Fires of Heaven Guild Message Board - View Single Post - Have you ever bought in-game currency from the MMO secondary market?

Yermum Onceme · 05-20-2006, 04:39 PM

oh ffs flaming makata in an argument is like making fun of george bush at this point.

in the end, if you use rl-purchased gold to maintain an edge in the game, what would you clarify the difference as between that and if I bought one of your guildmate's characters. Aren't they both using real life money to obtain something in game that's obtainable (ANY idiot can get raid loot) but is tedious and easily skipped?

I must admit, I've been lucky as all hell with drops, but even if I wasn't and I didn't have the money to blow through pots and grenades and consumables, I would NOT use the secondary market, as it's cheating at the game. I used macroquest heavily in eq at one point and I felt it completely cheapened the game... why repeat that. Buying gold is nowhere close to hax, definately, but it's still taking an unintended shortcut and I refuse to participate.

All that said, if you asked if I minded others buying characters/gold/items I'd almost never care - only if it was stolen goods or something.

05-20-2006, 04:39 PM	#219 (permalink)
Yermum Onceme Banned Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 1,523 +0 Internets	oh ffs flaming makata in an argument is like making fun of george bush at this point. in the end, if you use rl-purchased gold to maintain an edge in the game, what would you clarify the difference as between that and if I bought one of your guildmate's characters. Aren't they both using real life money to obtain something in game that's obtainable (ANY idiot can get raid loot) but is tedious and easily skipped? I must admit, I've been lucky as all hell with drops, but even if I wasn't and I didn't have the money to blow through pots and grenades and consumables, I would NOT use the secondary market, as it's cheating at the game. I used macroquest heavily in eq at one point and I felt it completely cheapened the game... why repeat that. Buying gold is nowhere close to hax, definately, but it's still taking an unintended shortcut and I refuse to participate. All that said, if you asked if I minded others buying characters/gold/items I'd almost never care - only if it was stolen goods or something.