whats the big deal?

kaele614 · Post by **kaele614** » Wed Aug 30, 2006 7:57 pm

can someone plz inform me of what the big deal is with selling items and creds for RL cash? I mean i can see it the server sold it them self but as it is they dont, so not liek they losing anymoney. I have playied several mmog's over my years and have yet to see a server that does sell. I just dont see whats wrong with it. I but in the time and effort to get the stuff i sould be allowed to do with it what i choise.

mchbadness · Post by **mchbadness** » Wed Aug 30, 2006 9:11 pm

Well here is MY 2 cents. I'm no expert and it's been awhile since Economics 101 in college but.... I'm thinking it has to do with supply and demand. If you sell credits and rare items then eventually the market becomes flooded and the demand goes down. It's like conterfeits irl. Plus maybe they don't want people personally profiting off their game. I don't know if it was me I wouldn't give a #$%^ what you did with your credits and items but that's me. *shrugs*

fixalated · Post by **fixalated** » Wed Aug 30, 2006 9:26 pm

Well actually the problem is you get warehouses full of asians(not stereotyping just going by what happens in other games) being paid a bowl of rice a day camping every uber item in the game/bot farming/cred farming. This happens alot already. (lot's of people know at least one or two pure ebay toons) So it ruins peeps chances of getting that uber loot etc. Markets run dry (unless you go buy creds from some company with alot of rice and a big warehouse). The rule just gives Funcom the rights to shut these types of organizations down. Saving us the agrivation of having 2 full teams of lvl 220 peeps OD us everytime (and since they work on shifts 24/7 and have alot of backpacks,never leave as well)

DragonShade · Post by **DragonShade** » Wed Aug 30, 2006 9:34 pm

I think a large part of it may be that ALL items in the game are, legally, owned by FC. That means that if you sell 500 mil credits, for $100, you are selling something legally owned by FC, for your own profit.

Selling something you don't own, isn't legal anywhere I know of......

Post by **Snakebite** » Fri Sep 01, 2006 3:38 pm

Hmmm, interesting thought...
How about FC selling ingame stuff?

If they kept the prices down low, it would kill these farmers dead!

lol

whats the big deal?

whats the big deal?

Selling stuff in real