How to handle/investigate RMT in FC?

[Stumpedify]

Have you ever complained about bots? Have you ever complained about gil seller spam? Do you care about having your account hacked so RMT can strip it of all gil?

I've seen bots, know they are there, but bots have never interfered with my ability to play the game.

My server doesn't get gil spam. Only 1 person on my blacklist and it isn't an RMT account -- was a real player being nasty.

I've played MMOs since they existed, never ever had an account hacked. /shrug. I'll think about that if it ever happens -- which I doubt.

Why should I report people that I've had fun playing with? They are nice people, clearing content together just like everybody else. It would be a sad thing for me to ruin their fun and my own by creating a witch hunt out of it.

I've witnessed the existence of RMT since even the UO days. As long as there has been MMOs, there has been RMT, and there will continue to be RMT for as long as MMOs continue to exist. It's part of the scenery and no amount of complaining is going to change that. So it's a waste of time and energy that would be better off used enjoying the game. Your post sounds like it's full of a lot of unnecessary stress you're putting on yourself. Should probably go relax and enjoy the game instead of stressing out about how other people choose to play.

[Defias]

I have hit the point where RMT no longer bothers me.

Since Defenders of Eorzea I have had about 5 friends join the game. 3 left after hitting 50 because without me to give them Gil they could not progress well.

I taught them how to play the market for cash. How to farm Tomes, & ended up having to buy them ilvl 70 HQ crafted weapons just so they could hit the ground running.

With how inflated prices are on servers I'm not surprised the RMT bots stay in business.
I feel more evil than them. Buying up Materia, rare mats, shards, & etc so I can resell them for quadruple the price.

Fact is. You can make millions without RMT. I try not to dwell on if others buy it or not.
Some folks don't have the time to craft/gather/scam the Marketboard.

[ruskie]

Need gil simple... play the game:
http://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/commen...een_gil_guide/

Now consider this if a person saves their gil and only grab stuff they use/need that's basically ~1mil per month. So yes you can save up a lot of gil without run selling/crafting/gathering/etc...

[Stumpedify]

True that. My gil consistently goes up just from playing the game. Do endgame content, earn gil reward for completing content as tank, earn soldiery, trade soldiery in for mats, sell mats on MB, profit! This process is just playing the game, I'm not doing anything extra. Granted I'm not the richest person on the server, but I'm not the poorest either. I've got enough gil to repair and buy the food I need for coil progression, even earned enough to deck myself out in full foragers gear for gathering -- purchased already pentamelded HQ pieces.