Region Locking servers to stop RMT?

[Paladinleeds]

How is region locking going to get them thrown in jail?

I wasn't suggesting region locking would get them thrown in jail. That would require the magic of SE lawyers (and those guys are fierce from what I'm told, i.e. you get on the wrong side of them and you're going bankrupt, guaranteed). I think we need that lawyer magic though.

[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.,

[Serilda]

Absolutely no. Region locking is a blight on the Internet and this will hurt legitimate players, not the RMTs who'll have no trouble circumventing restrictions.

On my JP server the RMT problem doesn't exist. I've only seen a couple of advertisements (in English) in the entire time I have been playing, and there's always a group of lv50 BLMs in The Hourglass who never seem to get banned. But the constant tell spam and harassment seen on English-speaking-majority servers is simply absent and I've never, ever received a Japanese RMT tell. Or a German/French RMT tell. This problem wouldn't exist without demand in English-speaking regions.

Banning the Asian region makes no sense when Japan is in Asia. Also, you can't seriously think it's fair to block the people who enjoy the international version of the game from various Asian companies - including countries with no local version of the game, expats in China and Chinese gamers with the foreign version - just because of the RMT issue.

[WinterLuna]

I wasn't suggesting region locking would get them thrown in jail. That would require the magic of SE lawyers (and those guys are fierce from what I'm told, i.e. you get on the wrong side of them and you're going bankrupt, guaranteed). I think we need that lawyer magic though.

Ahh, my bad. Lawyer magic would be great though :P

[Colorful]

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



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

While that may be their given reason, they are under contractual obligation to block quite a few regions as they don't hold the license. GameForge in Europe, Hangame in South Korea (which is/has switched to a new publisher), En Masse in North America & The Oceanic, MangoT5 in Taiwan and China, and so on. More than likely that reason is a cover up, similar to Tree of Saviour and their month long early access to "prevent botting". Did a bit more Googling, and apparently they have the option to sell subscription for gold similar to WoW's, Eve's and Runescape's system? If that's the case, then that's why there's far less RMT.

[WinterLuna]

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 a year) 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.,

Most people on FFXIV are not willing to sacrifice playing with their friends and their server for the sake of stopping RMT's when they can simply turn on /busy or block /tells and remove the problem for themselves.

I know I would personally quit the game if I no longer could play with my boyfriend for the sake of not getting spam.

[Nagrom]

I wasn't suggesting region locking would get them thrown in jail. That would require the magic of SE lawyers (and those guys are fierce from what I'm told, i.e. you get on the wrong side of them and you're going bankrupt, guaranteed). I think we need that lawyer magic though.

It's not by chance that many rmt operations are based out of China and Russia, it's cause the laws allow them to operate there and leave very little legal recourse through civil action against them. That's if said entity even has an actual place of business and isn't just a name on a spread sheet that can be deleted and renamed on a whim as soon as said suit is filed. It's kinda like how some American businesses have their HQ listed on some offshore island, there is no building to see if you go... maybe a mailbox and a coconut.

[Spawnie]

god no..... region locking annoys the ehemm out of me lol so many korean games i couldnt play due to stupid region locks...

[Culfinrandir]

Possibly one of the worst, of not *the* worst suggestion I've ever seen posted on these forums. The way to deal with RMT is a permanent ban on anyone who buys gil, unfortunately there'd be a lot less North American / Western users one would imagine.

[Andrea]

Would instantly stop playing the game if they did this.