Quote Originally Posted by Abriael View Post
Gil in FFXIV is very easy to get, even just doing normal guildleves and selling crystals/shards. This determines the fact that giving items that can be bought with gil (probably saving a lot of time) equals to giving a prize of little worth.
Honestly, leveling is so fast now that you won't get by with gil alone without having to stop to farm for money or just skip the early level equipment completely.

After all it's logical that they implemented first the ones that take less time to implement. Others like company quests and such (the infamous "quests that involve the danger faced by Eorzea") will come later.
Well, I am talking about the sidequests which players are going to compare to other MMO's quests, as they most resemble them.