Region Locking servers to stop RMT?

[Khalithar]

Besides that, I'm 99% sure TERA only has IP blocked regions due to licenses in those regions that they weren't able to secure as it is with almost all KR MMORPGs.

Then you'd be completely wrong, here is the reason for the IP block according to TERA's own website:

En Masse will block IPs based on region. Asia, Africa, and the Middle East are included on the block list. While we appreciate that there are players in these regions who would enjoy playing on En Masse servers, it's unfortunate that the vast majority of Internet traffic we see from these regions are from cyber-criminals relating to account theft, gold-farming and other hacking behavior.

http://support.enmasse.com/tera/will...ased-on-region

You just prove my point. TERA have the block and RMT still exist.

Sure, there the exceptionally rare RMT that pops up, however, it is almost non-existent because of the IP block above, in my time playing TERA (roughly two years) I saw exactly one RMT that managed to get through and they were gone within minutes and never came back. That's significantly better than the current situation this game has.,

[Ilitsa]

Who says Chineses are the only RMT?

ignorant people with "great" ideas.


No. Region locking NEVER helps anything. It's just all around bad and you're looking to split friends for no reason. Yes, the RMT situation sucks, but they need to be addressed directly (somehow, I don't claim to have any ideas here), rather than band-aid fixes being applied.

[Colorful]

Playing from Australia would mean I'd be stuck on Europeans servers, so that's a bad idea. It's not hard to spoof your IP, why would the RMT have any trouble doing so?

[Felis]

Just lock-out connections from china, because they have their own version.
Better than lock-out EU players from NA servers (NA and EU servers are part of the same game version).

[MilesSaintboroguh]

Just lock-out connections from china, because they have their own version.
Better than lock-out EU players from NA servers (NA and EU servers are part of the same game version).

I point you to this.

RTM are not all from china.

Scams come in all flavors, not just Chinese.

[SpiritTamer]

If this happened, I would probably quit playing because then I wouldn't be able to play the game with my boyfriend, who lives in Sweden.

[Janhyua]

Did a check on the amount of money we are dealing with

And the numbers are shocking

The number of RMT been ban or replaced about 4000+ weekly that's like 20 usd each for each ban they make

They have to buy a new game to come back weekly thats 80,000 usd on average consider 4 weeks a month that's like 320,000 usd

Implementing in-game time sub and allowing it on the market board

What se fear is that the number are not enough to be even worth the implementation

Noting will change even if it implemented because RMT are expert in marketing and will alway undercut the server price acordly

They won't be sendin as much tell to avoid even more losses but they are still there for sure

[MilesSaintboroguh]

Did a check on the amount of money we are dealing with

And the numbers are shocking

The number of RMT been ban or replaced about 4000+ weekly that's like 20 usd each for each ban they make

They have to buy a new game to come back weekly thats 80,000 usd on average consider 4 weeks a month that's like 320,000 usd

Implementing in-game time sub and allowing it on the market board

What se fear is that the number are not enough to be even worth the implementation

Noting will change even if it implemented because RMT are expert in marketing and will alway undercut the server price acordly

They won't be sendin as much tell to avoid even more losses but they are still there for sure

Don't most RMT operate on stolen accounts anyway?

[Janhyua]

Don't most RMT operate on stolen accounts anyway?

Not all of them if did they probably all banned by now unless they hack the server for more account to steal which is impossible the only way for RMT to get a account for free is by using people who buy power levelling which not many people do

[Kosmos992k]

Did a check on the amount of money we are dealing with

And the numbers are shocking

The number of RMT been ban or replaced about 4000+ weekly that's like 20 usd each for each ban they make

They have to buy a new game to come back weekly thats 80,000 usd on average consider 4 weeks a month that's like 320,000 usd

Implementing in-game time sub and allowing it on the market board

What se fear is that the number are not enough to be even worth the implementation

Noting will change even if it implemented because RMT are expert in marketing and will alway undercut the server price acordly

They won't be sendin as much tell to avoid even more losses but they are still there for sure

The numbers are actually really minor when you math it out, the idea that revenue from RMT accounts is somehow significant is laughable. Self serving iDeas about in-game items that provide sub time are not a solution. People buy gil to buy in-game items, not subscription time. Making it possible for players to pay their subscription without using real money helps nothing, and if anything, it provides RMT with a lifeline that costs them nothing.