Should this be bannable/reportable?

[Kailea_Nagisa]

lol so now people who want to be sell their skills like mercenaries should be banned? .... yeah ok -.-



Guess what.... just like gill selling/buying, don't want to, don't pay

[Evilized]

Oh my GOD, people are actually using currency to PAY FOR SERVICES RENDERED??

THIS IS AN OUTRAGE!

[Crimen]

Although I would never pay or charge for something like this, I don't think they're doing anything wrong. It's just like crafters charging you for materia melds.

Nothing bad about it, that's just their way to generate some extra gil. How much they decide to charge though can be reasonable or retarded.

[knosian]

I think this is a pretty creative way to sell services and don't see any issue with it. I don't see any exploits outlined with this process. It MAY contribute to gil selling and RMT, as the same lazy gamer that buys gil is the same one that would buy to have this done. However, it's a slippery slope as crafting and other services could also be put in there as well.

[Mishakai]

Selling raid spots has been around for about a decade or so now, nothing new to see here, move along.

Oh, and FYI, finding ways to make gil that is mutually beneficial to both parties involved (group who has cleared content makes $$$, people who may never get to clear said content otherwise get content cleared, as well as associated rewards).. Stuff like that is the what makes an MMO an MMO.

[Bane766]

Selling raid spots has been around for about a decade or so now, nothing new to see here, move along.

Oh, and FYI, finding ways to make gil that is mutually beneficial to both parties involved (group who has cleared content makes $$$, people who may never get to clear said content otherwise get content cleared, as well as associated rewards).. Stuff like that is the what makes an MMO an MMO.

Yeah, pretty much this. It's been around forever in MMO's.

And as others have pointed out, this isn't the only reason people buy gold. There will always be another reason for them to buy gold. Lazy people are lazy. If you work at it, it's not hard to make gil in an MMO, but SOME people want a short cut, thus you get your gil buyers. Even if you did away with these runs, they would find another reason to buy gil-be it gear, housing, etc.

[Kanzer]

Mercing is against ToS in FFXI now, people get actively banned for FC parties. I wouldn't be surprised if this transfered to FFXIV at some point.

Just went through FFXI's ToS cause I've heard this ridiculous claim before...and surprise surprise, it's not anywhere in the TOS. Stop spreading lies, kthnx.

[Aenarion]

So to sum up this thread... OP was oblivious to what has been pretty much a part of probably every MMO since about forever, while Furious continues to lie across multiple threads about a non-existent ban, did I miss anything?

[rapatpamp]

Actually I have played pretty much every MMO thats came out and if you read my post it is an OPINION to help get rid of one more reason to buy gold. Anyway thanks for the replys I am not a big fan of item level but I suppose it may help :/

[Rydin]

Actually I have played pretty much every MMO thats came out and if you read my post it is an OPINION to help get rid of one more reason to buy gold. Anyway thanks for the replys I am not a big fan of item level but I suppose it may help :/

where does it stop though? Once you start getting rid of reasons to buy gil... what's next? get rid of in-game currency altogether

As long as there is in game currency, there will be people who try to make real world money off of it.
You CANNOT use their irresponsibility to punish people who only deal in gil and not real money