Get Your Gil-Sinks Straight

[Anonymoose]

Please excuse the frequently salty language of a true-blooded, from-beta, frustrated citizen of Limsa Lominsa

I'm getting kind of tired of the general idea that Eorzea's gil-sinks need to be expensive for a while so we can drain out all the excess gil from people who lucked out early on. Do you think the rich are going to blow their money because airships and repairs cost a decent chunk of change?

Half-laughing/half-surprised
No, they *** won't.
If you knew you had enough money now for a relic in 2015, would you go hog wild on dark matter and fast travel because you had the means to the end? *** no you wouldn't.
Stop punishing the middle class.

We don't need a few expensive, obligatory gil-sinks. We need a metric-***-ton of optional ones that are related to bonus content. "Hardcores" have to do and have everything, and they have to have it first or their *** doesn't look as big when they hang a fanciful and elaborate picture frame around it and give it a nice shave.

Make doing and having everything more expensive,
don't make the things everyone has no choice but to take part in more expensive.

This trend worries me. New players may be able to get by on repairs and travel by doing their leves, but how are they supposed to save up for anything to take pride in? Or how are they to save up for the obscenely priced low-tier gear in the wards, for that matter? Achievement isn't about getting by on your grind, it's about having nice things to show for it.

These quick-fixes, IMHO, are going nowhere.

OP to be updated if discussion yields better points. For the love of the Twelve, if you quote this, just quote the parts of it relevant to your reply.