DuoMaxwellxx wrote:
they say they cause inflation by putting money into the economy... how exactly are they "putting money into the economy" when they use the exact same means to make money that we do, the only difference is they do it a LOT more/longer, its not like theye magically making money appear through glitches, duplication etc etc..
For example using a real life scenario causing inflation by putting money into the economy and lowering the value of a dollar would be if someone/the government printed/made more bills/money, now using a real life example of what the RMT are doing to cause inflation would be akin to me going from working 40 hours a week to working 100 hours a week, sure now Im making more money because Im working more but Im not adding money money to the economy Im just getting MORE of the money thats already out there/in circulation. How is that example any different than an RMT farming the same dungeon 2000 times a day to make gil? If one of us were to decide to do that would that then make us RMT (well not really RMT as we wouldnt be buying of selling the gil) so I guess I should say would that make us the cause of inflation?
IRL, a worker working lots of hours gets their money from their bosses, or the government, which got money from the people/other companies/government. It is a never-ending circle where money changes hands from the people to the government back to the people. No wealth is ever "lost" and none is created either.
In fact, printing money does not make us more wealthy (look up the "Continental" currency sometime on wikipedia).
In a game, however...
Money is generated by the game, that has an infinite source. It's value will only deprecate in the
players' eyes. In-game NPCs will still see Gil being just as valuable now, as it is no matter how much money is in the economy currently.
Also, RMT can employ bots to infinitely generate more money from the game, and this will cause massive inflation in the Player Market (but not in the NPCs').
And Don't forget that RMT not only use bots to generate RMT, but a HUGE part of RMT profits comes from
hacking the very accounts of their customers to get money and accounts to sell.
Ever used a powerleveling service? Even if you don't get caught, you lose out because RMT has your username and account details. Changed your password? They can keep trying until they figure it out.
RMT is a lose/lose for the whole community. They are vultures that don't care about anything but their own profits. Don't think for a
second that they care about making your game easier. They want your money and they're not above stealing your account, nor do they care if you get banned for the practice of buying their services.
TL:DR; RMT are evil in more ways than just inflation. No player in their right mind should ever touch their services whatsoever, ever, for any reason.
EDIT: Check this link out. Blizzard did this for WoW, but the concepts apply to XIV and XI too:
http://us.battle.net/wow/en/shop/anti-gold/
Edited, Aug 31st 2014 10:14pm by Lyrailis