SE Please implement a Chonoscroll/PLEX system in FFXIV: ARR

[Firon]

Maybe because none of those two games is dying. I'm quite sure SE would LOVE for Final Fantasy XIV to be "dying" like EVE online.



SE has years of experiences in whacking moles. Whack-a-mole remains whack-a-mole no matter how much you play it. RMT firms have access to unlimited free accounts, and will continue to have it no matter how many SE bans (reportedly catching innocent people in the middle too).

The ability to trade money for gil in itself is no real problem. It doesn't influence other people's enjoyment of the game in any way or form, and doesn't influence the economy as it doesn't inject a single gil into the market.

The problem with RMT is the catastrophic effects of its workforce on the economy, as they *create* gil and insert it into the market at a rate that cannot be balanced, creating a bleeding inflation that cannot be countered and affects everyone.

This method hits RMT where it counts (their income), reducing their budget, and with it the workforce they can dedicate to this game, potentially bringing the inflation they cause back to a manageable level.

Sorry but this where you are dead wrong cause RMT will offer better deals for game money so it wont effect them at all, the better price will always win. This wont get rid of rmt,.

Edit: Also 97% of the inflation in FFXIV is caused by legit players.

[Abriael]

Sorry but this where you are dead wrong cause RMT will offer better deals for game money so it wont effect them at all, the better price will always win. This wont get rid of rmt.

And you didn't even notice that you just contradict yourself.

In order to offer better deals, RMT firms have to lower their prices considerably, on gil that it'd take exactly the same resources to gather.

Same resources used + lower prices = less gains.

Less gains = Less budget = Less available workforce (people have to be paid).

it's not rocket science.

When somebody has things they didn't earn it affects others, basically a high powered piece of gear is like a trophy. You work your ass off and eventually you earn this trophy, if somebody who hasn't done a bit of work can obtain something that you worked hard for, and can obtain it easier than you, it not only makes your trophy worthless it spits in your face.

So you're basically just envious.

[Firon]

And you didn't even notice that you just contradict yourself.

In order to offer better deals, RMT firms have to lower their prices considerably, on gil that it'd take exactly the same resources to gather.

Same resources used + lower prices = less gains.

Less gains = Less budget = Less available workforce (people have to be paid).

it's not rocket science.



So you're basically just envious.

If they have to lower their price people will still BUY from them how hard is that to understand, you are not getting rid of them.... the RMT in EVE is still thriving as we speak now.

[Abriael]

If they have to lower their price people will still BUY from them how hard is that to understand, you are not getting rid of them.... the RMT in EVE is still thriving as we speak now.

As per the graph shown in the OP, no it's not.

Even if some people would still risk their account to buy for them (much less people, since not everyone would eat the risk to be banned provided a legal alternative), they'd be paying much less per gil, which means a large slice of the RMT income going poof.

It's an ironclad equation, and you're very conveniently ignoring the most relevant part of it.

Less customers + Lower price = lower income.

[ArnoMorley]

As per the graph shown in the OP, no it's not.

Even if some people would still risk their account to buy for them (much less people, since not everyone would eat the risk to be banned provided a legal alternative), they'd be paying much less per gil, which means a large slice of the RMT income going poof.

It's an ironclad equation, and you're very conveniently ignoring the most relevant part of it.

Less customers + Lower price = lower income.

Seriously dude just stop trolling already, basically you started a thread posting only the positives and then you spend the next 40 pages just dismissing the negatives.

Basically your points are:

Money doesn't matter
If we think it matters we're bad people
If we take pride in achievement we're bad people
It stops RMT (when it doesn't)
You people are stupid!

Lying and ignoring facts doesn't make certain ideas good ones, I know it's an election year so there's a lot of it going around but really enough is enough.

[Abriael]

Seriously dude just stop trolling already, basically you started a thread posting only the positives and then you spend the next 40 pages just dismissing the negatives.

You seem to think that demolishing your arguments somehow equates to "trolling". Hint for you. It doesn't.

Basically your points are:

Oversimplifying and extremizing someone's points because you can't counter his original ones is called "strawman argument". Google it. Second hint: It doesn't help your side.

Lying and ignoring facts doesn't make certain ideas good ones, I know it's an election year so there's a lot of it going around but really enough is enough.

Refuting your points (which aren't "facts" by any stretch of the imagination) doesn't equate to ignoring them, and even less to "lying".

Just to add this example:
Players selling a 1 months sub for 2mil gil.
RMT selling 2mil gil for 7.99.
One thing that wont change is that the sub fee wont ever change so RMT will always have the advantage of getting people to buy gil instead of this item.

Sorry but that's not how it works.

First of all, price is decided by the players according to offer and demand. This means that if RMT sells 2 million gil for 7.99, players will simply sell the item for four million, or whatever price is necessary for them to beat the RMT price. They're not forced to set any price, and they're able to actively compete against RMT adjusting prices accordingly.

The more players compete against RMT, the more RMT is forced to lower its prices, even because it can't offer the same degree of security (and if someone cares enough about his character to spend money on it, it's pretty safe to assume that he'd be willing to eat a few dollars loss in order to be sure he doesn't risk a ban). The more RMT lowers its prices, the less profitable their business becomes, until it simply becomes unprofitable, or they don't have enough budget to support enough workforce to negatively influence the economy.

You're seeing the market as something fixed. It isn't.

[ArnoMorley]

You seem to think that demolishing your arguments somehow equates to "trolling". Hint for you. It doesn't.



Oversimplifying and extremizing someone's points because you can't counter his original ones is called "strawman argument". Google it. Second hint: It doesn't help your side.



Refuting your points (which aren't "facts" by any stretch of the imagination) doesn't equate to ignoring them, and even less to "lying".

Wasn't simplifying or extremizing your arguments, I was summarizing.

Example: You're saying things like "you should study the economy" "this isn't rocket science", your responses are basically telling people they're stupid.



and as far as the lying thing goes, basically your first 3 points in the very first post are lies.

"1: It's basically the most socially balanced way to charge for a MMORPG." You're saying some people should pay for other people, how is that balanced at all much less the most balanced way?

"2: The only ones that lose out from this arrangement are the gilsellers" The people who really lose out here are people who don't have a lot of money and can't sell play time.

"3: It's not (as some erroneously think) a cause of inflation, as no gil is actually inserted into the market. It causes no inflation in the games where it's implemented." This is really stretching the truth as it doesn't look at the whole picture.

Like I said earlier, it may not add to inflation but it concentrates the money (just like what has happened to the real economy) The same amount of money is still there but it's sucked out of normal people and then horded by a small %. What happens now is when you go to buy mind materia it used to cost 20k but now it's 200k and your rate of income hasn't increased.




Only 2 people benefit from this idea, people who want to play for free and people who want to dominate without actually doing anything. Everybody else loses out.

And really dude, maybe if you actually played the game you'd be happier with the system in place. Member on the forums since march 2011 and you have over 2k posts but only 2 classes at 50? Seriously dude?