Quote Originally Posted by Brightamethyst View Post
No one has to do anything. It's just an option. You could completely ignore it and probably never notice it at all.

It gives people with real money to spare an alternative to shady RMTs, and it gives the people sitting on piles of gil something else to spend it on if they want. Win-win for all involved, and invisible to those who aren't.
Yeah but then the developers are letting whales buy so much gil they could flood servers and destroy economies. The gil that bots and RMTs have can legitimately be removed because of terms of service.
Square Enix are happy with players sitting on piles of gil as long as they continue paying subscription costs.....