FTE is Fing stupid

[Vandy]

Another big problem here is that accounts are free there is no subscription so the buying/selling of accounts is widespread. People buy up massive numbers of accounts and then you can have a toon parked at every raid mob you want and ready to go while you play your others. Not having to pay $10/month per account. I would assume that a majority of people who are casual don't have 5+ level 55+ accounts that they can just park everywhere and be ready to go when a raid mob spawns.

[Pringles]

Originally Posted by Vandy [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Another big problem here is that accounts are free there is no subscription so the buying/selling of accounts is widespread. People buy up massive numbers of accounts and then you can have a toon parked at every raid mob you want and ready to go while you play your others. Not having to pay $10/month per account. I would assume that a majority of people who are casual don't have 5+ level 55+ accounts that they can just park everywhere and be ready to go when a raid mob spawns.

I suspect that certain guilds collectively own many of these characters to park at said spawns to login at a moments notice. Its easy to pay for a well geared character with just one mob drop. This way you need only a handful of mains to be there to loot up what they have been waiting for, while the rest of the "expendable" accounts login to help with the kill... and since anyone can log them in at any time..... easy work, and poopsocking is null and void.

[Tarathiel]

Originally Posted by Pringles [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I suspect that certain guilds collectively own many of these characters to park at said spawns to login at a moments notice. Its easy to pay for a well geared character with just one mob drop. This way you need only a handful of mains to be there to loot up what they have been waiting for, while the rest of the "expendable" accounts login to help with the kill... and since anyone can log them in at any time..... easy work, and poopsocking is null and void.

your suspicions are pretty accurate

[quido]

I sure wish I'd had a bunch of plat during The Great Exoduses =P