New: Gifting now an option on Mogstation!

As the title says:

http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/

Gifting is now available on the Mogstation via paid "gift" codes.

I think this is pretty neat! I've wanted this for a while.

I just hope we don't see an influx of "Selling Sleipnir code for 1000M"

Thoughts?

Well them adding a big " * The use of gift codes for any activity relating to, or suggesting the trade of real-world money, in-game currency, or in-game virtual items is strictly prohibited." notice right on the front page makes it seem like a bad idea to try and sell the gift codes.

I reckon this is their reaction to how the whole wedding bracelet situation turned out.

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Originally Posted by TheMunimai

I think this is pretty neat! I've wanted this for a while.

I just hope we don't see an influx of "Selling Sleipnir code for 1000M"

Thoughts?

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Too bad that's what you'll see. This is basically a legalized RMT, but SE gets the money instead, so it's not a 3rd party getting profit from it. The plus side is this will give more people the option to get shop items just by farming the game (and others spending money duh), the downside might be people getting rich with no effort and inflating prices.

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Originally Posted by Malusion

Well them adding a big " * The use of gift codes for any activity relating to, or suggesting the trade of real-world money, in-game currency, or in-game virtual items is strictly prohibited." notice right on the front page makes it seem like a bad idea to try and sell the gift codes.

I reckon this is their reaction to how the whole wedding bracelet situation turned out.

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I wonder how are they gonna handle this though. Are they gonna check everyone who gifts? :]

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Originally Posted by Malusion

Well them adding a big " * The use of gift codes for any activity relating to, or suggesting the trade of real-world money, in-game currency, or in-game virtual items is strictly prohibited." notice right on the front page makes it seem like a bad idea to try and sell the gift codes.

I reckon this is their reaction to how the whole wedding bracelet situation turned out.

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Whilst the disclaimer will deter some people, it won't stop people from doing it altogether! There's no way you can really track it especially if they arrange the stuff outside of the game and then just have one person send gil to another...people will find a way which is sad D:

I think it means they'll give a warning to anyone who shouts in game offering to sell the codes.

Probably can't do anything if you handle your transactions on Facebook or what have you, though.

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Originally Posted by TheMunimai

Whilst the disclaimer will deter some people, it won't stop people from doing it altogether! There's no way you can really track it especially if they arrange the stuff outside of the game and then just have one person send gil to another...people will find a way which is sad D:

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Well, it'll largely be on whether or not players report them for it if they see it in shout / PF I imagine, which is the vast majority of where the wedding bracelet business has been openly going on. When arranged outside of game I doubt anything will ever happen to avoid it, but thats also a minority of the sales in the first place, unless a larger trading community forms as a direct result, which I suppose isn't entirely unheard of happening, to be fair.

I guess we will just see what's going to happen :)

I'm just happy I can finally gift stuff to people.

It looks like SE is losing experience within "MMO development field" instead of gaining it...

That, or someone up there is being insanely greedy.

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Originally Posted by Edeline

I wonder how are they gonna handle this though. Are they gonna check everyone who gifts? :]

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Well, if you've been gifting to 30 people within the first week of the service going active, and all 30 of these people are not on your friend list, nor in the same FC, nor in the same LS, it's probably safe to say you are engaged in suspicious activity. To make it a business, you'd probably be "gifting" hundreds away...

People complained about gifting so they give. Now those rich souks can pay for their whole wedding I guess.

Cash shop...smh

I like the idea! ...just as soon as they add something worth gifting. As it stands now, the cash shop is just full of old event junk mostly. :-/

Very cool.

They even added it to the EU Mogstation without delays or complications!

Nothing interests me on Mogstation right now but its nice to know this feature will be around for future things I can bat my eyelashes for.

Welp, sooner or later people are gonna start attempting to sell some of this stuff on the PF for gil.

I like the idea too, and as said above, the cash shop is pretty limited to old seasonal event items right now. Sellers would only benefit from players who haven't done those events or already bought it off the cash shop. The mount and minions, maybe, or the dyes, but i can't see people paying all that much for anything but the mount which is old news by now. Next time SE puts something up for $20 or more though, they'll have to watch out.

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Originally Posted by Malusion

Well them adding a big " * The use of gift codes for any activity relating to, or suggesting the trade of real-world money, in-game currency, or in-game virtual items is strictly prohibited." notice right on the front page makes it seem like a bad idea to try and sell the gift codes.

I reckon this is their reaction to how the whole wedding bracelet situation turned out.

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It doesn't make it "seem" like a bad idea it outright says it's prohibited lol.

"* The use of gift codes for any activity relating to, or suggesting the trade of real-world money, in-game currency, or in-game virtual items is strictly prohibited."

So people who do do this at their own discretion have only themselves to blame if they were to get banned for such practices.

Easy way to get minions now.

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Originally Posted by TheMunimai

As the title says:

http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/

Gifting is now available on the Mogstation via paid "gift" codes.

I think this is pretty neat! I've wanted this for a while.

I just hope we don't see an influx of "Selling Sleipnir code for 1000M"

Thoughts?

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Cue the outrage over "legitimizing RMT"....

Sadly, many will attempt to exploit this feature for personal gain, while others will use it as intended and will love the feature.

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Originally Posted by TheMunimai

As the title says:

http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/

Gifting is now available on the Mogstation via paid "gift" codes.

I think this is pretty neat! I've wanted this for a while.

I just hope we don't see an influx of "Selling Sleipnir code for 1000M"

Thoughts?

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I think this is fine, lovely even.

What annoys me about the cash shop most is that we can't just LOOK/browse. We have to LOG IN to the freaking mog station to even see what's for sale. I can't/won't do that at work....

What other website forces you to LOG IN before you can even view their store?

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Originally Posted by Vaer

Welp, sooner or later people are gonna start attempting to sell some of this stuff on the PF for gil.

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If somebody didn't expected this then they are too naive. Of course they have to put a formal warning but such warnings/prohibitions never stopped RMT to send me 10 tells every hour past 18 months.

Just sent my buddy a Yshtola minion, he's excited. Glad SE gave us the option.

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Originally Posted by Nadrojj

Just sent my buddy a Yshtola minion, he's excited. Glad SE gave us the option.

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But if your buddy will send you anything back it will be against ToS because it can be considered as in-game items trade. Their warning is a bit rough for a 'gift' service.