Method for Ending Gil Sellers for Good

[Salem_Rain]

If SE wants to squash Gil sellers once and for all, all they need do is implement a system similar to EVE Online's PLEX system.

Way PLEX works:

• Player X purchases PLEX which is subscription time of 1 month. (This appears as an in-game item in the purchasing player's inventory.)
• Player X can then sell this in-game on the in-game market for in-game currency.
• Player Z can then use their in-game currency to purchase the PLEX from the in-game market.
• Player X has in-game currency (Gil).
• Player Z has an item they can turn in for free subscription time. Player Z could in essence play for free indefinitely if they make enough in-game currency and continues to buy these items.

(Cont'd.)

[Blazn]

Have seen this in other games and it screws the economy just as bad. There should be 0 ways to convert irl money into gil And that's all their is to it

[Rommelx]

Have seen this in other games and it screws the economy just as bad. There should be 0 ways to convert irl money into gil And that's all their is to it

PLEX doesn't work that way, it doesn't create money. Players buy the PLEX from CCP and a PLEX item is delivered to there inventory, they sell this item to other player at market rate. The buyer of the PLEX then right clicks the item and that will add game time to his account. There is no sell to NPC and money is magically added.

[Maplekoya]

PLEX doesn't work that way, it doesn't create money. Players buy the PLEX from CCP and a PLEX item is delivered to there inventory, they sell this item to other player at market rate. The buyer of the PLEX then right clicks the item and that will add game time to his account. There is no sell to NPC and money is magically added.

It does screw the economy because buying ISK to buy PLEX was cheaper than paying for the sub.

[Maverick_Zero]

Have seen this in other games and it screws the economy just as bad. There should be 0 ways to convert irl money into gil And that's all their is to it

This, so much agreed with this. Look how it ruined Rifts economy, it just utterly destroyed that game for me (aside from the terrible endgame)

[Nedhitis]

By the Twelve, no...

[Tycho]

Providing a legitimate way for people with money to spend it on gil in game would help to combat gil sellers. It's just like iTunes. Many people want to play by the rules, and if you give them a way to do it they will. What they found in Eve is that the market price of a plex in ISK was generally high enough to make it unprofitable for isk farmers to sell at that rate. CCP tracks a lot of market metrics, and they would know if it was hurting their game.
With that said, I don't know if this method would be a good fit for FFXIV. Trade volume is much lower in this game and These items tend to effect the market a lot because they cost so much. Sort of like a housing bubble

[Noata]

SE has taken a lot of steps to combat RMT, It is important you take the time to report Gil sellers, They are being permanently banned and chat filters are being implemented to stop them from being able to communicate. The system is much like google spam, it gets smarter and smarter as its updated. eventually we wont see RMT so much, so please do what you can and report. GM's are looking into the issue. They are not just sitting. It just takes time, there are a lot of them.

[Kiaris]

So all player Z had to do is Buy gil from a Gil Seller at a cheaper price then the players are selling the Month Sub.

What is this fixing ?

$15 for an item to a month sub
Sells on AH for 100k gil.
Gil Sellers sell 100k Gil for $10.


Woo! Cheaper subs at anothers expense!

[Signy]

That's not happening, and that will not end the gil sell, it will just legalize it.

They need to start banning the bots and trace the gil movement. Even if SE add a legal way to buy gils the RMT just will charge a little less.