Thread: Request: by 6.0 please change the rules on PF against run sellers

At the very least, a separate category should be added to PF for carry offers. Those who like to earn what they get can find like minded players easier. Those who want someone else to do the work can find the sellers easier.

Originally Posted by Gokki

Here's the little secret nobody tells you: Selling runs for gil is RMT, with literal money laundering.

Here's how it works:

1. Loser wants a boost.
2. Loser buys gil with cash from a botter
3. Loser pays the boosters with that gil.
3. Boosters sell the gil back to the botters for cash.

Loser gets the clear and loot, boosters and botters get a cut in every step. Everyone makes a profit. The run was paid with gil, gil is besides the point here.

Selling runs, including asking or linking to discussions out of game should be against the TOS.

The TOS needs to be worded in such a way to allow the anti-cheating teams to suspend or ban users they know are cheating but can't do anything because "It's technically allowed because it's only gil".

Gil is easy to come by and really doesn't have all that much value in the game so why would anyone use it as a middleman? That player could just buy their carry directly with real money if they're going to spend real money. It's all going to be arranged outside of game channels in either case so there's nothing in SE's logs that can be used against them.