WarCry Choice  Posts: 478 Joined: 27 Feb 2005     | ---------------------------------- |
Apprentice Posts: 9 Joined: 3 Jul 2008  | Just a game, i never buy gold. |
Power Leveler  Posts: 3664 Joined: 21 Jan 2008     |
Unfortunately, for some people, it ain't just game. I've never liked the idiot scammers on MMOGs, but this just makes me mad. Kinda why I don't play MMOGs anymore. That is all - A procrastinator |
Adventurer Posts: 212 Joined: 4 Jun 2008    | Where there's a profit to be made, someone will find out how to do it. Unfortunately for other people, it is just a game, and these "gold farmers" ruin the experience. |
Dungeon Crawler  Posts: 857 Joined: 24 Mar 2008    | The ethics of it are crazy too. A lot of people believe it should be legitimatized. I have to say that I find it unfair, I would never be able to invest significantly more than the monthly fee in any MMO, and by doing this players who would (and can) can jump ahead a bit by purchasing better gear or levels. This leads to an imbalance caused by something other than the game, which makes it less fun for those not investing that extra $200 a month (or whatever). Add the fact that these are not the most up and up of business people who will hack you whenever they can, and you have yourself quite a kettle. By making it "legal" you make it legitimate and solve the hacking problems by having reputable sites handle the transactions. But then you make the issues of imbalance more pronounced. Not an easy one to wrap the head around. --Like hearing about video game industry trends and theories? |
Master Looter  Posts: 2932 Joined: 16 Aug 2008     |
I don't think anyone does.... |
Dungeon Crawler  Posts: 587 Joined: 6 Oct 2008   | Who buys gold? WTF? Have we lost teh original reason and purpose behind having bought the game? Oh wait. Definitely not uncommon, just making the game into a shady job for oneself. Psh. Ridiculous. -To quote Indigo Dingo- You think you can hurt us....... We have stood united while civil war fell around us. We have faced year after year together as a force for what is right in the internet. You think you have hurt us? You haven't touched us. We are not some mere backwater postsite dumpster for the dregs of the internet. Burn us, we will stay cool. Shoot us, we will remain whole. Try to fight us, and you shall not survive to see our victory. We are one. We are defiant. We alone shall stand against your filth. We, are, The Escapist. |
Master Looter  Posts: 1014 Joined: 23 Oct 2008   | I actually knew people who sold gold. They got banned, but they easily started other accounts and got right back to where they were.
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Master Looter  Posts: 2668 Joined: 13 Jul 2008  |
I agree, and think that purchasing gold with real world money is frankly absurd. |
How I Mine 4 Fish?  Posts: 56 Joined: 3 Dec 2008   | I also encountered such in-game buying problems when I played MU online for about 2 years. Our guild was the strongest in the server but when such players who are willing to buy characters and items using real money, started to obtain characters and items that are far stronger than what we played so hard to for, it took the fun out of the game and made it pointless to play anymore since the balance in server itself is destroyed and the hours you spent was wasted, if people can obtain levels and items in an instant. I hope this problem wont wreck my game in guild wars too. |
Master Looter  Posts: 1609 Joined: 27 Mar 2008     | No, exploiting the maps will ruin the game in Guild Wars. It's what I did in my 4 day adventure into Guild Wars.
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Master Looter  Posts: 2054 Joined: 14 Jun 2008  | I personally find it odd to buy gold on guild wars. Although Arena Net made is ridiculously hard to get gold unless you waste your time making a 55 monk so they also brought it on themselves. |
Adventurer  Posts: 411 Joined: 6 Jan 2009 | Can't these people find better ways to waste their money? |
Adventurer  Posts: 460 Joined: 15 Jan 2009    | Why would anyone ever by MMO gold again? |
Master Looter  Posts: 1196 Joined: 22 Oct 2008 | I love how gold selling companies actually manage to support themselves. It's the best ever. |
How I Mine 4 Fish?  Posts: 90 Joined: 26 Nov 2008  | Seriously...Paying for gold? I've never even considered doing that. Not with GW nor with any other games. Just like the people above me have said, it's just a game.
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Master Looter  Posts: 1243 Joined: 9 Mar 2009 | I never even noticed Real money trading going on in Guild Wars. I must have quit playing before it became a problem.
Wielder of the rag soaked in the puddle of humourous irony! |
Dungeon Crawler  Posts: 542 Joined: 6 Mar 2009  |
It's never made a great deal of sense to me, either. I suppose that some people are loaded and lazy, though... The first step to being right all of the time is to realize that you're wrong most of the time. |
Master Looter  Posts: 1943 Joined: 1 May 2009  | I never spend ACTUAL money on online games. |
Looking For Group  Posts: 151 Joined: 25 Dec 2008  | The fact that people would spend real world money just to get a fake item seems so pointless. A proud part of the Evil Smurfs community. |
Dungeon Crawler  Posts: 977 Joined: 9 Oct 2008  | Buying money in a mmo is a really ridiculous idea. I mean, seriously it takes any sense of achievement out of the game, and trivialises the hard work legitimate players put into the game. It's a shame, really. |
Looking For Group  Posts: 158 Joined: 22 Feb 2009 | Well if you've played MMOs for as long as your humble narrator, you'll understand why some people feel compelled to buy in-game money. I personally have never done it, but I can understand why some people would. |
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Guild Wars Real Money Trade Policy
The official Guild Wars website is now featuring an article discussing the games Real Money Trade (RMT) policy. This article explains the reasoning behind the illegality of Real Money Trade in Guild Wars and how they go about combating the widespread problem.
The full story is available here.
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