Honestly, how is this allowed?

[KageTokage]

I'm convinced they care more about the sub money these people provide then the RMTing they're doing because it logically would not be even remotely difficult for them to trace the gil and notice suspicion transactions.

[Cyrtip]

A long time ago, there was no limit of one house per individual or one house per FC. After the rule change, anyone owning multiple plots was grandfathered in, so there are wards like this. Could also be that one person has multiple characters running multiple independent FCs that all have the same FC tag. Cant really tell from the screenshots.

[TaleraRistain]

A long time ago, there was no limit of one house per individual or one house per FC. After the rule change, anyone owning multiple plots was grandfathered in, so there are wards like this. Could also be that one person has multiple characters running multiple independent FCs that all have the same FC tag. Cant really tell from the screenshots.

One of those Dynamis so it would be the second. It's definitely unthetical. The problem is that they're not breaking rules and what they are doing could also be done for innocent reasons, like people living together who have multiple accounts. If they can find a way to link this to RMT, then that may be a feasible pathway.

[Reimmi]

Delete submarine gil making and this would cease to be worth keeping the sub money for
The only people who would be against it are people abusing these farms.

Make the submarines give different rewards that aren't gil so FC"s still have a reason to do them.

Leaving the submarine gil in the game is what would've happened to wow if they kept garrison mission gold in the game permanently. People using an army of alts to generate infinite gil that inflates the economy

[Avoidy]

I'm convinced they care more about the sub money these people provide then the RMTing they're doing because it logically would not be even remotely difficult for them to trace the gil and notice suspicion transactions.

This is it.
That person who owns all those houses has dozens of accounts for this purpose and each of those, I guess, is paying a subscription. They probably RMT the gil and then use the real money they get from farming gil to pay the sub fees as well. Tracking this sort of thing wouldn't be hard at all, but there's a financial incentive to just do nothing.
Submarines were a mistake. They print money and let certain players amass wealth without actually engaging in the multiplayer economy. They also drive a lot of real money trading. There's no good reason for subs to exist, but it probably keeps people subbed (don't wanna lose your house, which you need for your subs, which you're invested in) which is why it stays in the game ruining housing and FCs and gil value while something comparatively harmless like coffee biscuits get nerfed into oblivion.

[Dogempire]

Snip.

I was going to agree but I'm actually not sure if this would work considering that submersibles only make about 12-14 mil a month per FC and setting them up takes around 5-6 months, which is around $65-$78 in sub fees if you're using entry level subscription. (As for the 5-6 months, I've set up submersibles for myself twice, it takes a LONG time even if you recycle parts from your previous venture)

Maybe they're using the same account for multiple FC's across various different servers, but going off a cursory search of gil prices right now it's about $1.50 per million gil, so each FC would only generate about $21 in gil per month weighed against the $13 you would pay in subscription prices.

Albeit, from what little I know of gil buying from talking to people who actually buy gil, the prices do fluctuate so gil is likely cheap right now compared to the start of an xpac where demand for gil is much higher, but it just seems like a steep cost for the little returns you get, so maybe there's something missing from the picture

[TaleraRistain]

I was going to agree but I'm actually not sure if this would work considering that submersibles only make about 12-14 mil a month per FC and setting them up takes around 5-6 months, which is around $65-$78 in sub fees if you're using entry level subscription. (As for the 5-6 months, I've set up submersibles for myself twice, it takes a LONG time even if you recycle parts from your previous venture)

Maybe they're using the same account for multiple FC's across various different servers, but going off a cursory search of gil prices right now it's about $1.50 per million gil, so each FC would only generate about $21 in gil per month weighed against the $13 you would pay in subscription prices.

Albeit, from what little I know of gil buying from talking to people who actually buy gil, the prices do fluctuate so gil is likely cheap right now compared to the start of an xpac where demand for gil is much higher, but it just seems like a steep cost for the little returns you get, so maybe there's something missing from the picture

Completely off topic but welcome back, Doge! I've missed seeing your bread-eating sig. You always knew it would be a good take if you see the bread-eating.