Formal Letter to SE about RMT situation.

[Tincuptaru]

I'm a trial account, as a new player yes RMT spam is highly discouraging. Out of the 14 days I didn't bother playing that often until I learned about "/busy" I have played a lot of free to play games, and the gold spam is about on par with that. This is bad considering I will have to pay for the full game and then a subscription after. As I am on disability I have to deeply consider all purchases, and the RMT spam greatly hurt this as I feel like I am in a low quality free to play game. From what I have played I love the story, love the game, but I am not going to pay for something where people can just cheat their way through.

[Zabuza]

I'm a trial account, as a new player yes RMT spam is highly discouraging. Out of the 14 days I didn't bother playing that often until I learned about "/busy" I have played a lot of free to play games, and the gold spam is about on par with that. This is bad considering I will have to pay for the full game and then a subscription after. As I am on disability I have to deeply consider all purchases, and the RMT spam greatly hurt this as I feel like I am in a low quality free to play game. From what I have played I love the story, love the game, but I am not going to pay for something where people can just cheat their way through.

And this is exactly why SE needs to take care of this issue. You heard it here from a new player SE. I guarantee you a lot of new players will share this guy's opinion. Lost potential subs and $ for you.

By the way, I am now going to be making this thread a petition. I wish to make this an organized front. I'm sure SE will ignore that too, but there is no harm in trying. I wish to take a tally to see just how many are dissatisfied. If you agree that SE's level of customer support has been poor in the area of combating RMTs, and wish for a change, please reply with /sign or /signed from now on at the bottom of your replies. I am compiling the signature list as we speak.

[LandricFrey]

By the way, I am now going to be making this thread a petition.

You mean like in THIS thread? Yea, good luck with that.

[Zabuza]

You mean like in THIS thread? Yea, good luck with that.

No harm in trying, is there? I didn't see actual signatures on your thread so I made it into this. If you want to add signatures I'll retract this and sign yours if you wish.

[LandricFrey]

No harm in trying, is there? I didn't see actual signatures on your thread so I made it into this. If you want to add signatures I'll retract this and sign yours if you wish.

I apologize if I came off harsh, the more threads about RMT, the better and if you want to collect signatures of course you have the right to. I'll add my own here for what good it will do.

/sign

[Zabuza]

I apologize if I came off harsh, the more threads about RMT, the better and if you want to collect signatures of course you have the right to. I'll add my own here for what good it will do.

/sign

Thank you, we all want the same thing in the end .

[SummerSkye]

I'm a trial account, as a new player yes RMT spam is highly discouraging. Out of the 14 days I didn't bother playing that often until I learned about "/busy" I have played a lot of free to play games, and the gold spam is about on par with that. This is bad considering I will have to pay for the full game and then a subscription after. As I am on disability I have to deeply consider all purchases, and the RMT spam greatly hurt this as I feel like I am in a low quality free to play game. From what I have played I love the story, love the game, but I am not going to pay for something where people can just cheat their way through.

This is exactly why the TWO new players I brought to the game (who both love the FF franchise) did not subscribe. We need new blood coming into the game or it will become stagnant. We all KNOW that community managers have seen this thread and may be reading this very post and yet say nothing. It is very disheartening.

[Zanarken]

This is exactly why the TWO new players I brought to the game (who both love the FF franchise) did not subscribe. We need new blood coming into the game or it will become stagnant. We all KNOW that community managers have seen this thread and may be reading this very post and yet say nothing. It is very disheartening.

I'm new to FFXIV & yes, this was the reason I almost quit during my trial period. Its unacceptable.

[skillmatic320]

I wish they would do something about this. Start threatening people with legal action or something. It's hands down the most annoying aspect of this game. I have a blacklist full of people who spam this crap and i still receive tells for this every couple minutes.