Toons for Sale?

[mitic]

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

Oops, forgot about that because it was never enforced. :P

I did see many times warning against buying or selling accounts for cash, but never anything about sharing accounts. Right from the start my friends all multi boxed each others accounts, all the time, and never had any problems. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

right from start? it wasnt possible to box in 1999

[Crone]

Umm, ya it was? Multiple computers loading up multiple accounts? What you talking about?

[mitic]

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

Umm, ya it was? Multiple computers loading up multiple accounts? What you talking about?

thats not boxing [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Chanus]

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

thats not boxing [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

That's uh... that's why it's called "boxing" ... multiple computers or "boxes".

[Auchae]

It isn't that EQ is "hard". This is all content that veterans have grinded, quested, tradeskilled, raided, trained, camped, and whatever else for literally hundreds of hours. It's ten years old. Yeah, you have to work for what you have, but there's really not a challenge beyond dealing with bad groups and stupid players. Druids who constantly melee without ever sitting and wonder why they're always out of mana; monks pulling 12 mobs with the only justification being that they have a damage shield; rangers who get low on health, panic, and immediately start trying to kite the mob, completely ignoring the fact that we are INSIDE, then throw a hissy fit because "twinks dont die that easy you guys didnt heal me" and proceeds to ragequit. (sorry, kind of a run on. Tried not to do it) What I'm getting at is, ironically, the people around me usually make the game seem much harder than it is. And, unfortunately, when I want to play the classes I really enjoy, I can't just ditch those people. I can't backstab a mob when I'm the only one on it's aggro list.

Main point being that EQ is time consuming and frustrating long before it is particularly hard. Most people don't have time to level a character to 50 as fast as possible. It does take a lot of work and quite a few days played, but really that just falls under time again. There is no real money involved at all, so I don't see a problem with it. Honestly, there are times when it feels like I almost need a farming class to be where I want to be with another character. Obviously this isn't true, but it feels that way sometimes.

People just want to skip the hassle. The end game is a big goal for most people (not all, there are the casuals who take it easy and watch the grass grow) and the grind is the way to get there. Sometimes the grind is not appealing at all.

Let em do it. It's not for something tangible, it's for a pixel.

I'm seriously bored.

[Crone]

Lol.. umm, ya it is? that's where the word boxing freakin' came from. Multi-boxing, aka boxing. Box = computer.

Computers rock and rolled and got better to where you could load up multiple instances on the same one, but in the beginning boxing meant actual multiple computers.

[Chanus]

The Economy is the game to some people. Just like some people want to raise all their Tradeskills or some people want to farm a bunch of outdated and useless items just to say they have them.

[Nimblerot]

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

The Economy is the game to some people. Just like some people want to raise all their Tradeskills or some people want to farm a bunch of outdated and useless items just to say they have them.

This. What a few of you are saying, in that you don't understand the point of acquiring that much platinum, are ignoring that gameplay enjoyment is relative. Some people enjoy the grind, some people enjoy playing the endgame. Some people enjoy random questing, tradeskills, other things that other people may view as "pointless". There have always been people that have and will enjoy making as much money as they can, although admittedly they are in the minority.

As far as the selling character issue goes, I feel like the necessary steps from the GMs have already been taken in removing real life money from transactions. The arguments against being allowed to sell and trade accounts are easily handled by the player base. If you are concerned that someone is not able to play their class because they bought their character, group with them before inviting them to important groups or your guild. If they are bad, don't invite them back. If they are good, it's irrelevant.

If this server is supposed to have a true classic feel, well, this was definitely a part of the game. If someone wants to buy a character, they most certainly understand the risks that run with it in regards to buying a character with a poor reputation. If it isn't infringing on anyones ability to play the game, it isn't an issue that the GMs need to bother with.

[mitic]

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

..... If you are concerned that someone is not able to play their class because they bought their character,....

if someone has those thousands of platinum do buy a char, then he will know the basics of every class and most likely wont suck playing the char he bought.

so, IF someone comes up as a lvl 50 and doesnt have a clue how he has to play the game, then i highly doubt that he had the "ingame" money to afford the char in the first place

now we can come up with the argument that a friend bought him the account with his platinum but .... yeah, whatever.....

[Dantes]

The economy is going to be fucked up beyond recognition. Folks are so bored and there's so much plat out there. This is why characters are bought and sold. I expect to see some REALLY insane offers on items for sale once Kunark comes out. It may slow down and prices will become NORMAL again after a while - if we're lucky. IMO go play another game if you are bored, quit fucking up shit for the rest of us [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]