![]() According to a post by Square Enix on the Final Fantasy 14 Lodestone website, the former gifting feature was used by bad actors and RMT schemers to purchase items via stolen credit cards and resell them on gray market retailers for less than market value. The concept of RMT goes against the game's terms of service, as is the case in most online games today. The changes were made, according to Square Enix, as part of the company's ongoing effort to combat real money trading (RMT) in the game. This news comes one week after the release of Patch 6.25. Costume items include ones from the ongoing All Saints' Wake holiday in the game, which are also discounted right now on the online store as part of a seasonal sale. Items that still can be gifted include costume sets, housing items, and the ever-popular vials of Fantasia. Purchases such as account-wide mounts, emotes, and minions cannot be gifted anymore and must be used by the buyer. Prospective buyers can now only gift items to recipients on their friends list in the game, and gifts are restricted to items that are not account-wide. ![]() Now, the new features have been significantly restricted compared to before. RELATED: Final Fantasy 14 Player Discovers Secret Boss In New Dungeon Some of the more popular items for said giveaways were emotes and other cosmetic rewards that came exclusively from the store. ![]() Before the changes, the online store allowed for items purchased to be either redeemed by the buyer for themselves or converted into a gift code for sending to a friend or for a giveaway, as content creators and venues in the game did before the changes. The gifting feature was taken offline on September 27 and brought back online on October 25. However, some significant changes were made to gifting ahead of its return to Final Fantasy 14. Final Fantasy 14 has brought back the gifting features to the online store after a month of downtime for the features in question.
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