Paw Full of Gil

Maturity: A stoic response to endless reality. -- Carrie Fisher

Why do I quote so much... I think I can blaime it on 17 years of accademics. I had to endure long years of "I don't believe you; find someone else to back up your assertions." The notion of which always irked me; there was nothing I could say that would be as valuable as someone else saying the exact same thing. So I quote now, not so much to back up what I say, but to be my own peanut gallery. Who knows...maybe someone will quote me some day.

Well... all quoting aside, I have been thinking a great deal about one thing: Gil. I have tried very hard to obtain equipment as I could through mini quests and NM and other such eventualities. Just last night I was finally able to get my Parade Gorget (THANK YOU MADNESS AND AELITA!!!). It only took 4/5 Goblin Drinks. However, there is no replacement for the Hauby or the Scorpion Harness, as well as many others. And as I am finding out in my CoP mission run, there's no replacement for those many things you consume every day.

Well-o-day. I know I cannot get gil with underhanded means. I know a few people who swear by buying gil, but that concept just annoys me to no end. Arguments aside, it simply is obscene to my senses to spend that kind of real money for such little fake money.

NM's and monsters are a pain and a half since any that are worth their troubles are camped to the point of obscenity. So that just leaves farming, and not turning my back on even things worth 1k gil each.

I do not believe I have lost any perspective on this, but it is a part of the game. In all honesty, I am glad the game has an economy; it helps many of the people playing learn a lot about it, even though they can't translate "random killing of monsters" to earn a living to real life. Finding ways to earn gil is important to be able to play. I am by no means at a loss for equipment. My pack-kitty ways have translated very well, and now I have several mules full of my gear. I buy armor in complete sets and now have practically every non AF armor I can in storage. I am almost curious how much gil I could make if I would just sell all that I have collected, but then I think--I'm just gonna turn around and use it and would have to buy it again.

In any event, I may end up trying to sell off some items. My choices for alchemy has not been as fruitful as I had hoped. But I am now leveling BST again, and I will be using those pieces of armor that I've been holding. Maybe I'll sell them off again afterward. We'll see.