Buying toons...

[Lanvaren]

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

It could be argued that if the culture is to PL characters (usually a very anti-social activity) to be sold for plat, then people will stop leveling their own characters and just farm plat to buy leveled characters and the lower level group game will suffer for it.

A much larger portion of the community actually *DOES* PL for plat, including PLing toons to sell. It's simply done in the least populated areas in the game, for good reason.

Does it hurt the current game? I for one see a lot of low-level people... and We've gotten and completed orders for characters in the 20-30 range as well. People who just want to get out of the worst part of the game and experience some of the more difficult and stable group encounters with some actual class-defining abilities.

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

I also disagree with buying gear with real life money.

Both of these damage the ecconomy and give these guys a reason to not group in the next area to learn how to get gear from it.

The people who are low enough to also purchase plat with real life money are also too materialistic and play to win and no longer for fun.

Back in kunark and velius era,you had very few weapons and it wasn't about the gear,it was about having fun.

Buying gear with real life money = RMT = against the rules.

And don't get me wrong - the game is still about fun. For some people, fun is having a high level toon and working on gathering gear for alts - for some people, fun is raiding with people you like ... getting the best gear you can on a character to do the most challenging content. Everybody has varying likes when it comes to having fun, so why hate?

[Yak]

Here is my take on the whole buying toons. This is really Pay 2 Win. Here is the thread that I posted to before I realized how popular it is to do on this server.

http://www.project1999.org/forums/sh...d=1#post177573

[Crone]

Why do you care so much if other people find it fun to pay Plat for toons so they don't have to do the leveling again?

[Yak]

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

Why do you care so much if other people find it fun to pay Plat for toons so they don't have to do the leveling again?

We have a great thing here! Most MMO's now a days are all about Pay 2 Win. When you put it that way as long as it doesn't ruin the economy of the game I could care less. I have only been playing on this server for a week now, so only time will tell. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Crone]

So you don't care... but you know.. GM commands are next? Cool story brah.

You do realize plat isn't exactly easy to get on this server, right?

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

What is the point if someone else has done all the hard work for you. What is the satisfaction in know that you bought your toon by farming in game plat and not be going the grind your self. What's next giving everyone GM commands on the server.

[vincin]

buying toons is a schmuck thing to do. Create your own characters. Like the cafeteria lady on the movie Matilda.."put your blood and sweat into it", and after it, lick your fingers.

[Nakara]

i love how everyone conveniently continues to miss the point that you have to level up your own character and farm plat before you can even buy a character

[vincin]

I get that point Nakara dirka dirka. I just dont dirka get why people would buy them in dirk first place dirka

[fastboy21]

It isn't that I don't understand why someone would buy a toon. It was the price tag being so high that surprised me (see my OP link for the auction of a mid lvl tank with mediocre gear going for like 25k).

I also think the question of how/if this behavior could affect the community at large is a fair one to ask (no matter what side you fall on the issue). My biggest concern here over live is that with totally FREE accounts what incentive do you have to not create a new account for each of your toons?

I think this is taking the problem much too seriously then it currently is, but if the problem does become community changing perhaps the devs ought to consider limiting the amount of accounts a single IP can have.

[AexDestroy]

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