Formal Letter to SE about RMT situation.

[Tictania]

Lifetime ban zero tolerance policy to buyers of gil...advertise it on logon so players see it everytime....RMT is OVER IT IS THAT SIMPLE c'mon SE

It doesnt matter what the punishment is, or how they advertize it. They could give lifetime IP bans to the gil buyer, and all of his friends and family. and everyone who ever sold him an item, and it still wouldnt make a difference.

People who buy gil, do so under the false confidence that they wont get caught.

[Yuri_Hyuga]

SE, what is being done internally to combat this issue besides banning accounts? Any of these suggestions in the works?

Got spammed with about 30 requests today, back-to-back, many by the same people... not just friend requests but floods of RMT /tells & /shouts also.

[Caiera]

was just looking at this on
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...vities-(May-21)
they have given 5591 accounts a permanent ban between 14th May and 20th May

[Sicno]

was just looking at this on
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...vities-(May-21)
they have given 5591 accounts a permanent ban between 14th May and 20th May

Which we all know is completely ineffective because by now there should be 5591 new accounts doing just what they were doing before.

You know, I think this really says something. If they ban thousands of accounts every month and the RMT advertisement is STILL this bad then it means that this approach is not enough. Something else must be done. I'm gonna leave a quote here.

“The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, but expecting different results.”

[Magusrex]

Which we all know is completely ineffective because by now there should be 5591 new accounts doing just what they were doing before.

You know, I think this really says something. If they ban thousands of accounts every month and the RMT advertisement is STILL this bad then it means that this approach is not enough. Something else must be done. I'm gonna leave a quote here.

“The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, but expecting different results.”

Now if these people are RMT buying new games this is how they are profiting form this and they will never try to fix it, I suspect gil sellers are trial accounts, the accounts they farm with likely never spam with. Trial accounts should not be able to send friend requests, you have a friend trying the game, you send them a friend request. Trial accounts should not be able to search for players, this is how they are finding us to send the tells and requests. Trial accounts should not be able to trade or use market board. Trial accounts should only be able to send tells to friends. Gil selling would be crushed instantly. Boom, done finished.

[SpiritMuse]

Now if these people are RMT buying new games this is how they are profiting form this and they will never try to fix it, I suspect gil sellers are trial accounts, the accounts they farm with likely never spam with. Trial accounts should not be able to send friend requests, you have a friend trying the game, you send them a friend request. Trial accounts should not be able to search for players, this is how they are finding us to send the tells and requests. Trial accounts should not be able to trade or use market board. Trial accounts should only be able to send tells to friends. Gil selling would be crushed instantly. Boom, done finished.

Trial accounts already can't send tells at all, nor shout, yell, trade and use the market board.

[Magusrex]

Trial accounts already can't send tells at all, nor shout, yell, trade and use the market board.

That's our answer then, SE is never going to do anything, these people are buying new games to do this(If SE is really banning), revenue through our harassment, wow.

[LandricFrey]

That's our answer then, SE is never going to do anything, these people are buying new games to do this(If SE is really banning), revenue through our harassment, wow.

Exactly. My guess is they'll do something about the RMT right around the time of server merges. Whenever that happens. I don't know if it will be after the initial rush of HW or further down the road. It will happen. This game screams "Cheaters Paradise, SE, and believe it or not; that turns people off, especially those who play competitively.

I'm still here because my friends are here, but if they leave, I'll be gone too. I give up.

[falacu]

Yeah the RMT spammers are pretty annoying. Is there any way to turn off the sound when you get a /tell?

[SyraLeo]

Just in case people think FF servers are all plagued by gold seller spams.

I have not received a single tell, shout or friend request from gold sellers since I started playing in may.

I am now 50, finished my story and roaming around doing leftover quests to unlock dungeons and still... No spam.

But I'm on a jp server so... That might mean something.