Are you an avid gamer who is currently playing Final Fantasy XI? For those who are not familiar with the game, Final Fantasy XI is a massive multiplayer online role playing game. You start by choosing a character. In the beginning, your character starts off as a weak character. As a new character, there are many constrains. You can't visit some worlds in the game, and that means you can join your higher level friends. You also tend to lose easily in a fight, and you will have to be content with fighting weaker monsters to level up.

To strengthen your character quickly, one method is to equip your character with special equipment. Such equipment usually cost money. In the Final Fantasy virtual world, the virtual currency is known as FFXI Gil, or just Gil. You can use Gil to buy special items, and as the wearer of the items, your character becomes a stronger instantly. You will also level up quicker because of the items.

As you can see, having FFXI Gil makes the game a whole lot easier. Many characters become very strong quickly in the game because they know how to get Gil. The most common method of getting Gil in the game is by some sort of farming. This sounds simple enough to do. But players soon realize that farming takes up a lot of time - time that can be invested in playing the game instead of farming.

Usually, an hour of farming would yield about 10k to 20k Gil. Some may say that is not a bad yield at all. However, when you consider the price of top notch weapons, this amount becomes negligible. A relic weapon can easily cost over 100 million Gil. Simple maths tell us that in order to be able to afford a relic weapon, you would have to spend 5000 hours farming for Gil!

And that's assuming that you farm at a consistent rate. What happens if the game developers decide to change some variable in the game, and it affects your yield? You may end up having to spend even more time acquiring Gil.

Crafting or gardening is another method of making Gil. However, how much Gil you make per hour depends on the level of your craft. The higher your level, the more Gil you can make within the same time span. In other words, just like running a real life business, you need Gil to make even more Gil.

To give the character a jump start, many Final Fantasy XI players have resorted to buying Gil. When you buy Gil, you find that your character level up faster, and you can spend more time playing the game instead of worrying about farming or making Gil. You can easily spot great deals online, and there are tons of websites on the Internet offering Gil for sale. And they are available cheaply too!