Crafting and Marketboard botting

[Reap00]

As long as people feel there is no chance of them being punished for buying gil, they will continue to do it. When SE starts going after the gil BUYERS with any semblance of seriousness, then you will see results. Going after sellers will always be wasted time since they have no investment in the game itself, whereas the buyers very much do and would very much stay away from buying gil if they actually thought they'd get banned for it.

You expect SE to control people that are impulsive to change their ways? You expect SE to expend resources attempting to root out every case of gil buying? As I said above this will never end. I have been playing mmos since their inception and RMT has been a part of every single game. This will not change.

[Espritduo]

You expect SE to control people that are impulsive to change their ways? You expect SE to expend resources attempting to root out every case of gil buying? As I said above this will never end. I have been playing mmos since their inception and RMT has been a part of every single game. This will not change.

Unlike the bots, you don't need to root out ever single player who buys gil, not even a large fraction of them. All you need to do is put SOME effort into getting SOME of them and most of the rest will realize it's too risky now to buy gil and will decide not to do it. It's the same as real life. You don't catch every criminal who ever commits a crime, but as long as you make a show of catching some of them, the rest of the populace tends to behave themselves that much better. People buy gil not because they just can't control themselves and have to break the rules, they do it because they know they won't get caught.

[Reap00]

Unlike the bots, you don't need to root out ever single player who buys gil, not even a large fraction of them. All you need to do is put SOME effort into getting SOME of them and most of the rest will realize it's too risky now to buy gil and will decide not to do it. It's the same as real life. You don't catch every criminal who ever commits a crime, but as long as you make a show of catching some of them, the rest of the populace tends to behave themselves that much better. People buy gil not because they just can't control themselves and have to break the rules, they do it because they know they won't get caught.

They do get caught. There are RMT reports that indicate accounts banned. There is your proof of effort. Happy? I know you won't be. You want to beat a worthless old dead horse as long as you can. I say go for it. I am bored.

[Kes13a]

You expect SE to control people that are impulsive to change their ways? You expect SE to expend resources attempting to root out every case of gil buying? As I said above this will never end. I have been playing mmos since their inception and RMT has been a part of every single game. This will not change.

Since you are an ancient player and have been playing since the inception of mmo's I am sure you remember that at one time, there was a lot more trepidation regarding buying in game currency because the cloud hanging overhead was usually a 2 week ban followed by a perma ban for a second offence. that controls people... not the company. as someone else said, they dont need to root out every player buying gil, but they do need to root out at least some, and once that starts circulating, a lot of people who wouldnt want a suspension or ban, would stop buying.

to suggest otherwise is an indication that either you havent been around since the dawn of mmo's, or you dont mind cheating.