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I don't care for plat sites and their farming teams but to play devil's advocate I have been wondering if they are truly a vile posion to the game or a necessary, an evil no less pernicious than Walmart or Microsoft.
I'd like to look at two aspects of such sites/farm teams.
The Farmers:
On Cazic server there are 5-6 farming teams (at the very least) that concentrate primarily on cultural GM materials. On any visit to the Bazaar there are the "usual suspects" selling purescale ore, metallic drake scales and glossy drake hides. Their prices are generally reasonable (1-2k above the individual players' pricing but in large quantities) since they compete amongst each other. I've bought out 100s of MDS/GDH from them as I pushed to 300 tailoring and smithing.
Now I prefer to deal with individual players (I've developed a vertiable cottage industry recruiting a few dozen players to farm for me and paying a decent price for the culutural materials). But, their supplies are limited, they choose to hunt other zones, RL interferes, etc. But the farming teams are almost always there, full up with materials ready for my business.
So, do the farming teams present a "clear and present" danger to the sanctity of the game or are they a source of badly needed materials although said materials flow from a nameless, faceless corporation?
No for the second, more controversial part:
Plat sites:
I've never bought or sold platinum or any items online, nor have I sold plat or items for real cash to other players. I find it reprehensible. But, platinum is what drives the tradeskill engine. Fortunately, after almost 8 years of play I have a bankroll of gargantuan size. But, some players, new to the game, have been able to zoom though levels yet acquire very little lucre. There are plenty of level 65-75s without alot of platinum in their bank.
When it comes time to equip themselves in droppable/attuneable gear the amount of platinum needed can be truly staggering. More than once I have had someone buy a full set of GM augs and inform me, "I just got my delivery for <<INSERT PLAT SITE HERE>> or else I couldn't have afforded this."
So, second question. Do the plat sites help or hinder tradeskillers, permitting other players to develop a bank roll by which they can purchase our more expensive tradeskilled items?
Food for thought and tinder for flaming.
Thoughts?
Grim
I'd like to look at two aspects of such sites/farm teams.
The Farmers:
On Cazic server there are 5-6 farming teams (at the very least) that concentrate primarily on cultural GM materials. On any visit to the Bazaar there are the "usual suspects" selling purescale ore, metallic drake scales and glossy drake hides. Their prices are generally reasonable (1-2k above the individual players' pricing but in large quantities) since they compete amongst each other. I've bought out 100s of MDS/GDH from them as I pushed to 300 tailoring and smithing.
Now I prefer to deal with individual players (I've developed a vertiable cottage industry recruiting a few dozen players to farm for me and paying a decent price for the culutural materials). But, their supplies are limited, they choose to hunt other zones, RL interferes, etc. But the farming teams are almost always there, full up with materials ready for my business.
So, do the farming teams present a "clear and present" danger to the sanctity of the game or are they a source of badly needed materials although said materials flow from a nameless, faceless corporation?
No for the second, more controversial part:
Plat sites:
I've never bought or sold platinum or any items online, nor have I sold plat or items for real cash to other players. I find it reprehensible. But, platinum is what drives the tradeskill engine. Fortunately, after almost 8 years of play I have a bankroll of gargantuan size. But, some players, new to the game, have been able to zoom though levels yet acquire very little lucre. There are plenty of level 65-75s without alot of platinum in their bank.
When it comes time to equip themselves in droppable/attuneable gear the amount of platinum needed can be truly staggering. More than once I have had someone buy a full set of GM augs and inform me, "I just got my delivery for <<INSERT PLAT SITE HERE>> or else I couldn't have afforded this."
So, second question. Do the plat sites help or hinder tradeskillers, permitting other players to develop a bank roll by which they can purchase our more expensive tradeskilled items?
Food for thought and tinder for flaming.
Thoughts?
Grim
(A bard friend, his 2-box shaman and me rotated people thru our Nest mission for 6 hours a day five straight days my last semester break, so I know it happens.)
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