Should SE sell Gil (similar to WOW Tokens)

[Mavrias]

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I've never claimed everything WoW ever did is the best idea. I'm referring to the people saying the word "WoW" should be banned from the forums and the like.

The markets were thrown out of wack for a month or two at the most before restabilizing as the GMs and devs made adjusted and regulated and players changed their prices as the hype died down. This is basic economics.

It doesn't exclusively benefit crafters and gatherers in WoW so its highly unlikely if implemented properly, that it'll do so in ffxiv, although I do question why you're singling out people who may not enjoy dungeon or story content.

Who it will benefit is people who don't have a lot of real life money to spare.

[LittleSparrow]

It would be great. Let the money flow!

[Mavrias]

This is incorrect. FFXI released 2 years before WoW did.

Warcraft forst released in 1994. Predecessor to WoW, and from which much story context, background, and gameplay elements come from.

[Vaer]

Warcraft forst released in 1994. Predecessor to WoW, and from which much story context, background, and gameplay elements come from.

If we're gonna go grasping for straws that hard, Final Fantasy I released in 1987.

[Istaru]

Warcraft forst released in 1994. Predecessor to WoW, and from which much story context, background, and gameplay elements come from.

The original Final Fantasy first released in 1987. Predecessor to FFXIV, and from which much story context, background, and gameplay elements come from.

Your turn, do your homework next time.

[Miles_Maelstrom]

Warcraft forst released in 1994. Predecessor to WoW, and from which much story context, background, and gameplay elements come from.

... And final fantasy was released in 1987 but this and what you said is irrelevant because they were completely different games.

Edit: I mean the wow predecessors were rts, gameplay they couldn't be more different from wow. At least previous ffs were rpgs.

[Mavrias]

... And final fantasy was released in 1987 but this and what you said is irrelevant because they were completely different games.

Edit: I mean the wow predecessors were rts, gameplay they couldn't be more different from wow. At least previous ffs were rpgs.

You think a turn based strategy game is closer to an mmo than a real time strategy game? Really?

[NolLacnala]

The devs have proven that they'll bottle anything to make a buck, even something as easy as leveling. Game time snake oil coming soon to an XIV near you.

[DeaconMoore]

I am just wondering why SE has not done this yet, Bots and spammers are still common in the game and its really annoying to see some hacked account spamming for days. Would this not resolve the issue for FF, to promote in game time tokens for Gil? Potentially making them more revenue, while resolving this nuisance and allowing players to buy time with Gil? In my opinion its a win-win situation.

WoW Tokens: https://worldofwarcraft.com/en-us/ne...-the-wow-token

The WoW token has nothing to do with stopping botting or rmt spammers. If anything botting has gotten worse in since its introduction. The botter gets to spend ingame gold for their bot accounts that generates more ingame gold. W00t.

RMT in WoW is also still alive and kicking just fine. Win selling is actually becoming more common.

When the token was introduced yeah prices for stuff went up on the auction houses.

What the token does is turn WoW players into gold farmers. Blizzard then leverages this to increase the subscription price $5 without increasing the subscription price. Blizzard also leverages these gold farming players to sell their other games and services with the token.

WoW is less a mmo now and more a gold farming "game". Got cash but not enough time to waste farming gold? Throw more cash at the game. Yay the Auction house is an in-game cash shop too.

BTW you don't need to buy gil. It's there if you want to make it. The token just enables those with impulse control issues.

[Shihen]

I am just wondering why SE has not done this yet

There isn't much incentive to, and the announcement would probably be met with the reactions prevalent in this thread. Not saying it wouldn't work, since its success other games indicate it does, but risk aversion runs high in this community and people get hyper-defensive about anything that challenges the status quo. You'd either have to prove it would solve a major problem we currently have, and RMT is mostly just a nagging annoyance now, or prove it would make life better without introducing major problems into the economy.