Should this be bannable/reportable?

[Fenwick]

Short of selling Gil for RL currency, I don't really care what other people do with their Gil. If they have an abundance and want to pay a group of players for X service, they are free to do so.

[SirDiscoFrog]

Being a Mercenary shouldn't be a bannable offense.
Being a mercenary is just like offering any other type of service to characters in Eorzea and makes sense. Trading services done in FFXIV for Gil, an FFXIV currency, is no different than paying gil to have someone meld gear for you, or buying a person's crafted item from the market. No its not an official 'job' and may be looked down upon by a few, but being a merc is a legit way of making gil, unlike trading real money for digital currency which could easily lead to password theft and other serious issues.

[Norack]

I dont think so, because its not RMT, and they are not forcing you to go the RMT route. If you do go and buy gil than that's on you, not the people selling em. Know if they came to your house and threatened to kill you and your wife or husband if you didn't go and buy gil to buy there services, than yeah I could see something wrong with it.

[NefGP]

Aren't they supposed to be implementing something (read this on Reddit) where you can't do certain fights if your gear isn't good enough? That should nix this problem in the bud right quick.

[Maddox]

Lol have you seen the DF groups for HM Titan?

Most of them are a joke. Under geared, don't know what their doing, start blaming others and arguing, yada yada yada...............
I've done too many HM Titans using the DF, I know how it goes, and have yet to get a win. The quality Titan groups are extremely rare and that puts demand for them at an all time high.

If an FC or LS has the skills and is offering a run for gil, I give props to them. At least it's not 40mil for a White Raven HM run, its relatively affordable.

To that end, I'm tired of HM Titan with crappy DF groups. I honestly wish I hadn't missed the transfer, cause now I'm stuck for the moment.

Anyone offering a HM Titan run on Gungnir, hit me up.

[Sterob]

You can start undercutting them by running titan for free. Merc will ban themselves

[Taruranto]

lol, these things are old as mmorpg themselves and they have always been legal. I made tons of bucks my offering a teleport service in FFXI.

[moody]

Merc runs shouldn't be a bannable offense. They should be a shame-able one. If the community refuses to accept that as a standard and castigates people offering it and buying it then it will go underground as a minor niche service instead of becoming a standard thing to see. The problem is that the community overall has to establish some idea of acceptable action and so far we haven't got that. Give it a couple more weeks until the "1st month free" people disappear and then start working to create the community you want.

[jdlswan]

yea your not gonna win this fight OP, mercs will always be around as long as its not RMT.