Quote Originally Posted by Bayohne View Post
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.

They KNOW how much rmt trading can screw up an economy, because they tested it.

You can come up with as many excuses as you want to explain away how the problems people are referencing will simply not exist, but the risk-reward ratio of legitimized RMT is far too low to be worth the developmental expenses associated therein.

Plus they will undoubtedly lose a large percentage of loyal, subscription paying customers, particularly legacy, who have been funding this game since 1.0 launch. As a means to entice the often-rule-ignorant freeloaders to play.

And you thought the free weekends were bad, heh.