Time to End Account Buying/Selling?

[Tecmos Deception]

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

What I can't get over is the incredibly low price of accounts.

100k for a lvl 55 Wizard? What!?

No thanks, I'd rather farm 1 fungi tunic.

I know that every account I've ever sold I sold because I didn't want to play the characters on that account anymore. I assume that is how it goes for most people.

Of course the time invested to level anything from 1-50 is worth more, in terms of "farming time at level 60," than the sale price of the account. But you've already invested the time into that account and you aren't going to use it anymore, so you might as well get something out of it.

[Nihilist_santa]

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

I know that every account I've ever sold I sold because I didn't want to play the characters on that account anymore. I assume that is how it goes for most people.

Of course the time invested to level anything from 1-50 is worth more, in terms of "farming time at level 60," than the sale price of the account. But you've already invested the time into that account and you aren't going to use it anymore, so you might as well get something out of it.

What you get out of it is a level 60 character and all of the content items and abilities that come with it. Maybe you would not be so bored with the account or find no use for it if it were not so easy to just obtain another max level toon. It teaches you to appreciate your character.

[orsk]

man where is that Fee AoN thread when you need it...

[Rhambuk]

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

man where is that Fee AoN thread when you need it...

...... good job

[Droog007]

IMHO ... if you've grown tired of building your own characters and reputations in EverQuest, there are many, many other games you can be playing.

Frankly, many of you need to move on - you're strangling the server.

You won - you beat EQ. Woot!

[OMGWTF420]

couldn't account selling get you banned on live?

[falkun]

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

couldn't account selling get you banned on live?

Yes, but it was only enforced so far as keeping people from /auction-ing their character off in-game. The term "ebayer" was coined directly from players purchasing high level accounts they had no idea how to play in EQ1. RMT happened, but picking up the subscription cost made it prohibitively expensive to own the multitudes of accounts people have here.

[OMGWTF420]

ya thats pretty much how i remember it.

[Barkingturtle]

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

What you get out of it is a level 60 character and all of the content items and abilities that come with it. Maybe you would not be so bored with the account or find no use for it if it were not so easy to just obtain another max level toon. It teaches you to appreciate your character.

Appreciate my character? Hahahaha. That's such a puerile sentiment--this romantic notion that what you do in EQ has some sort of existential meaning.

I've got news for you: all characters are just vehicles for me to have fun--and I appreciate them as such. I'm not learning any valuable life lessons by leveling another character. There is no honor in grinding and grinding and grinding--it's just what you tell yourself to make yourself feel morally superior. In my opinion the righteously indignant take this video game a bit too seriously.

[OMGWTF420]

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

Appreciate my character? Hahahaha. That's such a puerile sentiment--this romantic notion that what you do in EQ has some sort of existential meaning.

I've got news for you: all characters are just vehicles for me to have fun--and I appreciate them as such. I'm not learning any valuable life lessons by leveling another character. There is no honor in grinding and grinding and grinding--it's just what you tell yourself to make yourself feel morally superior. In my opinion the righteously indignant take this video game a bit too seriously.

u need to step your immersion levels up bro