Formal Letter to SE about RMT situation.

[TheFolant]

Lol, quitting because RMT.

Da's pretty funny.

[Avenger]

Lol, quitting because RMT.

Da's pretty funny.

How about "new players being alienated by the incessant spam and therefore not subscribing after the free (or 30-day) trial period?"

[Ophie-Mio]

How about "new players being alienated by the incessant spam and therefore not subscribing after the free (or 30-day) trial period?"

Except that that reason for them not playing beyond the trial period is rarely ever true. Most people don't play beyond the trial period because 1.) They don't wanna pay 2.) Not enough entertainment in the time allotted or 3. Just wanted to try it out but never wanted to really play it. There's also all the restrictions that make the game REAL fun to play as a trial member.

I agree with TheFolant, people quitting cause of RMT is funny. People not wanting to subscribe to a game because of RMT...also equally funny.

[Edeline]

Lol, quitting because RMT.

Da's pretty funny.

I don't think people would really quit for that reason. However, it's tiring. I personally log in everyday, try to PF something and getting hammered with gil spams, like 5 different tells every 2 minutes. When I'm alt tabbed, it's like a gambling game! Should I check my FFXIV window in case someone actually responded to my PF recruit, or should I just ignore it because there's a 99% chance it's just another spammer, over and over again every minute? I end up getting tired of it and just log out.

[Zabuza]

Checked my /tell tab after being on for 2 hours. Had 50 /tells, all RMT. Fun times. Luckily I've put the /tells into its own tab and turned the chime off. I don't really check it anymore unless I want to see how ridiculous the spam is.

I don't think people would really quit for that reason. However, it's tiring.

Depends. With the plethora of gaming options available out there, some may wonder why they put up such ludicrous spam when nothing is being done to fix it. The main thing I'm worried about is new players who will be driven away. The saying first impressions are everything comes to mind. If someone new begins playing and this is the first thing they see, I can very well see that some may not want to continue on, especially when, again, there are a ton of games out there one can play.