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.,

[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.