[Lagaidh]

I voted no.

I have never traded, sold, or bought any account for any game I have ever played except for paying to play (like my subscription to EQ).

The reason I vote no is because of an effect I would see in Live that was quite normal. Players quit. They often left their toon to their guild. Or, quitting players might give the account to a real-life friend.

I know I am talking about giving accounts, and that takes a nasty wrinkle out of the argument, however; my opinion is that there cannot be concrete proof that platinum traded hands for the express purpose of transferring account ownership. If one can simply take that sentiment at face value, then I would submit that I'd rather the server staff not get into the business of interpreting intent when accounts change hands. There's plenty of things that I personally would rather see happen first. Velious for instance.

Just one dwarf's opinion.

I could be wrong. The staff may collect just the right kind of data that screams "account sold". If that were truly the case, then yeah, end account sales. I'd still like to see friends able to give their account to their guild or another friend... as has always been done.