Real Money to Get In-Game Currency: Eternal Bond Edition

[Kyri]

Though im not a GM and I can't say how they will respond Tera did this with a lot of items. Mostly vanity but at one point even subscription. It actually worked out really well for those who make good money in game and no so much in RL and helped those who weren't good at farming up gil in game also have gil so im actually kinda cool with this idea

Honestly a Lot of games do this sort of thing and it works out quite favorable in the end. I doubt Se would mind if they don't mind people selling wins for ridiculous prices. I would be more opposed if it was something you could only buy from a cash shop. Buying cash shop items and selling them on game is great for some people.

Also, that seems like an appallingly low return on your 'investment' 2.5-3mil for 20 dollars...I mean, I have no idea what the RMT's charge...but that seems like a lot of real money to spend for a very small gain...

it works well to cut rmt out too I mean yea its a bit of a jip to spend 20 bucks to sell something for 5 mil when rmt say buy 5 mil for $10 but at the same time there's no illegal transaction going on with a shady person se is already investigating and no chance that banning so in the end it hurts the rmt and keeps people from doing stupid things likely to get themselves banned. This also helps people who make more real money then others and helps those who make gil better then real money. Kinda a win win, unless your a rmt.

(also it's Christmas and im broke so this is kinda great to me as I make a good amount of game money farming)

[Zephyranthes]

Though im not a GM and I can't say how they will respond Tera did this with a lot of items. Mostly vanity but at one point even subscription. It actually worked out really well for those who make good money in game and no so much in RL and helped those who weren't good at farming up gil in game also have gil so im actually kinda cool with this idea

Honestly a Lot of games do this sort of thing and it works out quite favorable in the end. I doubt Se would mind if they don't mind people selling wins for ridiculous prices. I would be more opposed if it was something you could only buy from a cash shop. Buying cash shop items and selling them on game is great for some people.

When Tera did this, it transitioned to F2P. FF14 is a full subscription based model and buying items from the cash shop to sell for in-game gil is in line with pay to win. Gil can get you higher level equipments, melds, best crafting gears, mansions and other non-vanity benefits.