Sheya

Funcom rep stated they plan to do this in a more casual MMO they are making, AoC wasn't mentioned.
What that does mean, I have no clue, not following AoC nor other Funcom products.

Rinion

RMT is never forced, you kind of just sound dumb here.

Ily. Do not be silly. They will not change the mechanics of the game to complement RMT. RMT is always desgined to compliment the game.
Seriously. go play Guild wars, or silkroad online and check out the item malls.
THAT is RMT.
Buying plat is as basic as it gets.
Real RMT games use item malls, item malls sell items that enhance the leveling process and cosmetic features. Maybe things like repair kits, AA respec, etc.

yup their are plenty of those on bazaar.

I sell plat to them, but you know... they ussualy give it right back when you start selling rotting raid loot.

The absolute truth is: No ammount of fabled gear will make you a better player.

This is typical human fear of change. That's all it is.
Why don't you try playing in a RMT enviroment then decide?

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aduros

If the absolute max my weapon will hit for is 1300, no matter how skilled I may be at this game, its not going past 1300. The game uses the values on my equiptment and spells to determine my damage. For example: just swapping your chest piece out for The Respandant Robe of Battle, will boost an Assassin's ZW by 300-400 DPS.

Sure If I'm great at my class it and he's horrible I'll have a chance. But if he's at equal or slightly less skill than me, RMTing those fabled will put him above, while I earn mine through weeks/months of raiding.

Now even tho I may be a superior player, he's out parsing me because his gear is that much better. Gear that he bought (or hell even a whole character) through RMT.

No thanks.

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Manratten

Well, people can improve their character through in game plat as well, should that be outlawed as well?

I mean, on my server, if a guild kills whomever, and they don't want the loot, they toss out a link and ask for bids. (Not just one guild, heck, I've been in raids that have done it) So, if the Axe of NYC Burrough Blasting drops, someone might buy it for 65pp, even though they as a character never did a thing to kill said mob in question.

I don't think it is the end of the free world as we know it if another character has the same/better loot than mine. I also think anyone who buys exoribant amounts of plat/items, is not going to be around very long anyway...I mean...exactly what are they going to do afterwards?

Caswydian

And since SOE has similar products in the works, isn't it reasonable to assume that is SOE's motive for doing this?

Caswydian

You're right, and that is demonstrative of a fundamental weakness in item-centric PvP, regardless of the source of those items. The flaw here isn't with virtual item purchase or RMT, but with PvP designed around gear instead of player skill.

aduros

The purchase of plat using real money is. Theres nothing wrong with earning it.

The majority of people earned the plat they have, not purchased it through RMT. So it's not the same. As long as you've earned it, theres nothing wrong with buying loot with plat. It's only when you start to throw real money into the equation.

It will most likely spell the end of EQ2. Their subscriptions weak as is, this will just accelerate the process.

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Rinion

oh and you know this all from experience?

Apparently you don't. you can't RMT fabled gear, not the good shit anyway.
No one sells Avatar loot on bazaar and it isn't possible to sell no-trade loot on SE.

The only way your made up scenario can happen is if the game mechanics radicly changed. They won't, not for RMT anyway.

Buying a whole new toon doesnt even count for your out of whack scenario. By the time any level 80 high end toons come up for sell your guild should already be raiding high end and gearing out.

You can't just buy a high end geared out toon instantly, it takes time for someone to do the gearing.

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Rinion

LAWLZ

Plat farming asian corporations don't exist because they find 1 client per month.

The reason these companies are around and have the resources to spam entire servers....is because "the majority of people earn the plat they have"

yup.

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Lamil

Rinion shut up. He obviously knows everything about everything and if you don't know that yet you are a nobody!

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