Moderators, please moderate.

We're up to 23 threads of recruitment codes and most have people spamming the same posts to multiple threads. It's becoming nearly impossible to use this forum for it's stated purpose of actually helping new players who have questions about the game.

Please lock all but one of these threads. Having one of them is fine. It's a perfectly valid topic. But it's ONE topic, not twenty-three topics. Spamming is supposed to be against the forum guidelines, and when it reaches this level where it obstructs the forum from its primary purpose, it's time to enforce that.

good lord...13 just on the first page...ridiculous.

Agreed. Using one or two threads to fill with recruitment codes is one thing, but a new thread for every code a whole another.
I understand people want to get the Friend Recruitment items, I was just as guilty of it. But for the love of god, this is ridiculous.

I have to agree that it is getting out of hand. I know I'm guilty of contributing to the issue by making a thread due to my codes being buried, but I've already let that thread die, and would quite happily delete it if i had the option to do so. I will restrain my code postings to the thread with around 147 pages.

I think some people are so consumed by the desire to have Twintania, that they're forgetting the true purpose of this forum. I hope they come to their senses soon, or that the moderators do indeed step up to merge all of the recruitment threads.

Agree. No need for more than 1 megathread... 2 or 3 isn't too bad. But currently it's spamming out other threads.

I vote to have them all merged into 1 thread.

This is a democracy?

We have moderators?....wait, is this a forum role play thing?

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This is a democracy?

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This is going to sound very innovative and revolutionary so listen close. but... We can give feedback to Square. Sometimes it affects their decisions, both about the various web features and the game itself.

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Originally Posted by ExiledOne

We have moderators?....wait, is this a forum role play thing?

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Keep a close eye on the forums and you'll notice both threads and individual posts disappear. Sometimes threads get locked. And so on.

I actually brought it up to them earlier and gave some suggestions. No response so far and no action taken. I guess the moderators are fine with so many thread duplicates filling up the new player section.

clearly this needs a damn bump. get this recruit crap off the forums....

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Originally Posted by Raidenz

clearly this needs a damn bump. get this recruit crap off the forums....

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Or at the very least, merge all of the separate threads with the largest thread, and turn it into a sticky, with the additional rule that codes posted anywhere else in new player help will incur a warning.

Might as well get rid of all the FC recruitment threads spamming the forums as well.

With all due respect, there is a significant difference between a thread dedicated to an FC which is recruiting people (this can lead to active help and guidance in-game), and people making 23 separate threads giving out friend recruitment codes just so they can get a mount or two.

I use the "New Posts" function often, more than half the page is filled with the same exact thread recruiting for the same exact FC by the same exact poster. I see someone with 23 posts ALL of which are him spamming his FC recruitment. It's spam. They even post this crap in every server part like someone is actually gonna pay to transfer servers just to join their FC lol.

But yes, I agree. Spammers should be banned. That crap is annoying to wade through.

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Originally Posted by Lucke

I use the "New Posts" function often, more than half the page is filled with the same exact thread recruiting for the same exact FC by the same exact poster. I see someone with 23 posts ALL of which are him spamming his FC recruitment. It's spam. They even post this crap in every server part like someone is actually gonna pay to transfer servers just to join their FC lol.

But yes, I agree. Spammers should be banned. That crap is annoying to wade through.

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I see your point, and what you describe is excessive. There should be hard rules around recruiting to an FC (or posting recruitment codes) to prevent that kind of spamming. Of course, how well that would work would depend entirely on the mods, and if they have the time or manpower to effectively enforce it.

It's pretty bad on the Steam side too. Hopefully it'll die down over time.

This isn't against forums rules since all the post is made by different people, yes it's about the same topic but it's a topic that involves there friend code.

Where in the rules does it say that it's ok to oversaturate the new player help forum with recruitment codes to the point that legit questions and help requests are being kicked to the second page most of the time?

Unless the rules specifically say so, then no, no rules are being broken.

Well they should have foresaw this coming when they made a mount and emotes recruitment only. Though I kinda found a different way to get my code out there, but also cus I feel stupid posting the codes so much, I am sure as it stands we have enough codes active that every new person joining at the moment could use 3 or 4 each if it was possible at the rate its going. xD

just had a thought, wouldn't most if not 99.9% of people in the new player forum already have the game?

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Originally Posted by Martin_Arcainess

just had a thought, wouldn't most if not 99.9% of people in the new player forum already have the game?

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Well, all it means is they have an (active) service account. Someone please correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe this means trial players who have not purchased the game can post. It also means those that have purchased it, but have not payed any subscription time (still on the included 30 days) can post.

Also, even with none of the above, anyone can read the forums (and so potentially grab RAF codes off them).

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This isn't against forums rules since all the post is made by different people

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Not all of them. Many of the posts involve the same player (and lots of players are doing this) adding the exact same post with the same codes to each of several different threads within seconds of each other. That's spam and explicitly against the forum rules, but the moderators aren't stopping it.

Another really rude and even worse thing I've seen popping up is players who will reply to threads on totally different topics to give people their recruitment codes. Especially In the "New Player Help" forum, players should be allowed to admit that they're new and ask new player questions without just getting spammed for it.

And as I said in the OP, it's a perfectly valid topic if it's kept to one topic.
And if your codes aren't used, then go ahead and post them again in a couple days, but not in a few seconds or minutes.

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just had a thought, wouldn't most if not 99.9% of people in the new player forum already have the game?

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You have to already have the game before you can use a recruitment code. Purchase of the game comes with 30 days of access before you need to add additional subscription time. The code only needs to be used before that additional subscription time is bought, not before the game is bought.

Because stuff like "Code" going on in new player help section , most ppl's not even post anything helpful at all . I understand that players want ""reward"" from recruit , but pls devs add some special section for recruit and start action agains "New Player Help" section spam .

As for me , it was bad idea to add in game item rewards for referal at all.

Agreed, this is past a joke. If people can't keep everything in one thread, a separate space for codes on the board might be the way to go; provided the moderators then took action against people spamming their codes elsewhere.
Genuine questions are getting buried under this stuff.

Almost full page of code threads, so annoying...

Yep, something really should be done.

Honestly, SE should just make it against the forum rules to post codes here at all. Seriously, how about keeping to the actual intent of the RAF promotion and recruiting your real friends or family if you want someone to play the game with instead of trying to recruit random people so you can get shiny prizes. :-\

While you do make a valid point, Velisra, I must point out that not everyone knows someone else who would be into a game of this type, and the people that DO know someone that would like it are hit by the problem of the people they know already playing it.

However, the main fault with the current code spam situation rests purely on SE. It was their bright idea to lock Twintania behind gold chocobo feathers, which are only obtainable through recruiting people, and/or one of the recruited people being subscribed for 150/210/270 days. If not for that, we wouldn't have this issue.

Well, I also do not know anyone that plays MMOs, but I do not go around making a million new code threads. Instead I post it in the big ones that are already there.

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Originally Posted by Erendis

Well, I also do not know anyone that plays MMOs, but I do not go around making a million new code threads. Instead I post it in the big ones that are already there.

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I'm in a similar situation, as the people i know that play MMOs already play FFXIV. But unlike the code spammers, there are still some of us that aren't so obsessed with getting Twintania that we'll flood the new player help section.

First twelve threads on page one are recruitment code threads at this time. Can we get something done about this please?

The greatest irony is that part of my decision of comming back to play FFXIV was because everyone was saying how great the comunity is. Must have decided on the worst possible moment, as everyone is spamming recruitment codes...EVERYWHERE :(