Ongoing concern with content selling in party finder

[KageTokage]

Can't SE just impersonate a player in the process, and permanent banned the seller immediately after entering the instance on main account.

They could, but all evidence suggests that they never actually investigate reports for illicit activity first-hand.

Chances are these players also demand the payment upfront before they'll party up and expose who their main accounts are, anyways, though their alts still have to be paid accounts to advertise in PF so just getting those banned would still be an annoyance to them.

[hynaku]

They could just appoint veteran players to be in game police to watch for stuff like this if there under staffed.

[Ramesses]

They could just appoint veteran players to be in game police to watch for stuff like this if there under staffed.

*(Scribbles something down)*...

[The_Last_Dragoon]

I think the solution is simple, there's room on the UI to put a report button the Party Finder details, so adding one wouldn't require too much design rework, though it would require coding and could overburden their team working to act against RMT. I think though that if SE comes out and says cut and dry that they'll start actively banning accounts for this, then it should reduce their numbers pretty quick. Adding a report button would also contribute to that end since filling out a report on the Support Desk can be cumbersome and time consuming.

[LalafellDown]

Nice, good for those people. They found a way to make money. This is nothing new, look at the free to play games and how much they charge. It’s mostly people who are loaded with money and have no problem opening up their change purse.

[KageTokage]

Nice, good for those people. They found a way to make money. This is nothing new, look at the free to play games and how much they charge. It’s mostly people who are loaded with money and have no problem opening up their change purse.

The difference is those F2P transactions are actually going to the company running the game.

This does nothing to benefit SE and it's kinda normal for companies to not approve of others profiting off of their product, which is why they attempt to crack down on RMT.

[LalafellDown]

The difference is those F2P transactions are actually going to the company running the game.

This does nothing to benefit SE and it's kinda normal for companies to not approve of others profiting off of their product, which is why they attempt to crack down on RMT.

SE can’t do anything about since the transaction is done offline. SE doesn’t benefit from either way if it’s done for free, $5 or for hugs. All this is, is free advertising for the people who are controlling that market. Wouldn’t surprise me if OP was in on it. Making it known on the forums just brought in a little bit more customers.

[KageTokage]

I do kind of wonder how many people actually buy clears with how ridiculously overpriced they tend to be, because I've regularly seen prices a few hundred shy of 1K being quoted for this nonsense.

Anyone who seriously values bragging rights that much likely has some serious self-esteem issues and/or or too much expendable income.

[Kanitezz]

I don't agree with buying clears at all. But just the thought of people actually paying THIS type of money for clears really makes me want to throw up.

[DrWho2010]

i mean they can't even stop all cheaters and what not in other games like overwatch, etc. how's an indie company like Square Enix supposed to stop all selling of content either?