Curse

Sha Noran · Mar 14, 2006, 08:58 AM // 08:58

Nothing is wrong with FoW armor. It's a nice little money sink for people who are at that point... and for EBabies who want it. So? The only reason to get it is the look anyway, it's not like essentially buying your armor off EBay actually gives them a real in-game advantage.

Oh, and if someone's comments regarding your legitimate FoW actually bothers you... get real. If you legitimately earned it, you've worked your way through enough morons that that shouldn't bother you anymore.

schutz · Mar 14, 2006, 09:08 AM // 09:08

Sorry but armor does indicate experience, even those who may have ebayed fow armor which i think isnt alot of people (((dont believe the constant idiots crying about ebayers just because they cant afford fow armor themselves))) still will most likely have skill, anyone who can get to the forgemaster atleast understands how to play this game as a team and to get fow armor you will have to be ascended and most people only know what fow armor is when there quite a while into the game. When i see people in platemail/knights armor almost all of them are using mending and charge in to battle, never once communicate with the team and play like complete fools because if you have experience you really should have enough gold to buy new armor and i dont know anybody who wants to wear droknars armor even people who dont care about looks buy atleast 15k armor but whenever i have been with people in fow armor and me included we tend to be alot more helpful and communicate well with the team. Thats what i think atleast.....

William Stark · Mar 14, 2006, 12:23 PM // 12:23

For my 2p, I'm a 31 year old property developer with a reasonable disposable income, so it would have been a darn sight easier to have just bought the gold on ebay to get my FoW armour, and probably a more economical use of my time (a few hundred hours of gameplay which I am sure could have been used to make more real world money than the gold would have cost on Ebay).

That is hardly the point though- to me it does seem like cheating to obtain an item which is meant to indicate a level of dedication/skill without actually having those traits.

We all play the game for fun and for me that means any success should be on my own merit- using out of game resources to buy an in-game status symbol seems like bribing the referee in a sporting match. Doesn't mean your team was any better and all the spectators will soon see the truth.

Other people are welcome to see the situation differently- we all have a right to our own opinions. If they want to use a shortcut through Ebay or whatever to do the same thing, let them. Please take this with a certain amount of tongue in cheek, but afaic it just means they are so desperate for everyone to think they are like me they will pay real money for it :^)