Reality of RMT

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In Tera the cash shop was strictly cosmetic with a few minor quality of life bonuses with limited use, but their cash shop had a system that allowed players to use real money to profit in game from each other. Before they became free2play one of those methods was an ingame item that was a redeemable months subscription. So someone could spend $15 buy the item, and then auction it for in game currency. Once they better developed their cash shop they added cash shop cosmetics that did not bind to the buyers character until use, allowing them to spend money on the item, and again sell it to players.

The reason I bring this up is I was never harassed by RMT in Tera, because Tera had effectively blocked any meaningful rmting by offering a bit of that service themselves, which allowed them to police and monitor it as a function of their service.

Is that the answer for FFXIV? I highly doubt it.

My point is I agree with you the buyers are the problem, and Tera is an example of a company that figured out a way to create a system that used that to their advantage rather than fight endlessly against it.