We anticipate that even with this update, third parties will continue

[Stormpeaks]

They're both just trolling stormpeaks. I've had them on ignore for quite some time, lmao. No point in feeding the trolls.

They really are lmao, tbh I'll probably do the same and just put them on ignore, at this point it's getting boring

[DPZ2]

Are you good in your head ? Lmao, in what world am I a world of warcraft shill ?

Your handle on this forum is literally "Storm Peaks".

You're as much a Warcraft Shill as I am a White Knight.

[Stormpeaks]

Your handle on this forum is literally "Storm Peaks".

You're as much a Warcraft Shill as I am a White Knight.

Yes my nickname on the forums means I shill for world of warcraft.

To the ignore list you go, good riddance

[IkaraGreydancer]

They really are lmao, tbh I'll probably do the same and just put them on ignore, at this point it's getting boring

Learn what a troll actually is. Look at my post history and you'd see I'm clearly not a troll. I'm bringing up actual points and have never once claimed im always correct. Have never once called folks who disagree with me haters or anything like that. But I'm a troll...right.
You on the other hand spend most of the time attacking n taking shots. Oh not to mention lying on people.

I've even tried to help yall reach the devs by suggesting better ways to offer criticism but I'm a troll...oke bud

[kpxmanifesto]

Yes my nickname on the forums means I shill for world of warcraft.

To the ignore list you go, good riddance

That's what MMO tribalism will do to a person, lmao. Just because you dared to say something negative about FFXIV, you're undeniably a hardcore supporter of a competing video game. You can't expect to reason with a person who thinks like that.

[Stormpeaks]

That's what MMO tribalism will do to a person, lmao. Just because you dared to say something negative about FFXIV, you're undeniably a hardcore supporter of a competing video game. You can't expect to reason with a person who thinks like that.

Just aint worth the time

[rainichan]

But they took down the shop while working on this solution. Which means they paused the issue to give themselves time.

Just a minor correction, the shop was still useable from the post in Sept til the latest maint, you just couldn't gift anything. That was the only thing taken out.

"In preparation for a renewal of the Online Store gift code purchase feature scheduled for late October, gift code purchases will be temporarily unavailable starting from the maintenance of September 27 and lasting until the renewal is completed." (source, emphasis mine.) People could still use their money to buy things, they just couldn't gift anything. The gifting part was what they paused to rework, not the entire store.

[DPZ2]

Just because you dared to say something negative about FFXIV

By "something negative" are you referencing "White Knight", or "Small Indie Company", or anything to do with what I've actually posted when it wasn't an exasperated call to stop using "Small Indie Company" because that particular phrase has never been true, and it's now gotten so old it's eligible for Social Security?

[Padudu]

By "something negative" are you referencing "White Knight", or "Small Indie Company", or anything to do with what I've actually posted when it wasn't an exasperated call to stop using "Small Indie Company" because that particular phrase has never been true, and it's now gotten so old it's eligible for Social Security?

Listen man, YoshiP won't give you the headpats you want for defending precious multi-billionaire company from being called a "small indie company" for the umpteenth time.

They're both just trolling stormpeaks. I've had them on ignore for quite some time, lmao. No point in feeding the trolls.

wdym, I love inciting people, I'm good at it.

[KremlinKOA]

Maybe I'm understanding you wrong but how does that put a stop to exciting longstanding accounts from doing this?

Okay, fair question, as I didn't make that part explicit.

It works in 2 parts.

1: Those RMTers who acquire their dodgy codes through hacked accounts will be stopped immediately, as OTP/2FA accounts don't get hacked readily enough for it to be practical.
2: As for those using stolen Credit Cards on their own account. Being able to track where the gifts went, means as soon as a chargeback occurs, the account gets banned. Which means to get a new account going, they need to
--A: Buy a new copy of FF14.
--B: Buy a new phone SIM card (Yeah we can link phone numbers to accounts, after all)
--C: C buy a month of Subscription time
--D: Wait 30 days before being able to send out new gifts.
These costs, and delays, are designed to move the setup from 'profitable' to 'unprofitable' and encourage the RMT CC faudsters to use another game as their laundry.

In the end, it's all about making friction to discourage people from using FF!$ as their method to clean their stolen money.

But best solutions will putr more friction on the fraudsters than on honest players.