Formal Letter to SE about RMT situation.

[seida]

Yoshi-P and members of the dev team are known to play the actual game on the production servers (presumably JP data center.) Presumably it is a big problem there as well and they are aware of it.

Thing is, it's not a problem on jp servers at all. I've been on tonberry 10 months and can't remember ever getting one. I watch my bf play on typhon and he never gets them either.

Fact is, jp players don't tend to buy gil, so there is no market. Part of the reason name servers have these shouts is because people buy!

Of course se should do more. But the number of players who buy is a real problem too.

[tocsin]

/signed Cin Lyhn Excalibur

And shocked there are so few signatures. And can't believe this is still so prominent an issue. I hate seeing bots wander around for weeks after being reported as well. (if not months actually..) Get on this SE.

Also keep in mind the author of this petition is currently day 4 into a 10 day ban for issues arising from this very thread. When he gets back, another 75 or so signatures will be being added to the OP.

Its also a problem that a lot of players simply do not use the forums. They haven't even seen the petition yet, or they would likely sign it.

[Orspeth]

Also keep in mind the author of this petition is currently day 4 into a 10 day ban for issues arising from this very thread. When he gets back, another 75 or so signatures will be being added to the OP.

Its also a problem that a lot of players simply do not use the forums. They haven't even seen the petition yet, or they would likely sign it.

Things are not so pretty here on Jenova right now in Limsa - I think I would encourage everyone to to copy the spammed txt, and submit a ticket at least once a day...maybe nothing will be done - but I know for sure silence never gets anything done

This crap just makes this game look junky - and it's a good game, and lots of fun - I don't want new people to come see this spam and go away

PS - Tocsin - you look good with the hat -OT, I know, sorry!

[tocsin]

I also just found out from an FC mate, that at least one of the gil selling sites was offering placement on a "do not spam" list for their bots... for a monthly fee.

This is getting ridiculous.

[Natashio]

I also just found out from an FC mate, that at least one of the gil selling sites was offering placement on a "do not spam" list for their bots... for a monthly fee.

This is getting ridiculous.

LAWLS...this made me log on the forums..wow.. Oh well..

[GenJoe]

Seriously, what the hell is up with these forum mods banning people...
I got banned again yesterday argh!!

This time I might've deserved it... but still

[Felghanna]

Also keep in mind the author of this petition is currently day 4 into a 10 day ban for issues arising from this very thread. When he gets back, another 75 or so signatures will be being added to the OP.

Its also a problem that a lot of players simply do not use the forums. They haven't even seen the petition yet, or they would likely sign it.

The autor of this petition was banned because of this thread?

Oh... Now Square Enix are listening to us.

But I still think Square Enix are on the wrong side of this wall.

[Nasibihc]

I am making this post mainly because I am concerned about what this is going to do for your business if you don't nip this in the bud before June.
Mid June, I imagine many new players will buy the expansion to try Heavensward out. The first thing they will see when dive into the world of Eorzea is their chat log filled with pink as the RMTs immediately divebomb them with /tells. Being new players, they probably won't know to go busy status, or how to disable the /tells unless they wish to google around for the answer. Having to put up with being harassed as soon as they begin to play, I can imagine it would drive some potentially new players away, causing you as a company to lose $ when they unsub. Especially with the free trial, people are going to see themselves be bombarded with /tells and decide not to sub to such an experience.

This really needs to stop and you're spot on pointing out that when they do release the expansion, RMT will destroy the game experience for every new player that actually decides to start or the ones that come back to check the expansion out to notice that this hasn't been fixed and it has been over 2 years since the game launched the first time and this is still a problem. I'm also forced to keep /busy on when ever I play because if I happen to be without it for less than a minute, I will get a tell from RMT, sometimes it only takes less than 5 seconds, which makes my blood boil.

What is most maddening about this is SE's initiative on dealing with this. They tell us that they have "banned RMT accounts". It doesn't matter how many accounts you ban they will always make new ones and the problem continues to exist. We need a proper response from SE what they are going to do about this, because this has gone far enough already. If this isn't fixed, it will make SE lose insane amounts of profits when many people don't want to play because of this! Are you really that stupid to let that happen SE? Honestly.

/signed Nasibihc Tigerstone from Sargatanas

[Zanarken]

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I agree 100%. Releasing Heavenward prior to resolving this RMT issue is going to cost SE hundreds of thousands if not millions of dollars in lost revenue. I am proof of that. I just started prior to the release of the Golden Saucer. During my trial period, I had basically given up on the game due to RMT spam. (Its a really bad sign of poor moderation in MMO's). Literally THE ONLY REASON I am here right now, is because a close friend convinced me to give it another chance & helped me get acclimated to the game. I am very grateful he did, because FFXIV is such a wonderful game. How many players didn't have such a friend to help them? How many of them saw the RMT spam & just went "Nope?" SE needs to stop ignoring this issue & take action. This is not an acceptable MMO environment.

[BobbinT]

Also keep in mind the author of this petition is currently day 4 into a 10 day ban for issues arising from this very thread. When he gets back, another 75 or so signatures will be being added to the OP.

How did you know OP's being banned?