Disallow character sales and trades

[Palemoon]

Why are they not only allowed, but supported with stickys in the EC tunnel section? Has a dev already commented on this previously? Link to what they had to say?

[azxten]

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

Why are they not only allowed, but supported with stickys in the EC tunnel section? Has a dev already commented on this previously? Link to what they had to say?

RMT isn't allowed here. *wink wink*

[pickled_heretic]

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

Why are they not only allowed, but supported with stickys in the EC tunnel section? Has a dev already commented on this previously? Link to what they had to say?

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

There is nothing to cry about.

practice what you preach bruddah, or dont preach at all

[stormlord]

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

One thing that shocked me when first visiting these forums and going to the EC tunnel section, was seeing player characters and accounts up for sale and trade. I'm talking about for in game curency, or swaping accounts here, I know RMT is not allowed already.

I think this is a net negative to the community. It allows:

-people with bad reputation to sell or trade for another account, or even just claim to be a "new owner" with a good/new reputation.

-hurts the low and mid level grouping game, as people who want certain alts just buy them instead of rolling a new toon and grouping up through the levels. This hurts new players even more because instead of grouping with the vets and their twinks leveling up, those vets are just jumping on other peoples leveled characters

-goes against the classic spirit of the game, where someones account was for them to play on only and could not legally be transfered, sold, etc to another owner

-people will burn out or lose interest in the server faster if they are just buying level 60 toons to toy with instead of leveling up their own alts. They will also have ALOT less attachment to characters they buy, then ones they create/name/level themselves. I.E. its bad for the player buying new accounts and toons, too.

I'm sure there are other reasons why its just a bad idea and I suggest putting an end to it. Its just not in the spirit of old school MMOing at all.

That's a free market for you.

Rainbows and butterflies.

Are you thinking of running for governor or congressman so you can ban account trading?

It's the government, I swear. Always wanting to tell us what to do.

But seriously (or not), the "WTB bard account, PST!" is annoying, especially in /auction.

[Diggles]

So, the only reason you want it gone is because you can't plug your ears and yell LALALALALALALALALA IT DOESN'T EXIST LALALALALALALALALA.

Great.

[knottyb0y]

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

So, the only reason you want it gone is because you can't plug your ears and yell LALALALALALALALALA IT DOESN'T EXIST LALALALALALALALALA.

Great.

You are right!

Is it so annoying and prevalent that it can't be ignore.. no

Is the presence of character auctions going to dissuade new players? Considering the hassle it takes to get titanium and setup for an eqemu, players who are gonna play here are gonna play here.

Would the overhead of banning/suspending players for the actions that they are gonna do anyway be too much work? Yes

Would I like it to be different and public trades not endorsed by the site? Certainly.

[Roanoke]

Oh my, all these people claiming that account sales and trading is "not classic" must have been playing a different game than I did in 99-2000.

I probably stated this before, there has never, EVER, been a point in EQ history where you couldn't purchase another persons account for platinum (or RMT but that isn't the subject here). Just because they weren't running around Gfay shouting it doesn't mean it didn't happen.

It can't be stopped. Can. Not. Be. Stopped.

It doesn't matter how many ways you go about it, if people want to trade and sell their accounts for plat, they will. End of story.

What happens if you make it illegal? Sales now become more weighted for RMT rather than plat, as people will go outside of the direct P99 community where they will be more tempted by people paying cash rather than in game currency--there will be literally no way to enforce it.

[Daldaen]

Argument is it isn't that classic to see them being auctioned in open forums and such. Other arguments can be raised such as it is an easy way to wipe your reputation clean which is generally bad.

If the game feels like a chore, then don't play it? I can't imagine you only find enjoyment playing games at the max level...

[Snaggles]

Remember on live when you had every person organized in a single forum for EC commerce and exchange of ideas?

Me either.

Project 1999 is an attempt at recreating an experience from over a decade ago. A world that was fun and coherent before Sony got greedy and started urinating in it's own swimming pool.

It's not a DeLorean that runs on plutonium.

[WizardEQ]

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

Remember on live when you had every person organized in a single forum for EC commerce and exchange of ideas?

Me either.

Project 1999 is an attempt at recreating an experience from over a decade ago. A world that was fun and coherent before Sony got greedy and started urinating in it's own swimming pool.

It's not a DeLorean that runs on plutonium.

No, it's a DeLorean that runs on banana peels and garbage.