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

[Alberel]

Although a system like this would probably benefit me in several ways, it just feels dirty. I spend 90% of my time in-game making gil, and have amassed quite a fortune. I hate the idea of someone with a bunch of RL money being able to buy his way with no in-game effort to the same type of riches I've reached through countless hours of crafting/manipulating the MB.

Pretty much this. It would also completely devalue any item that takes much effort to obtain as plex sellers would be able to just buy the gil to buy the item. Feeling good about finally beating T13 and getting a dreadwyrm weapon? Well that new guy that only started playing a few weeks ago just bought a T13 carry using his bought gil and got one.

I know players already buy gil but at least we can all point at them and say 'cheater' when it's obvious that they're breaking the ToS by buying from gil sellers. Legitimizing it has been proven to do nothing to combat RMT and would only encourage players buying their way through content and completely devaluing any sense of accomplishment in clearing difficult raids or obtaining rare items.

Now, I really want to ask something for the "pay to win" doomsayers:

You say that paying real money to get in-game rewards is unfair. What about people with real time jobs and family who simply CANNOT get the rewards because they don't have enough time?

So, I shouldn't be allowed a house because I'm a filthy casual who is struggling to get his wallet past the 500k gil mark?
I mean... having more money isn't fair, but having more FREE TIME is?

Plz explain this logic.

If you don't have enough time to play you should be playing a more casual game targeted towards casual gamers such as yourself. You shouldn't be complaining that you don't have enough time to play when you're the one that has chosen to play this game in the first place (knowing full well you lack the time). If you cannot play the game within the rules then don't play the game. Don't attempt to get the rules changed to suit your playstyle.

For the record, doing the Ixal dailies for 30 mins a day can net you in excess of well over 100k a day. Dig up a treasure map in 10 mins for another 40k a day. If you lack the time to even do that then I'm pretty sure you're in the wrong genre entirely.