[Dantes]

I can understand the player who spent months leveling up a toon to 50 and decided they didn't like the class turning around to sell/trade their account. They don't want to do all of that work over again. And lots of people have played several different classes, there's rarely ever a brand newbie anymore. To say you won't group with them because they don't know what they are doing is kind of extreme. Chances are, if they can raise 75 to 150k for an account they know a little bit about what they're doing. And why buy an account you don't know how to play? What if you don't like it? That's a waste of plat. Most people stick to what they know.

On the other hand, people are leveling alts specifically to sell them now, which is a bit excessive. It's completely raping the economy sideways. To be a brand new player on here with your first toon must be hard with a bunch of powerlevel crazy account sellers and buyers offering 20k per yak. People are bored so they have nothing to do but farm plat and buy stuff for twinks. And of course other people have already touched on the detrimental effects of powerleveling in popular low level dungeons.

I'm pretty sure it encourages RMTs too. What's to stop somebody who loses a bid from creating a separate anonymous account to make a cash offer? Allowing the accounts to be sold on P99 forums makes the trades very public and easy to advertise, which may get the attention of less than desirable individuals offering cash trades. Maybe I need my tin-foil conspiracy hat, but some people have already said they have received private messages or tells with cash offers.

I am hoping all of this will slow down when Kunark comes out. People are bored now, with Kunark they'll grind to 60, start their Iksars, or be concerned about raiding high level content again.