Verminion Tourneys: Pay to win. Again.

[Blitzace]

This is a the sole reason why i do not bother with tournaments. They are unfair and SE is refusing to do anything against it.
Already been offered 1kk the other day to queue in and then lose VS someone else. Told em to f off and play the game normally. Also reported him(not sure if they deem it to be against the rules..)

Same with TT. why in heavens name would i waste my time with tournaments, When i know there is literally 0% for me even coming anywhere close near the 1-10 spots without playing unfair?
Cheating the system. Imo these people should get punished severely. Espescially the people that get 2-3-4 alts to do the trading with. So sad... so sad....

[Welsper59]

This is a the sole reason why i do not bother with tournaments. They are unfair and SE is refusing to do anything against it.
Already been offered 1kk the other day to queue in and then lose VS someone else. Told em to f off and play the game normally. Also reported him(not sure if they deem it to be against the rules..)

Same with TT. why in heavens name would i waste my time with tournaments, When i know there is literally 0% for me even coming anywhere close near the 1-10 spots without playing unfair?
Cheating the system. Imo these people should get punished severely. Espescially the people that get 2-3-4 alts to do the trading with. So sad... so sad....

Cheating in general in this game is actually NOT looked down upon by the devs. Hacks and exploits are definitely something they'll combat against though... well, game breaking ones that interrupt things like world first or ruin other players directly (like that old market board one). Don't get me wrong, they probably don't want you to do these lesser cheats, but they won't blame you for it in any way. Win-trading has existed since Wolves Den was introduced, and EVEN NOW, all they are apparently willing to do is say words like "please don't win-trade". Yoshi-P himself implied that they WILL NOT take action against people who do this. He literally made a statement that implies this when asked about the win-trading fiasco with WD when it was widely spread. Although, granted, he did at least preface it by saying people can report it if they want to.

http://www.novacrystallis.com/2014/0...naoki-yoshida/

Rather than banning them for this action, it’s better for us to find a method so players won’t do this, and everyone can have fun. That’s our job.

Those are the words of weakness. He's a good director when it comes to many aspects about this game, but it's spineless and jaw-droppingly naive to think that you can curb peoples want to cheat the system wherever they can and to avoid stating that bad behavior will not be tolerated. SE's handoff approach about player behavior is very pathetic. It's exactly why all these frustrations exist for side content intending to be fun and relaxing, exactly why frustrations exist in things like Diadem with leechers, and exactly why people who level through bots DO NOT get caught for it, even if widely reported and backed up with video evidence showing hacks used along with the bot. SE will not take action against players for bad play related behavior. Verbal and chat related harassment is another story... at least they got that going for them.

I like Yoshi-P and the devs, but they need to man up about the reality of how players behave. About how it will never become some utopia of peace and harmony. They can try to minimize it, but don't ignore it and allow it continue. They just come off as weak. Given how many botters there are that are still active after dozens of reports by numerous players for months, along with the sheer number of win-trading going on in the GS, I'd wager it's a fair assessment. Also as a side rant: They need to understand that just because RMT are impossible to get rid of, it doesn't mean they should almost completely give up on QoL improvements. Chat and FR filters are the end-all, be-all of RMT annoyances. Those filters, chat especially, are the simplest of things to program. Wouldn't put it past them to think that RMT can be reasoned with and made to not want to sell gil for RL currency, and instead play the game.