Ongoing concern with content selling in party finder

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2.2 Real Money Trading, Farming and Power-Leveling. You may not sell, purchase or exchange for real-world money or value any in-game currency, accounts, characters, in-game services, or in-game virtual items. You may not play the Game for the purpose of acquiring virtual items or advancement in game play on behalf of a third-party or for the purpose of selling any virtual assets to a third party for real-world money, specifically including "gold-farming" and power-leveling services.


Party Finder Examples:


Crystal:



Aether:



Primal -







The rule is obviously being violated as the RMT group is participating in the act of content selling to players and clearing content in exchange for real-world currency.

3.1 Sharing Account Information. You may not share your account or login information (such as your Square Enix ID and password) with anyone except your legal guardian, your minor child, or Square Enix. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account and login information, even from your friends and family. If you violate this provision, you may unexpectedly lose access to your account to a third party without recourse against Square Enix. Square Enix will not be obliged to credit your Square Enix Account with Crysta or other points or awards, which may have been used by a third party as a result of the violation of this clause.

This rule is being violated due to the simple fact that to ‘boost” an account, an individual requesting a clear (buyer) must share their account information with the content clearer (seller).

2.1 Cheating and Botting. You may not create or use any unauthorized cheats, bots, automation software, hacks, mods or any other unauthorized software or hardware designed to modify the Game and gameplay. In addition, you may not take advantage of game system bugs and exploits during gameplay.


3.2 Disruption. You may not in any way disrupt or interfere with the Game experience of other players, including the disruption of Square Enix's computers and servers.

While the act of RMT does not involve disrupting the game experience for everyone directly, it often does so indirectly. It minimizes the efforts and genuine hard work of players who go out of their way to clear a piece of content or achieve a difficult goal. This reduces the value of their legitimate rewards and upsets the intended content structure that Square Enix has envisioned, oftentimes saturating the game with illegitimately-obtained prizes that no longer represent the prestige they are intended to show.