Quote Originally Posted by Stumpedify View Post
I've never bought gil myself, never seen the need for it, but I also don't really get why people make such a big deal about other people who did choose to buy it. I've known several cases of people I know buying gil to fund purchases ingame and just shrugged my shoulders at it. It doesn't affect me, so why should I care. And anybody who thinks it does affect them is just mistaking jealousy for something that actually matters.

the "bad rep" is all in people's heads.


Would have thought by now that people would stop caring about something that has existed since MMOs were invented. Not like any amount of complaining over it is ever going to make RMT cease to exist.
Have you ever complained about bots? Have you ever complained about gil seller spam? Do you care about having your account hacked so RMT can strip it of all gil?

If you know people that buy gil then they are directly supporting bots, spam and account stealing. If you 'don't care' about friends buying gil then you also 'don't care' about everything that buying gil facilitates. There is a reason why it is against the TOS; it is cheating and it makes for a lot of hassle for everyone else to have to put up with the crap RMT pulls to try and make gil.

Oh and that 'bad rep' associated with buying currency is very very real. Almost everyone I play with would blacklist and report anyone they knew to have bought gil. The buyers are the entire problem in the RMT market. Shrugging your shoulders and letting them get on with it only serves to make the sellers more prolific in their attempts to spam everyone else to death and flood the servers with bots.

By willfully ignoring the issue or dismissing it you are part of the problem.