Quote Originally Posted by Hart View Post
One case of the system working doesn't make it a sure bet. For all you know, it could be the exception to the rule.

EVE and XIV are completely different games with completely different economies. You can't make money and level up in XIV by doing absolutely nothing. You can progress in EVE without playing it. So it's not surprising that everyone in favor of buying gil cite it as the game that most have in common. Your dollars won't help you in Eorzea, and I hope they never do. If you want to get ahead you can log in and work towards a goal like everyone else.

Also, assuring people that something will work when only citing two sources out of X amount of MMOs is ridiculous.
It's more ridiculous to assume it won't work when there are two examples in which it worked and none in which it didn't.