Quote Originally Posted by hydralus View Post
That's what gil is for - to skip content you don't want to do. Do you want to run expert 4 times to get a ring or do you want to pay a crafter 150k to get one. Do you want to get a pile of gold to furnish your house by running aquapolis 20 times, or do you want to pay someone else 3 million. Do you want to spend an hour gathering 40 fish for that food you need to craft, or will you buy it off a gatherer.

Personally I don't have any gumption to pay for a minor stat upgrade, but it ain't my gil.
These are also my feelings, if the players can generate an economy from skilled combat then good for them.
The only negative is that they are letting a person into raid/duty finders that first require a completion, but that likely isn't an issue for most players (buyers) as they wont queue alone to be kicked.