I saw 4 scripts a turn in when I logged in. So it seems gated, but at over 100 turn ins also a massive effort just to reach that gate. You're not supposed to have both, a gate AND a grind. The gate's there to limit the grind.

My first inclination was not to bother before even considering the cap because the whole things a lot of effort, little reward. But the cap being there also puts pressure on me to make that decision quick, since if I don't do turn ins this week I'll always be behind everyone.

And battle gear? No one is going to shell out 60 million for an i180 piece that has the same model as the i160 version.
This is criminal. Gils got one purpose. That's to make you look good. I bought the rogue 'af'. I bought the kurimu coat. The sch augmentation. Some of them were upgrades, some weren't. But that really wasn't a factor in any of the purchases.