Time to End Account Buying/Selling?

[Swish]

Account buying/selling...its like the EC game, only for bigger plat (in some cases).

Hard to stop, and I've sold an account (which I regret) myself - blue Swish isnt me these days [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Its one of those "day 1" things. I'd support a ban on a new server but it seems a bit late for that here.

[orsk]

Originally Posted by Nitholias01 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

That's exactly what will happen... but with all due respect, so what?

Oh i could not give two shits about it, i recently bought an account for my brother so he and i could have some fun together, we both are in the military and he is active so i barely see him, it would have sucked for him to make a newby and play with Orsk. i bought him a 57 rogue which he would have loved! Sadly he cant get on to p99 for some reason(his computer) so i ended up trading it for a shaman, which i enjoy somewhat.

I really dont like the idea of playing something i didnt level up myself to be honest, and i am probably a shit shaman for it, which is why the term ebayer is so bad, it means you sucks ass. and Tallon Zek was a cruel cruel yet lovely place <3 But i got it for a diff reason than trying to use for myself, which im sure others would like to do sometimes as well.

[feanan]

make passwords so they can't be changed.

that way, any time you decide to share your account with people, or sell it, you can never be sure that the people you shared with or the old owner can't just take it back on a whim

that would stop this shit cold

[orsk]

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

make passwords so they can't be changed.

that way, any time you decide to share your account with people, or sell it, you can never be sure that the people you shared with or the old owner can't just take it back on a whim

that would stop this shit cold

This would suck is ANYONE ever found out your password. Bad idea in many other ways as well.

[OMGWTF420]

just an idea but couldn't they tie accounts to the IP address you used to create the account and only allow accounts to log in from said IP, require petitions to change your IP.... like if you move or something. not sure how well that would work and i really dont know shit about shit when it comes to these kinds of things but it seems like if they could put IP blocks up to prevent boxing they could do it for account traders

[TWDL_Prexus]

Can't do the IP thing. Some people, especially Euros have Dynamic IPs that change (almost?) daily.

[Swish]

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

Can't do the IP thing. Some people, especially Euros have Dynamic IPs that change (almost?) daily.

[SirAlvarex]

Originally Posted by OMGWTF420 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

just an idea but couldn't they tie accounts to the IP address you used to create the account and only allow accounts to log in from said IP, require petitions to change your IP.... like if you move or something. not sure how well that would work and i really dont know shit about shit when it comes to these kinds of things but it seems like if they could put IP blocks up to prevent boxing they could do it for account traders

It's a decent idea in theory due to today's movement towards static IP addresses for households. But a lot of players play on the road (I've played in hotel rooms on business trips) and this would be a massive hassle (unless they have a privately owned proxy with a static IP address). Phones also can have a floating IP address, so those who use tethering for their gaming pleasure would be SoL. And I've known atleast a dozen people who have done that.

[Gadwen]

Originally Posted by OMGWTF420 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

just an idea but couldn't they tie accounts to the IP address you used to create the account and only allow accounts to log in from said IP, require petitions to change your IP.... like if you move or something. not sure how well that would work and i really dont know shit about shit when it comes to these kinds of things but it seems like if they could put IP blocks up to prevent boxing they could do it for account traders

That's not necessary, and it would just cause a huge headache for all players considering a lot of people have dynamic IPs.

If account selling were to be made a bannable offense the GMs can investigate it and deal with it like they do any other offense

[OMGWTF420]

ah for sure, well it sounds good anyways, thanks for the insight fellas