Has Square Enix given up on countering RMT and botting?

[Skiros]

BroJobs, the god of trolls.

Not trolling! I was just surprised Lost Ark is even putting effort into banning RMT bots! I've played FF14 for so long I never expected any MMO dev to care about banning bots anymore! Then I thought - hey, why *is* it surprising that Lost Ark is banning these bots and communicating with its players on what steps they are going to take?

Guess I've been too numb to the inaction and the general laissez-faire attitude to this problem among the playerbase these days!

It is refreshing to have a game that at least pretends it gives a damn about the botting! And the fact that the average bot lasts 10 mins in LA when endgame bots last for years in FF14 (which as you probably know I am intimately familiar with) is just sad!

[DPZ2]

Not trolling! I was just surprised Lost Ark is even putting effort into banning RMT bots!

Lost Ark depends on selling players the materials to succeed in future gearing attempts. Why would they not shut down a competitor to their source of income?

[Skiros]

Lost Ark depends on selling players the materials to succeed in future gearing attempts. Why would they not shut down a competitor to their source of income?

Oh, so is it somehow acceptable for FF14 to permit RMT now?

[DPZ2]

Oh, so is it somehow acceptable for FF14 to permit RMT now?

I never said anything beyond offering an explanation, given your level of surprise: "Not trolling! I was just surprised Lost Ark is even putting effort into banning RMT bots!"

[Larirawiel]

Lost Ark depends on selling players the materials to succeed in future gearing attempts. Why would they not shut down a competitor to their source of income?

You could ask the same for FF14. In FF14 you can legally buy Gil for real money.


Cheers

[DPZ2]

You could ask the same for FF14. In FF14 you can legally buy Gil for real money.

I am so very interested in hearing how you legally purchase Gil for real money in this game. Go on. Give me some links that aren't example to a purported "bank".

Or was that supposed to be sarcasm? irony? You have to do a bit better.

[LittleImp]

I am so very interested in hearing how you legally purchase Gil for real money in this game. Go on. Give me some links that aren't example to a purported "bank".

Or was that supposed to be sarcasm? irony? You have to do a bit better.

You get a bunch of gil for every job you skip with a jobskip.

You can also pay a real money subscription for additional retainers, which increases your ability to generate passive income.

[Jijifli]

I am so very interested in hearing how you legally purchase Gil for real money in this game. Go on. Give me some links that aren't example to a purported "bank".

Or was that supposed to be sarcasm? irony? You have to do a bit better.

I mean, if I do wanna be technical here, legal's not really a word to use, and it's not illegal as there's no literal law saying "You can't do this".

But if we say legal as in "will I get in trouble for this or not", considering there are players who straight admit it in game, including one of my ex-fc members who tried to use his rmt and botting flex's to make the fc's crafters do his bidding, Square certainly makes it clear what's actually okay or not when he's not punished for it, despite OPEN ADMISSION

[Larirawiel]

I am so very interested in hearing how you legally purchase Gil for real money in this game. Go on. Give me some links that aren't example to a purported "bank".

Or was that supposed to be sarcasm? irony? You have to do a bit better.

You can buy a level boost. With this you will also get 50x allagan platinum piece:
https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodes...em/42fdf208adc

50x allagan platinum piece is worth 500k gil if you sell them to a merchant. On the market board you could get much more.

And sorry, but this is legal RMT.


Cheers

[DPZ2]

And sorry, but this is legal RMT.

I was looking more for the WoW Token form of RMT, but I suppose you can kinda squint and call a level boost a 'legal RMT' purchase instead. One could, this expansion, take in 8.5 million gil doing it, at a cost of over $425.

I've used a level boost on an alt and would only consider it to be Gil for Real Money on a technicality, given how quickly it gets spent on gearing alone.

I spent the half-million gil I managed to accumulate through Market Board and quests, back when there was only ARR, to help my FC purchase the mansion at the top of the hill by the waterfalls in Lavendar Beds.