Is there a future?

[Arcon]

You claim balance must be kept but this is selective in choosing. Ex. Astral parties are considered RMT activities and where banned, but FC parties are ok to do when its the same thing but able to be done longer.

Astral Flow parties were never considered RMT activities and no one was banned for them.

You go on about stopping RMT by changing values of items to NPC yes you don't actually go after the RMT itself to stop the damage before its done. Ex. Chocobo blinkers where cut down in value to NPC's yet trumpet rings which fishing bots farm the materials for are still being made by the 1000's.

Where do they go on about that? I haven't heard SE even mention RMT in years. Legit players were the ones that abused Blinkers, not RMT. RMT are pretty much dead.

I know this won't change anything nor will it be heard but it is nice to vent this frustration I'm feeling currently towards the game's bleak future.

The "bleak future" thing has been spewed by various doomsayers for longer than the game was around.

[Secondplanet]

Astral Flow parties were never considered RMT activities and no one was banned for them.

My friend got a 2week suspension on his account for being in these parties, At the time the GM stated that by gathering all the mobs of the zone and killing in one big blast was considered RMT activity by using the drops for gil.

Where do they go on about that? I haven't heard SE even mention RMT in years. Legit players were the ones that abused Blinkers, not RMT. RMT are pretty much dead.

And thats why i see trains of characters with names like asdfg running through towns and receiving 2-3 /tells a week from them offering me gil at amazingly low prices. Yeah really sounds dead to me.

The "bleak future" thing has been spewed by various doomsayers for longer than the game was around.

I'm not saying it as a "doomsayer" i wish to know why SE keeps working against themselves lately and even more so with these boards that were made to listen to us on a better field being ignored now more then ever.

To be honest, Choco. Blinkers HAD to change; there is no bleak future except for players who can no longer manipulate a system oversight which allowed the direct "creation" of currency. And of all the things to be upset about, that? Really?

Then they should change more then just that then, trumpet rings still NPC for a fair amount and i always see the same few people crafting them for hours nonstop by a NPC and that has been abused more then chocoblinkers by use of fishing bots, So if i'm right your saying legit selling of items to NPC's shouldn't be allowed but using 3rd party programs to make money is ok then?