Mailing System

[kanjitai]

So if I understand this right we will be unable to send items/gil to other characters on our accounts but according to the in game help when you access the mail system for the first time you can do just that for other characters? I'm a little confused here.

[ispano]

So if I understand this right we will be unable to send items/gil to other characters on our accounts but according to the in game help when you access the mail system for the first time you can do just that for other characters? I'm a little confused here.

You have to have someone on your friends list to send them mail of any sort. You can't friend someone who is offline, ie another character on the same account.

[Shioban]

You will not be able to transfer items to your other characters via ingame mail. This is a countermeasure to fight against RMTs (Real Money Traders) who sell ingame Gil for real world value.

[Lucroarna]

This is done so you will be doing the work on every character, and not power-leveling up something unfairly.

You don't really need a second character to enjoy the game, seeing as all classes and professions can be leveled on one character.

Also, it means you have to have people you trust to try to do something of the power-level nature.

Not a bad rule at all ^^

[Inq]

Well, that's a shame. I guess that saves a lot of people $2 a month on sub fees at least. Thanks for looking out for our bottom line and not your own S-E!

[Woofles]

This is done so you will be doing the work on every character, and not power-leveling up something unfairly.

I don't see how this prevents power levelling at all. Most players would know at least one person who would be willing to make a simple transfer for them. It doesn't really prevent anything, it just makes the process slightly more irritating. If they wanted to prevent power levelling type behaviour they would need to implement something much stronger than this.

In regards to deterring RMTs as Square Enix themselves mentioned in regards to this topic. That feels like a real cop out excuse to me. It would be a mild hurdle at best for them to deal with. It's a much bigger hurdle for honest players who don't have access to hundreds of hacked accounts.

But perhaps it's just one extra thing to encourage players to focus on one character. With the way the game is designed that does seem to be the optimal way to play for a huge number of reasons.

[Rizon]

I am afraid that I must disagree with most posters here. This is a bad idea.

1. As far as RMTs are concerned this will not even be a speed bump for them. As we all know they run multiple characters under the control of 1 person. Gil and items can be transferred without the us of the mail system. All it would do is limit the amount of Gil that can be sent to a buyer.

2. During Ver 1.0 I created 2 characters. My main is my adventurer. My secondary is my crafter/gather. With the new system that is out the door and my second character is next to useless now.

Consider this post as a request to SE to reconsider their position.

[Sajittarius]

I am afraid that I must disagree with most posters here. This is a bad idea.

1. As far as RMTs are concerned this will not even be a speed bump for them. As we all know they run multiple characters under the control of 1 person. Gil and items can be transferred without the us of the mail system. All it would do is limit the amount of Gil that can be sent to a buyer.

Thats the exact reason they did it, to limit them from selling to buyers... with this system they would have to friend each buyer before they send the money.

It's a trade-off, and i know it can be annoying (although i never had a mule in ffxiv but i had a few back in ffxi) but if you ever played 1.0 and went to Cedarwood, its even more annoying to see a bunch of RMT's running around followed by 7 tarus each who were there for the leve money farming.

[Undrentide]

Why cant SE close sites like http://www.u7buy.com/ffxiv/ http://www.ffxivgilstudio.com/ffxivgil.html etc down. (A 2 second search on the internet found those). Surely it cant be that hard for Se to take action against them?

[Jasmine_Aurelia]

I honestly don't know what I'm going to do with my other 7 characters from Legacy if I can't make mules.