Draylor
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IF you want to buy/sell gold/items/etc for 'real' money go play EQ2.
They're really getting desperate now
They're really getting desperate now
Draylor said:IF you want to buy/sell gold/items/etc for 'real' money go play EQ2.
They're really getting desperate now
Basically anything that we judge detrimental to the game or the community, regardless of whether it has been specifically stated as being against the rules, is against the rules.
Actully I think you are very wrong, I don't think there would be anything close to that if it was accepted. 95% or maybe even more of the DAoC community would never pay real money for items or ingame money. So the whole professional companies idea that you think is gonna happen would probably lose more money than the made which wouldn't lead anywhere. I don't think it would change anything from what it is today, since I know for a fact that selling items and ingame money for real money ís happening on the servers allready..Requiel said:Darzil gave the exact reason that selling of ingame items is not allowed earlier. If there is money to be made in it (and if it was freely allowed, there would be), you'd see professional companies setting up on every popular artifact, in all the best cash farming spots and totally controlling the game economy. The only way to get a GoV would be to buy one from a commercial website, prices on all items on CMs would be astronomical and the only way to afford them would be to buy plats from the same companies that owned the CMs with the juicy items. At that point the game becomes unplayable for anyone who isn't prepared to flex their credit card for ingame stuff. That's not the kind of game I'd like to be playing.
95% of people at the moment would never pay real money for ingame items as they can get them themselves with a bit of effort. If a farming company moved in though and completely took over popular loot spots then you have no choice, you either pay up or quit.Zebolt said:Actully I think you are very wrong, I don't think there would be anything close to that if it was accepted. 95% or maybe even more of the DAoC community would never pay real money for items or ingame money. So the whole professional companies idea that you think is gonna happen would probably lose more money than the made which wouldn't lead anywhere. I don't think it would change anything from what it is today, since I know for a fact that selling items and ingame money for real money ís happening on the servers allready..
Requiel said:95% of people at the moment would never pay real money for ingame items as they can get them themselves with a bit of effort. If a farming company moved in though and completely took over popular loot spots then you have no choice, you either pay up or quit.
I think the reason this is not happening is not cuz' of the rules but cuz' it would never hold. A company would not gain enough money to uphold their business and therefore would never happen. I think this game wouldn't last long if that thing were to happen. At least allmost everyone I know on the servers would quit. A monthly fee plus a sum of money for every item would just not be worth it even if it is a really good PvP system :>Requiel said:95% of people at the moment would never pay real money for ingame items as they can get them themselves with a bit of effort. If a farming company moved in though and completely took over popular loot spots then you have no choice, you either pay up or quit.
Zebolt said:I think the reason this is not happening is not cuz' of the rules but cuz' it would never hold. A company would not gain enough money to uphold their business and therefore would never happen.
I recently busted a company selling plats for money on our servers. The real life value of the plats that were stored on their mule characters according to the prices given on their website was nearly $800,000 US. No money in it you say?Zebolt said:I think the reason this is not happening is not cuz' of the rules but cuz' it would never hold. A company would not gain enough money to uphold their business and therefore would never happen. I think this game wouldn't last long if that thing were to happen. At least allmost everyone I know on the servers would quit. A monthly fee plus a sum of money for every item would just not be worth it even if it is a really good PvP system :>
If there is so much money in it as you say, why aren't there companies like that all over the place on all servers then?Requiel said:I recently busted a company selling plats for money on our servers. The real life value of the plats that were stored on their mule characters according to the prices given on their website was nearly $800,000 US. No money in it you say?
Tilda said:I just dont understand the argument about needing to buy plats. I've never bought plats, sure i've never had more than around 15 plat at any one time, but i've managed toa, and plenty of other stuff without it, if you need an item you find something you can trade for it, or farm the item youself. If you find yourself buying plats to buy an item, you need a reality check tbh.
Kittyfantastico said:What do you mean by farming?, I have heard this term lots and still don't know what it means. Does the farming have a detrimental effect on other gamers?. I mean I gather from these boards that artifact farming is bad, so what farming is considered good?.
I mean I'd feel bloody awful if my behaviour to get plats, ruined someone elses game even in a small way. I take it as a given that as we all pay the same to play, so all should have exactley the same choices, oppertunities as everyone else.
So which farming is good, non detrimental farming, and what is bad, should be shot, ruining other peoples enjoyment farming?
Kitty
Carrera said:Personally I don't see a problem with it, in fact I'm glad people are farming them and putting them on their cm's so I don't have to waste all that time getting it myself
eggy said:LOL
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Raven said:1 way of fixing the current problem is to fix artifact timers to max 1 hour respawn, i know its not down to GOA to do this but they could put a little presure on Mythic to take a look at it.