Quote Originally Posted by Zetsumei_Tsunarashi View Post
If I buy the cash shop item and gift it to someone who is willing to pay me with millions of gil in-game, I can turn around and use that gil to purchase things like materia and 4star crafted gear for example. This is the very definition of pay2win. Paying real life money to obtain items that make the game easier or give me an advantage over others.
Better just shut down XIV forever, someone might abuse it.

While we're at it better lock myself in the basement and set the key on fire, someone might abuse my door opening mechanics.