Who cares how people spend their gil. I'd advise a brand new Sam to get a Tsu merced if they had no ability to leech it just because of how absolutely needed it is to play Sam and that no one really wants to take a sparks player to a delve pug.
You're right, who really cares? All I'm saying is, it's kinda stupid to waste gil on runs that are so easy to clear. And really you don't need to leech and I'd advise against it. There are plenty of nice person who wouldn't care if you are in ilvl 117 gear and would invite you anyway.
To not invite anyone because of them having sparks gear is just discrimination. Everyone should have the ability to go especially if they need the ilvl 119 stuff that an nm or boss drops. If they know how to play their jobs and have the skills needed to keep on their toes then they should get an invite. Honestly, I would never deny someone if I was hosting a delve run or skirmish run because they were in all ilvl 117 gear, everyone deserves a chance.
Seriously, this game is on life support and really no new content will be added besides the final storyline that's coming soon, and at this point, people who deny invites to non ilvl 119 players deserve to be /slapped and /blisted.
I can't agree with people who openly discriminate on players who don't have ilvl 119 gear and want to come to an event but chose to deny them an invite.