other things to do. that is assuming you Get the right materia to sell for high price, and the "quick" runs to bind said materia, for that 30 minutes time frame you set, and in enough quantity AND not undercut by everyone else doing the same thing, and no matter how you look at it 1-2 dps for 10m will never be a smart investment.

Your entire post itself is incredibly stupid.

[RazeLandale]

While not something you should grind for I could see why someone would if they've got the cash.

To give a smaller scale example, when patch hit I wanted to augment my scholar coat, because I love everything about that coat except the color scheme. But it'd cost me about a fifth of my gil. So there's a stingy part of me that says not to do it. But cash unspent, at least in a game, doesn't mean a thing. It's just a number on your screen. So, got my coat, really like it and that money was made back in a week.

Someone min maxing their relic, same thing. A 1 dps upgrade is 1 more than gil normally can buy you. If that gives them some satisfaction, good for them.

Gil's not that useful. So in the rare case you see a chance to buy something you want with it, you should take it.