Account Trading

[Reapin]

Great news. Please ban disable ALL MQ when you get the chance. Thanks.

[citizen1080]

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

blue to red is the biggest facilitator of new pop for red

Wise man

[Nirgon]

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

Ill bet the dude selling that ogre shaman that removed his buyout after receiving offers for his buyout is pissed right now.... karma's a bitch.

Yeah he dragged his feet on that a bit, I saw that go down lol

[raff01]

YEEEESSSSSSS !!! Now please ban epic MQ, so TMO can stop cockblocking other people from getting their epics. Please.

[skorge]

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

While we cannot stop the regular account sharing between family and friends

You should probably remove this part of your post...this opens up a loop hole - people can simply trade or sell their accounts like usual to "friends" and claimed it was "shared."

Secondly, and I read all 15 pages, I guess I am the only one who thinks this is a bad idea? Yes, it will eliminate some petitions/work from you by avoiding people getting scammed, but is it worth it? Accounts were largely in demand by people with large amounts of plat...now that there are no accounts to openly purchase, what will they do with their plat? I foresee more people considering doing RMT now because they have nothing to spend their plat on.

Just a though. I like the fact you are making more bold decisions now. Account trading was a feature that people like me (with little time to take a toon up to 60) really enjoyed about the server.

FYI just because I dont take the toon up to 60 myself does not make me a bad player, if anything it makes me smart because I was able to afford to do so.

[happyhappy]

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

I foresee more people considering doing RMT now because they have nothing to spend their plat on.

Then they'll get caught, banned and we'll be rid of them and their dirty plat. Win on all sides if you ask me.

[citizen1080]

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

You should probably remove this part of your post...this opens up a loop hole - people can simply trade or sell their accounts like usual to "friends" and claimed it was "shared."

Secondly, and I read all 15 pages, I guess I am the only one who thinks this is a bad idea? Yes, it will eliminate some petitions/work from you by avoiding people getting scammed, but is it worth it? Accounts were largely in demand by people with large amounts of plat...now that there are no accounts to openly purchase, what will they do with their plat? I foresee more people considering doing RMT now because they have nothing to spend their plat on.

Just a though. I like the fact you are making more bold decisions now. Account trading was a feature that people like me (with little time to take a toon up to 60) really enjoyed about the server.

FYI just because I dont take the toon up to 60 myself does not make me a bad player, if anything it makes me smart because I was able to afford to do so.

Check out the similar thread stickied in trade chat Skorge. Actual discussion there.

[tops419]

Isn't this a little late? i mean, those people buying up tons and tons of accounts (which worked to further destroy any sane way to raid on this server) have already done so. Just look at some folks with 5+ level 60, fully geared, permanently camped at raid target spots and also the huge amount of level 52's camped at nagafen/vox.

I'm not sure if the only motivation was to reduce the headache this gave to the administration, but surely the effects account trading/selling has had on everyone's ability to enjoy the server was taken into account as well.

Another thing: all the crazy scrambling to lock down prenerf items and mobs (guise, etc) could have been atleast mitigated somewhat if this were the policy from day 1.
I'm totally on-board with what another poster said as well - MQ's desperately need to be discontinued as well.

So pretty much,
Open up a new server without MQ's, account trades, and possibly consider an overall xp reduction of 25% or so to account for all the things on this server which cause it to be considerably more forgiving/easier to level than it was in the past (vision, medbook, etc).

It's been pretty accepted by everyone that item-duping/cheating/rmt ruled this server for a very long time. I commend the efforts of the administration to correct these things and of course Ephi has become a hugely positive factor for this server, yet these issues cannot be retroactively corrected.
Project 1999 has been a great test and many, many issues have been identified and solved, but I think alot of folks here get the feeling that this beta phase should be over, it's time to implement these new findings on a fresh slate.

[Tecmos Deception]

Originally Posted by tops419 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Just look at some folks with 5+ level 60, fully geared, permanently camped at raid target spots and also the huge amount of level 52's camped at nagafen/vox.

Ok, let's look at those folks.

Who are they?

[tops419]

Really? I don't see any point in calling out specific people, but I'm sure you as well as I know that many people on this server that are 60 have multiple accounts which were acquired through trades. Not many folks advertise it, but I'd point at Jeremy as a case and point (only because he advertises his toons in his sig). I've taken a long hiatus from the game myself and I'm waiting for a new server to be formed to come back. I just think banning account trading is a really good step in the right direction, but could have been an initial policy.

I'm not some guy that never accomplished anything on this server or never participated in account trading, but looking back, I wish it had never been allowed. The server is being ruined by both it and MQ's.