Why no "Plexx" system?

[Darkova]

This is just one aspect of the game that buying gil would trivialize. This doesn't even begin to address opening the door to buying runs and essentially top tier weapons and gear with actual money.

How would buying this plex trivialize the amassing of gil by the players who already do it? If anything this gives them the incentive to do it more since they would use the earned gil to play the game for free. The players who do not want to take the time to farm the gil themselves will be giving Square money as well.

As to what content can gil bypass? None. Even if you payed a group of people to carry you, you didn't bypass the content. Also, they can't do anything with their bought top tier gear. It doesn't hurt you or anyone else since this game doesn't have open world PvP where buying gear would create such effects. They can't use it to clear additional content either since they had to pay others to carry them in the first place. They also would probably get bored and leave the game failing to earn it themselves since they were willing enough to pay others to carry them should the option exist.

I can't speak for the other MMOs, but WoW has not used the plex system we are talking about.