Real Money to Get In-Game Currency: Eternal Bond Edition

[Alatarian]

I wasn't necessarily asking about the negative effect of RMTs, but rather the negative effects TO RMTs from all of this. I guess my post was TL;DR to get that point out of it clearly. Regardless, I do think that RMTs themselves are a negative, that is a given. But you did raise a concern I had not considered, that this band selling actually won't affect them either way (things will remain status quo). Which makes me sad ><

[Valarian]

I am afraid to address the economics of the trade in too much detail because it's hard to tell at what point discussion about RMTs crosses the line of an overzealous ban-hammer, but, on my server, it is far more cost effective to trade wristlets to real players to generate gil than to buy it from a shady RMT, or to buy your wristlets from SE directly if you're the sort who's willing to part with real money in the first place.

[Edeline]

I am afraid to address the economics of the trade in too much detail because it's hard to tell at what point discussion about RMTs crosses the line of an overzealous ban-hammer, but, on my server, it is far more cost effective to trade wristlets to real players to generate gil than to buy it from a shady RMT, or to buy your wristlets from SE directly if you're the sort who's willing to part with real money in the first place.

Depending on server prices for those, and calculating with the RMT tells, yes.
Buying bracelets gives you more gil for less money. The only difference now will be people won't get banned, nor fear that the items they sell for expensive amounts on the MB will be caught in a rmt transaction money. The only difference between both RMTs atm are the bots spamming tells. But there's no other way to fix this. If you make them untradeable, real couples won't be able to give it to each other. If you limit the purchase to only 2 per character, people won't be able to re-marry. If you make them untradeable, it means you can't marry friends that aren't willing to pay irl money, but you are willing to (however you wouldn't be able to) for both.

[Jynx]

The funny thing is how quick RMT are going to make this unfeasible to even attempt.

1. You can only trade 1m at a time. RMT will be the first to either exploit people and just make off with the gil or possibly be reported.

2. It's a win win for them. They either get to exploit players or they discourage band sales by sabotaging the market.

You are a fool if you think this will even dent the RMT. If anything they are jumping for joy. If your looking at a player base who demands cash shop content you better believe RMT are there because people want to buy more than just vanity and the cash shop is nothing but a gateway drug to letting you know you can just throw money at things instead of earning them.

[DoctorPepper]

I will laugh pretty hard if they turn around and hotfix to make it untradeable.

[Bayohne]

As you know, the promise wristlets were designed to be tradable so that one person would be able to purchase a pair of wristlets and gift one to their partner.

While the trading and selling of these items for gil is not against the terms of service, in the event this type of trend continues and topics continue to arise regarding whether or not this is considered real-money trading, we will have no choice but to change the design of this system. Therefore we would like players to stop selling and trading the bracelets for gil so that they can continue to be used for their intended purpose.

[LittleArrow]

As you know, the promise wristlets were designed to be tradable so that one person would be able to purchase a pair of wristlets and gift one to their partner.

While the trading and selling of these items for gil is not against the terms of service, in the event this type of trend continues and topics continue to arise regarding whether or not this is considered real-money trading, we will have no choice but to change the design of this system. Therefore we would like players to stop selling and trading the bracelets for gil so that they can continue to be used for their intended purpose.

Can't there be a way to gift the items from one account to another?

[MissBrunHilda]

Can't there be a way to gift the items from one account to another?

I agree... There should be a way to send gifts to people through the Mog Station. Starlight Celebration is coming!

[DoctorPepper]

As you know, the promise wristlets were designed to be tradable so that one person would be able to purchase a pair of wristlets and gift one to their partner.

While the trading and selling of these items for gil is not against the terms of service, in the event this type of trend continues and topics continue to arise regarding whether or not this is considered real-money trading, we will have no choice but to change the design of this system. Therefore we would like players to stop selling and trading the bracelets for gil so that they can continue to be used for their intended purpose.

Might as well get to work on changing the system because it's very unlikely people will stop trying to sell them for gil.

[ReplicaX]

Therefore we would like players to stop selling and trading the bracelets for gil so that they can continue to be used for their intended purpose.

1.0 Garuda Exploit Statement all over again. They are still going to sell them.