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Age · Aug 02, 2007, 10:13 PM // 22:13

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Originally Posted by Shakti

...deleting the point of it being 15k armor. At that point you could pretty much just buy the basic. The only difference is looks anyway.

You do not "need" the 15k armor/epeen weapon. You want it. The EULA has been the same on this since Proph came out. Gold can not be bought or sold for RL cash. If you violate it Anet can ban you. If you're playing, you clicked the I Agree button when you started. If you didn't read it, well, that's too bad really, you're bound to it anyway. Buy or sell gold, you're banned.

Personally, I disagree completely with buying gold. I have been playing since first release. I "worked" hard to learn how the market works, how to farm back in the day etc, and earned my 15k sets, weapons fow etc. Point is, you do NOT need big gold to play just fine. You can use basic armor, collector stuff and guess what? heros do FINE without runes and insignias lol I've completed nf with 7 chars whose heros had nothin' but 1 major rune a piece (100g lol) and they were NO harder than the chars who did. We need gold sinks for those with tons of cash, NOT EVERY PLAYER. Every person does not "need" or "deserve" fow etc any more than every person on Earth needs and deserves a luxury sportscar.

I have been playing since beta and I know all about the eula.What I ma saying is to but more way more into the game.

Shakti · Aug 02, 2007, 10:19 PM // 22:19

Age other than the 1st bit I wasn't talking to you specifically. So you meant put more basic armors, not reduce the cost of 15k? Is that what the "put more why into the game" means? I can see adding more basic sets, but as I said, reducing the coast of 15k armor takes away the point of it being 15k armor lol.

Diablo™ · Aug 02, 2007, 10:25 PM // 22:25

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Originally Posted by Mordakai

By the same token, how do you justify the time you "waste" playing the game?

Couldn't you be making money instead?

The answer is, of course, you play the game because (hopefully) you enjoy it.

I wish I could play the game more... but, alas, having a full time job and children means I have bigger priorities.

As a result, I have more money than free time. Therefore, for me at least, it makes since to spend my money on things I enjoy. In this case, I would spend more money if Anet offered more things for me to buy.

It's true money=time and vice versa, but some people have neither. Casual players of broad audience do not all have the same amount of free time and RL cash.

A person whose willing to dish out $500.00 USD for in-game gold will not make the game seem fair for the younger players who only have $10 lunch money. These younger players are not going to think their surplus farming time is anywhere fair compared to spending cash for insta-gold... because no one wants to farm if they can just buy gold.

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This is not a fair world.

This is a fact, and it's true, but its not an excuse, and certainly not a justification to perpetuate the extent of unfairness. The responsibilities of individuals may be about profit and materialism, but the responsibilities of a governing system is fairness... and fairness doesn't mean Marxism, but equal opportunity, NOT equal profit.

Getting enough time to play may seem hard for us working adults, but getting cash for gold is nearly impossible for younger kids.

Entreri · Aug 02, 2007, 10:32 PM // 22:32

Good post, Chthon. I don't think anybody in this thread is pro-botting. So I agree with and concede to all points you make that botting is bad. The OP brought up the issue of online gold so I'll focus on that.

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