I really didn't understand the issue.

[Illya]

Because people are spending $20 to make 6-10 million gil.

FFXIV is a Pay to Play game. If you want to be rich in-game, you need to do it with in-game effort. You craft, spiritbond, play the Market Board, desynth items, gather stuff on your botanist etc. All things achieved with in-game effort.

My wife and I have been saving up for a medium sized house. If sales are good, we can manage 2m a week. A slow process, but we'll get there. Now, someone in my server was able to buy a house with the money he made selling Platinum Bracelets.


Now, I see this and I think... What the f am I doing crafting? What took me weeks to do, someone was able to do overnight because of a cash shop item. F this, I'm not going to craft anymore. I'll jump on the bandwagon and just sell bracelets, and whatever cash shop item SE introduces in the future.

When this happens, and more people start to think like this, then no one will craft. No one will bother to gather materials. They'll just make money selling cash shop items. An integral part of FFXIV's content will be destroyed.

If all you care about is the destination, then why waste time with the journey? If crafting isn't fun for you, why should you force yourself to do it?

If you actually care about the journey, then what other people do to reach the destination faster or slower than you did is irrelevant. You were having fun.

Last I checked, this was a game not a job. If you're not having fun doing something, stop. Otherwise you have only yourself to blame when other people skip the journey and head straight for the destination.

It seems to me like you should be considering your own priorities first and worrying about what other people do second.