Gil-Selling...

[Kaiverta]

I'm an artist selling my arts for real money, and while I have no interest in drawing for Gil, I'm just curious to know why that has been made illegal? Is it something to do with keeping the in-game economy circulating evenly by making sure that gil is only spent on in-game things (not OOC art), or...?

 

Forgive my ignorance - I haven't played for a couple years so I'm totally lost on the subject. :blush:

[Unnamed Mercenary]

It's against Square-Enix's Terms of Service for FFXIV, which is why it's not allowed on the RPC. Our rules are designed to be mostly compliant with the ToS, with a little more leniency in user mentions, tone, and topics. (Not to mention we're more likely to warn than ban for a number of infractions!)

 

The basic gist of things is that SE doesn't want IRL items of value being associated with game items of value. So as long as IRL items are obtained with IRL currencies and game items are obtained with game currencies, all is good.

 

This is why a SE gets iffy about say, /random raffles taking place in game to give Mog Station items, but doesn't bat an eye at in-game "casino" style events where people bet gil using /random as a game.

 

edit/addition: This is actually why there was a huge scandal with people buying the Eternal Bonding rings on Mog Station and selling them in-game since they were tradeable items. People were using it as a stand-in for RMT and it caused quite an issue!

[Kaiverta]

It's against Square-Enix's Terms of Service for FFXIV, which is why it's not allowed on the RPC. Our rules are designed to be mostly compliant with the ToS, with a little more leniency in user mentions, tone, and topics. (Not to mention we're more likely to warn than ban for a number of infractions!)

 

The basic gist of things is that SE doesn't want IRL items of value being associated with game items of value. So as long as IRL items are obtained with IRL currencies and game items are obtained with game currencies, all is good.

 

This is why a SE gets iffy about say, /random raffles taking place in game to give Mog Station items, but doesn't bat an eye at in-game "casino" style events where people bet gil using /random as a game.

 

edit/addition: This is actually why there was a huge scandal with people buying the Eternal Bonding rings on Mog Station and selling them in-game since they were tradeable items. People were using it as a stand-in for RMT and it caused quite an issue!

 

Oh, that makes complete sense. Thanks for the answer.