Quote Originally Posted by KremlinKOA View Post
Okay, fair question, as I didn't make that part explicit.

It works in 2 parts.

1: Those RMTers who acquire their dodgy codes through hacked accounts will be stopped immediately, as OTP/2FA accounts don't get hacked readily enough for it to be practical.
2: As for those using stolen Credit Cards on their own account. Being able to track where the gifts went, means as soon as a chargeback occurs, the account gets banned. Which means to get a new account going, they need to
--A: Buy a new copy of FF14.
--B: Buy a new phone SIM card (Yeah we can link phone numbers to accounts, after all)
--C: C buy a month of Subscription time
--D: Wait 30 days before being able to send out new gifts.
These costs, and delays, are designed to move the setup from 'profitable' to 'unprofitable' and encourage the RMT CC faudsters to use another game as their laundry.

In the end, it's all about making friction to discourage people from using FF!$ as their method to clean their stolen money.

But best solutions will putr more friction on the fraudsters than on honest players.
Huh I see. That does sound like a solid choice to make. Ofc we wouldn't know 100% that it'd do the trick but I'd say it's worth a shot. The current move feels more like a placeholder decision til they have a more solid plan. Can't say I'd like to be getting hit with chargebacks like that lol

Also I meant to say existing not exciting xD