A good friend was banned for RMT

[Masekase_Hurricane]

Don't put words in my mouth a drug dealer and someone buying fantasy currency in a video game are two totally different things.

One is actively harming and ruining real lives profiting off the vulnerable; the other Made your shelf cost 20k more because he bought it before you, real life altering stuff that one... I'm not going to guess what type of person you are (a courtesy you have not afforded me apparently) but I can for sure tell you being happy for the downfall of others is a sick way of living. I agree; we are done here.

Sorry, but I aren't going to feel sorry for someone who cheats to get ahead while I have to work harder to get gil because of their behaviour. Anyone who played 11 knows how bad the economy can get when gil sellers/buyers run rampart *cough* Scorpion Harness +2 *cough*

Anyway they are not afraid to use real money so they can buy some jumps and get back ahead :P

I was going to say, this friend can't be doing too bad for themselves if they were able to afford buying oodles of gil, or were profiting from selling it, so I'm less sympathetic.

FAFO at its finest, and after the whole Mare thing, you'd think people would be even more cautious about doing ToS-breaking things with that much blood in the water.

Can't compare it to Mare as no one got banned they just lost the ability to share their toy with others. Now they have to go back to playing with their toy themselves.

[Masekase_Hurricane]

Eh, ToS violations are ToS violations, and OP's friend chose the worst time to be painting a bullseye on his own back with Square-Enix handing out smackdowns.

That's not what i was referring to obv they are both violations. It was in relation to you'd think people would be even more cautious about doing ToS-breaking things with that much blood in the water.

There's no blood in the water as nothing has happened to them, they've not been banned, warned, suspended nothing, all that's happened is a mod that shares what they have done with their character - using another mod has been closed down. So I dont see a comparison.

[Masekase_Hurricane]

Hello fellow WoLs,

I know that this post probably would get a lot of hate but a good friend was recently permanently banned for RMT as a first time offender even though he knows of others who only got temporary ban instead. This game has been the main outlet that he uses to cope with his current less than ideal IRL situation so he is quite depressed right now because of the ban. I guess the purpose of this post is that we want to know if anyone has more insight of why some people are perma ban and some are just given a temp ban with a warning.

States in the rules you can skip other stages and go straight to perma ban

Yes absolutely empathy is good because one day you'll need it yourselves.
Here we see a person that has lost time off their life that is not a good thing deserved or not.

RMT is wrong but why would I be happy that they lost their account over it?

Rando bought gil from a bot does not hurt me whatsoever, it does not lessen my or your personal experience.

and again it's Gil; the easiest currency to get in the game. Insignificant thing to get banned over or be upset about.

That's the thing it does affect other players as it affects MB prices. So yes serves them right.

[BlisteringFrost]

Banned for RMT?

Dang dude. That's crazy man. Wild.

Wow... I mean.... MAYBE HE SHOULDN'T HAVE GOTTEN CAUGHT? SOUNDS LIKE A WHOLE LOT OF NOT MY PROBLEM LOOOOOOL

[CCheshire]

I haven't heard of SE reversing their permanent ban before. It would be faster to register a new account and buy the complete edition on sale right now if your friend misses playing ffxiv.

[Oizen]

I cant wrap my head around doing RMT in a game where making gil is so easy

[Gurgeh]

I cant wrap my head around doing RMT in a game where making gil is so easy

But it's not easy. Or at least it's not fun. Rouls earns you absolutely no adequate gill for your time. Maps are fun only if you limit it to once a month, and then you can't just queue them, in PF you too deal with all the usual BS, with FC they not a good way to earn gil as any FC worth it's salt runs not just the latest maps but everything from HW so everyone gets to have 'fun'.
"Are you having fun yet?"
Is there anyone still subbed who actually plays for fun, rather than the outside of game RP, and the high end meta un-fun?


Pretty sure your doing something meta , optimal, trdious if you think earning gil is easy. Or probably even high end drops where the real gil is made. Crafting QoL improvements who knows what. Get no benefit of the doubt from me.

[Oizen]

But it's not easy. Or at least it's not fun. Rouls earns you absolutely no adequate gill for your time. Maps are fun only if you limit it to once a month, and then you can't just queue them, in PF you too deal with all the usual BS, with FC they not a good way to earn gil as any FC worth it's salt runs not just the latest maps but everything from HW so everyone gets to have 'fun'.
"Are you having fun yet?"
Is there anyone still subbed who actually plays for fun, rather than the outside of game RP, and the high end meta un-fun?


Pretty sure your doing something meta , optimal, trdious if you think earning gil is easy. Or probably even high end drops where the real gil is made. Crafting QoL improvements who knows what. Get no benefit of the doubt from me.

Why are you still playing this game if it makes you so bitter?

I just join loot buying parties and farm criterion now and then.

[BellShikhu]

Hello fellow WoLs,

I know that this post probably would get a lot of hate but a good friend was recently permanently banned for RMT as a first time offender even though he knows of others who only got temporary ban instead. This game has been the main outlet that he uses to cope with his current less than ideal IRL situation so he is quite depressed right now because of the ban. I guess the purpose of this post is that we want to know if anyone has more insight of why some people are perma ban and some are just given a temp ban with a warning.

sorry for his lost.
I condemn any kind of RMT.

So, he is to be banned according to the rule whether he like it or not