P99 Staff Doing God's Work (400 accounts Banned)

[Bardalicious]

Just keep making angry posts in random threads in general chat. I hear that expedites your CSR experience. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Yumyums Inmahtumtums]

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

It just feels like an expression of Rogean's dislike for us, and it might be telling for the future of my beloved server. I would love to praise him for the great work banning RMTers, but I've been hopeful that the new patch would see us back in Legends.

If the low population is the reason for the downgrade, it would be nice to have this verified at least.

I wouldn't read into it in terms of server direction - the server is always moving forward in one way or another. If there's anything I've seen from Rogean and co. That's remained consistent is that the team is very much compartmentalized in that whoever is in charge of pvp has been rather silent on changes. Even recently (don't remember who's post) Rogean has come out saying he is not in charge of pvp server.

I'm more than willing to bet that at the time the server was changed to preferred it didn't meet the minimum pop requirements for Legends.

[neem]

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

Whom do we contact about an account being wrongfully banned? I have only gotten plat from one person on P99 (a real life friend that wanted me to play) and I never payed him anything. He just gave me plat and said have fun or lvl up and be ready for velious. I think some of these bans if they are like mine are out of hand. Banned for what a bro giving u some plat to keep going or to motivate you to stay here. I mean seriously if u want I can send pics of him in front of his char logged in and myself. A little pissed off isn't the word to explain stuff like this guilty until proven innocent? the only thing I have ever bought this RL friend is a few beers and I don't think they had any bearing on him giving me 5-10k plat, ya I threaten to quit and he would give me plat its a vicious circle.
Anyway whom do I contact to get this lifted or whatever

we're banned man, just get over it lol..

when you buy RMT the seller always says something like "have fun with the plat, don't forget to pay me back"

[Yumyums Inmahtumtums]

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

Note that I said "knowingly" accepted plat from someone who RMT'd (logs). There is a difference.

My bad pal. Misread that

[Champion_Standing]

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

Note that I said "knowingly" accepted plat from someone who RMT'd (logs). There is a difference.

Your second comment was that people need to be careful when selling, implying that they could get banned for having RMTed plat on them regardless of their knowledge of it.

Which won't happen.

[Faerie]

Well, good job devs/GMs. Banning RMTers is certainly always work worth doing.

[Swish]

Banned folks...got an axe to grind? Wanna hit someone? Try the red server, XP bonus is back on [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Faerie]

Red server doesn't want banned bluebies :S

[Champion_Standing]

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

Red server doesn't want banned bluebies :S

aw come on now, red wants everyone they can get so that they can be promptly griefed off the server.

[Babayaaga]

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

Your second comment was that people need to be careful when selling, implying that they could get banned for having RMTed plat on them regardless of their knowledge of it.

Which won't happen.

Logically speaking...

Fact: Everything is logged. Your chats, your item transfers, your actions. I'm not going to speculate on what systems the server staff have in place to hunt down RMT'ers, but I have enough of an understanding of how systems work to know that the evidence is there if you know what to look for.

When someone sells an item or service, they're paid with plat that is obtained either legally or illegally (RMT). The seller would in most situations have no clue if the buyer's plat is legal or legal unless the buyer in some way indicates where their plat has come from.

Example:

Buyer zones into Chardok.

Buyer asks in OOC "WTB Proxy".

Seller asks, "How much are you paying?"

Buyer responds, "I just bought 10k I'm willing to spend, how many pulls will that buy me?"

If the seller responds and accepts that money without further question, they are guilty by association. A smart person would question "I just bought 10k...", others are blinded by the number $10k and accept without batting an eyelash.

In other words, you need to be able to trust the source of plat on high ticket items and services. For most people, amassing 10k of plat takes time and effort.

In an environment where level 5 clerics and rogues are running around with MQ purchased epics, it's no wonder how unhealthy the server economy must be. People who work for their plat generally want to be sure they intend to play a character before investing tens of thousands of plat into an alt.

It has now gotten to the point where there are threads on these very boards where people claim they turn away level 20 rogues because they don't have their epic... seriously, WTF?

Less demand reduces availability, and prices come down. If prices drop to a point where the effort to create supply is no longer worth it, availability will also come down, and so will competition for said items decrease. All in all, it makes for a better playing experience.