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

[Tiggy]

No. Keep real money out of the game. Period. Many of the OPs points are assumptions. Plex existed in a COMPLETELY different kind of game. Just because it worked there DOES NOT mean it makes sense for this kind of game. At all.

OK, now... who even SAID that a house is a "reward for a massive, long effort"?

Yoshi-P. It was designed that way. Just because YOU think it's a "feature" that should be available to everyone doesn't mean that's how it was actually designed and mean to be. Check your assumptions.