Hating the new mog station restrictions.

[Wingale]

If I only read that notice I'd be confused like you. But it actually turns out that they:
- removed the gifting code system
- implemented "Buy For Friend" feature only on multiple use items
and thus
- outright disabled gifting for unlockables like mounts, minions, emotes etc.

Which is ... annoying. They should just let people buy stuff, dupe or not. Or even better if they show if the recipient already unlocked certain things.

Thank you for your clarification, that's help a lot

[VelKallor]

It makes sense that the most valuable items are no longer giftable if people are literally having their credit cards stolen and used to buy them for x amount of people. There's a bigger picture here that kind of needs to be looked at. If there's a better solution then fair enough but this was probably the quickest way to find a fix while they work on a longterm solution. Sorry some people who wanted to steal people's information ruined it for everyone for now.

Liana

Call the Vatican and tell them the world is ending. We agree for once.

I know, shocking, aint it

[Gember]

In case it was not mentioned; The past 7 months the lodestone has been giving us updates about being aware of suspicious links, had taken action against RMT, and requested us to change our passwords in a very frequent manner. The reason why is simply because there is a surge of accounts getting hacked into and their credit card information is getting stolen because they chose to "save" their payment options. Because the owner of the cards are not buying these mogstation codes; they request money back, and the payment processors are noticing the huge surge of this. If Square Enix does not get that under control; they won't be able to do business.. at all. Thus they had to take this massive step with the Mogstation that of course made everyone upset.

I know it sucks, but there was a legit reason for it. If anything; be mad at the hackers, RMT dealers, and people buying from them. They are the ones causing these problems in the first place.

Oh and by the way; don't save your payment options people! Also maybe get a one time password as well!

[VelKallor]

They make you sign an NDA that would break your foot if you dropped it.

I am SO stealing that line.

[Anzaman]

Friend was planning to get me Christmas present from MogStation, but now with the new limitations they can't do that anymore.

[Jgarcia]

Originally, I didn't give the RMT announcement a second glance until multiple YouTube vids popped up regarding what the changes meant for us. I had skimmed it thinking all items were now available to send directly to friends, which was great, but didn't see that all items were no longer available until these vids brought it to my attention.

Everyone has multiple reasons for hating this. Mine specifically is that online store prizes, given away during FC events, are so limited now. In running my FC for over 6 years, not once has anyone requested an item from this list of things that are still available to gift:
-Costume sets/Weapon/Armor Cosmetics
-Furnishing/Housing Items
-Fantasia
-Story skips/boosts
-Dyes

Mounts & emotes, both and more of which can no longer be gifted, were always what my FC was interested in receiving for their prizes. This is so limiting to my members, and I really hope this bandaid solution is changed. No need to punish the players for a lack of proper RMT control.

[DrWho2010]

Originally, I didn't give the RMT announcement a second glance until multiple YouTube vids popped up regarding what the changes meant for us. I had skimmed it thinking all items were now available to send directly to friends, which was great, but didn't see that all items were no longer available until these vids brought it to my attention.

Everyone has multiple reasons for hating this. Mine specifically is that online store prizes, given away during FC events, are so limited now. In running my FC for over 6 years, not once has anyone requested an item from this list of things that are still available to gift:
-Costume sets/Weapon/Armor Cosmetics
-Furnishing/Housing Items
-Fantasia
-Story skips/boosts
-Dyes

Mounts & emotes, both and more of which can no longer be gifted, were always what my FC was interested in receiving for their prizes. This is so limiting to my members, and I really hope this bandaid solution is changed. No need to punish the players for a lack of proper RMT control.

you can still send to friends right? just friend everyone in your FC that wins a contest.

[Shibi]

you can still send to friends right? just friend everyone in your FC that wins a contest.

Need to be friends for a minimum number of days, and only a subset of the store is available. No mounts, minions, or emotes can be gifted.

[Jgarcia]

you can still send to friends right? just friend everyone in your FC that wins a contest.

I'm friends with everyone in the FC. As I mentioned in my original message, those are the only items that can be gifted. That means no:
-Mounts
-Emotes
-Orchestrion Rolls
-Minions
-Face Paint
-Chocobo Barding
-Fashion Accessories