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Posted: Mar 11th 2010 3:56AM Cinnamoon said

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One of these days, these MMO companies will realize the futility of trying to fight the guerilla soldiers of the RMT black market. If they actually want to be rid of their RMT competitors, they have to turn the black market into a legal one that they can regulate and control.

They could also, you know, create games without time-consuming money grinds, so no one feels compelled to buy or sell gold to begin with.

Neither is likely, because paying lip service to this problem of their own making is a lot easier.
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Posted: Mar 11th 2010 7:44AM Gaugamela said

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you read that paragraph where the devs introduced the system where you can buy in-game currency by real money didn't you?

And in a game like EVE, which is a true sandbox and has grown incredibly because of their model it is just dumb to ask them to make a game without money sinks and no in-game currency trading at all. What should they do? Get rid of the death penalty?

And look at how successful games without economy are. There are other ways to fight gold sellers.
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Posted: Mar 11th 2010 9:30AM Cupajoe said

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This isn't the first time I've heard this argument but I must confess it has never made sense to me. If a game makes it so you can easily buy and sell currency, then what's the point of the game? Should you easily buy and sell experience (or SP in the case of EVE) too? How about gear or weapons? Should we be able to purchase our way into the endgame, and then buy magic medallions to beat all the bosses and gain all the loot?

That being the case then what, exactly, is the point of the game?
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Posted: Mar 11th 2010 8:27PM GaaaaaH said

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And then some people buy isk as a newbie and discover what a bad (and expensive) mistake that was.
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