It's time to reevaluate the idea of adding a PLEX/Chronoscroll-like system to FFXIV

[NinjaTaru72]

Exchangeable game time is actually one of the most effective means to combating RMT, as it sets a standard value to in-game currency based around it. Gil sellers would be forced to match the value or lose business to SE's legit trade.

I'll quote myself for you

I worry this would promote rmt more actually.

Look at it this way.

(on my server)
Platinum wedding cost 25$.
People sell it for 2-3m(from what I've heard.)

Plex would be $15(just to make it easy)

So would sell for (assumably) around 800-1.5m

RMT sell 1m for like 5$.

*this would cause something like this next statement to happen*

"OK so I am poor. I can out 5$ to rmt for 1m and buy a month of game that would be 15$. Let's just do that every month."

This now rmt is now getting more money and putting more shouts/bits in our game.


So I say no thanks to Plex.

THIS is what would end up happening, could promise it.

[Linadae]

I'll quote myself for you


THIS is what would end up happening, could promise it.

Unless (and I am on neither side of the fence) SE goes with WoW's method where THEY decide how much their version of Plex goes for in gil. Players will supply it and reap the in game rewards but they have no direct control over the pricing.

[NolLacnala]

THIS is what would end up happening, could promise it.

I speak from experience, but feel free to think what you want.