RMT Stopper - Transaction Clearing

[Radkat]

Come on guys, be serious about it. Suggestions like these won't work. Stop assuming the RMT are robots or idiots. Even if this was implemented, it would not put a dent on the RMT. They will just switch to different methods - face to face transactions, or using the marketboard - get the buyer of 10 million gil to put up a fire shard for 10 million gil so they gilsellers pay for it. There are so many other ways than moogle mail.

So be serious about it. We all know there is only one true way to get rid of RMT, which has been proven in JP servers - if there are no gilbuyers, then the gilsellers will cease to exist. Target the gilbuyers, the root of the RMT problem.

[TonyACT]

They need to make it easier to report and ignore. I should be able to right click a name in chat and choose 'Report", which would then:

1) Add them to a special Ignore list for me - which clears itself out every month or so

2) Logs their chat at the time I reported them and sends it to whoever keeps an eye out for such people so they can verify they were being naughty and take appropriate action.

Having to send in a report every time and manage my Ignore lists manually just takes way too long given the huge number of people spamming me with sales tells. Honestly, I know other games have had issues, but this one has one of the worst problems at the moment and no number of 'actions taken this month' posts is making it any better.

[Yurihyuga]

no offence but this would just annoy the regular player while RMT would just trade face to face. Most of them make a FC and use the vault as a bank anyway so this suggestion is useless.

[AttacKat]

You solve problems one step at a time, having this in place is better then having nothing at all. If FC is the next problem, then at least we tackle this one and remove this issue, and move on to the next problem area.

Heck, this whole transaction clearing can be apply to all the Gil exchange functions in game. RMTs sells their gils based on speedy service, lets slow them down then.

So be serious about it. We all know there is only one true way to get rid of RMT, which has been proven in JP servers - if there are no gilbuyers, then the gilsellers will cease to exist. Target the gilbuyers, the root of the RMT problem.

What has SE done on the JP servers that they haven't on the English servers?

jc

[Yurihyuga]

You solve problems one step at a time, having this in place is better then having nothing at all. If FC is the next problem, then at least we tackle this one and remove this issue, and move on to the next problem area.

Heck, this whole transaction clearing can be apply to all the Gil exchange functions in game. RMTs sells their gils based on speedy service, lets slow them down then.

jc

I would rather have nothing at all if it gets in the way of a regular player.

[Pixi]

You solve problems one step at a time, having this in place is better then having nothing at all. If FC is the next problem, then at least we tackle this one and remove this issue, and move on to the next problem area.

Heck, this whole transaction clearing can be apply to all the Gil exchange functions in game. RMTs sells their gils based on speedy service, lets slow them down then.

No thanks.

SE has already shown their inability to effectively deal with RMT without catching legitimate players in the net in FFXI.

I had a mule I used to keep money on in FFXI (so that I wouldn't accidentally or impulsively spend it all), usually keeping 100k or less on my character. After they started banning innocent people, I was absolutely terrified to exchange any money with my mule, lest it flag it as *suspicious* (the mule never got past level 10 or so). It wasn't until after Abyssea had come out that I finally felt comfortable to take money from that account, and that is ridiculous. Players should not have to fear getting hammered for legitimate exchanges.

[Ooshima]

Come on guys, be serious about it. Suggestions like these won't work. Stop assuming the RMT are robots or idiots. Even if this was implemented, it would not put a dent on the RMT. They will just switch to different methods - face to face transactions, or using the marketboard - get the buyer of 10 million gil to put up a fire shard for 10 million gil so they gilsellers pay for it. There are so many other ways than moogle mail.

So be serious about it. We all know there is only one true way to get rid of RMT, which has been proven in JP servers - if there are no gilbuyers, then the gilsellers will cease to exist. Target the gilbuyers, the root of the RMT problem.

I think the real reason why we don't get RMT tells in JP server is because the RMTs doesn't speak Japanese.

[AttacKat]

I would rather have nothing at all if it gets in the way of a regular player.

Seriously, how often do you perform gil trades that values over 1M outside of the market board? Daily? Weekly? Monthly? Hardly?

jc

[Kewitt]

What is it that you need gil for in this game as such amounts that you would need RMT services.

[Chiramu]

The way to get around the proposal in the OP is to do smaller transactions. So they should flag an account sending multiple lots of gil in posts, like lots of 10k, 20k etc; and suspend the transaction while SE gets the chance to review it and possibly have a little chat with the people involved.