Quote Originally Posted by Kirika- View Post
One of the main reasons is you could create a fleet of alts and then use them for bag/storage space, thus reducing the need for extra retainers.
Also, it makes exploitative/RMT activity much easier to carry out.
It makes a controversial method of obtaining housing by one player much more seamless and more annoying for other players, as a rich player can knock out a pile of alts, quickly send each Gil, then have each buy a plot, resulting in one of the big housing complaints of "one player buying up an entire ward" situation. (yes, I know a limit to alts per server, but again it is possible with additional accounts, just pointing out giving the ability to move items and Gil around to alts easily, does create problems)
the thing is people already do this. its not exactly hard to circumvent these limitations and someone can easily create a bunch of alts and put them in the same fc to abuse the fc chest for this purpose. so ultimately this restriction doesnt even stop what its trying to stop and only hurts players that have no intention of doing so.