Formal Letter to SE about RMT situation.

[Sicno]

It's because like with everything else, it's always down to this: if you're not Japanese SE doesn't care about you nor your opinion. If the RMT problem happened at the JP servers you can be sure they would be doing more about it. but since it doesn't then it's not a problem at all for them.

[Riepah]

It's because like with everything else, it's always down to this: if you're not Japanese SE doesn't care about you nor your opinion. If the RMT problem happened at the JP servers you can be sure they would be doing more about it. but since it doesn't then it's not a problem at all for them.

It does more and more seem that way, doesn't it? I can't believe we still haven't gotten a proper response from SE in any of these threads, or anywhere else. No apologies for the situation, no "We'll fix this soon, please look forward to it".

[LandricFrey]

It's because like with everything else, it's always down to this: if you're not Japanese SE doesn't care about you nor your opinion. If the RMT problem happened at the JP servers you can be sure they would be doing more about it. but since it doesn't then it's not a problem at all for them.

I think that's an unfair assumption; they have listened and responded to many of our requests. Underestimating the problem, more likely. It's not easy getting new people to join the game when you have to tell them that the most basic chat function in MMOs isn't usable. I mean that really says a lot about the developers mindset.

Last time players were screaming at SE to listen, it nearly destroyed this game. (1.0 train wreck) SE have admitted another mistake like that would mean the end to their company.

Are the stakes not high enough?

[Riepah]

Underestimating the problem, more likely.

What excuse can there possibly be to still underestimate it after all the threads and screenshots? All they'd have to do to confirm that the issue is huge is make a character on any of the more heavily affected servers.

I think the person you quoted had it right when they said that "SE doesn't care" about us, or they'd at the very least go take a look if it's really that bad - and then they'd notice that yes, indeed it is.

[AibohphobiA_BoB]

So many skilled developers and not one who can delete user names that start with "Ggatm'com Sellgil".

[Zabuza]

So many skilled developers and not one who can delete user names that start with "Ggatm'com Sellgil".

I'd say the thing that baffles me is the most is that I know from FFXI they have the power to fix this situation - yet they don't...

[Warlyx]

I'd say the thing that baffles me is the most is that I know from FFXI they have the power to fix this situation - yet they don't...

what? how and when they fixed RMT in FFXI?

[Magistrella]

what? how and when they fixed RMT in FFXI?

2006 sometime around july to september right after ToAU release - all RMT tells completely vanished from that point onwards. Before that i had 10-15 a day (on carbuncle, main population JP) after that never a single one again. I dont know what they did but i was glad they did it.

The STF in XI was working with another concept as well, in 2007 or 2008 they released how they were working against rmt and revealed that they had created an automatical program that can track gil up to 64(!) steps in trading/AH changing. So if you didnt bother to trade it 65 times with different people after you got it from a RMT on a second account you were likely to get your balls busted :x not that you needed much money in XI anyways, unlike here where you can spend millions a day just for tools and pets

('-')/

[MugenMugetsu]

So many skilled developers and not one who can delete user names that start with "Ggatm'com Sellgil".

/sarcasm Hey now, don't talk bad about Ggatm'com Sellgil. That guy wants to be my friend sooooo bad that he sends me friend requests at least a dozen times a day! :P

[Niwashi]

If the RMT problem happened at the JP servers you can be sure they would be doing more about it.

This may be (at least part of) the reason why the RMT spam isn't hitting the JP servers. It's not like RMT itself isn't a big moneymaker there. But they don't keep constantly harassing the players with in-game chat spam about it like they do to us. Japanese players wouldn't put up with it. The RMT companies are relying on SE's weird indifference to their NA/EU market, and directing their spam to where they can get away with it.