Personalized Quest Items

Tyggen

Tyggen

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jul 2006

Mo/Me

I'm really fed up with all these people/scammers selling Altheas Ashes, Jotaros letter and now even elonian mirriors. Please Anet, make quest items customized to end all the trading between people too damn lazy to play the game.


(worst thing is, the part about selling elonian mirriors is true, seen people do it in the marketplace...)

Caleb

Caleb

Nil nisi malis terrori.

Join Date: Aug 2005

Mo/Me

Why would you care what someone else does in the game that in no way effects you?

They are doing nothing wrong, and certainly aren't "scamming" people because they are offering something you don't want.

You could just ignore those "people too damn lazy to play the game" as you call them and move on.

Terra Xin

Terra Xin

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Mar 2006

New Zealand

Me/R

lol, Elonian Mirrors.

This isn't scamming. It's a fair form of trade for people who are, as you have just said, too lazy to play the game.

Tyggen

Tyggen

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jul 2006

Mo/Me

Exactly how trading elonian mirriors isn't scamming is beyond me. They have no use what so ever unless you have the quest, and when you get the quest you also get the three mirrors needed to complete it.

But ok, maybe scamming is a bad word, exploiting new players might be a bit better. Selling the letter for 4k (seen peope advertise with "WTB kidnapped letter 2-4k" several times), selling the mirrors for whatever amount etc. is all about taking advantage of new players.

The one Casey Squid

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Aug 2005

The Northeast

Knights Of Thulcandra [KoT]

W/E

Dude its not taking advantage of people. Experianced playes who have beaten the game may not want to do the quest.

New players should do quests anyway.

If anything the players ellling them are smart for finding ways to make quick cash

lyra_song

lyra_song

Hell's Protector

Join Date: Oct 2005

R/Mo

As long as the seller is honest about what the item exactly is and BOTH the seller and the buyer agree on the price, it is not scamming.

If someone said they were selling Naga Pelt and instead sold you a Naga Hide, then THAT is scamming.

Kai Nui

Kai Nui

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Aug 2005

Behind you with a knife

Celebrity Gangsters [FamE]

Me/

It's quest item trading and running that made this game feel like an actual PVP game rather than a PVE game. Once you go through, you discover that you can just get characters through with relative ease. Unfortunately they got rid of running in factions, but hopefully they'll bring it back in later editions when they see people are unhappy.

Tyggen

Tyggen

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jul 2006

Mo/Me

Quote:
Originally Posted by lyra_song
As long as the seller is honest about what the item exactly is and BOTH the seller and the buyer agree on the price, it is not scamming.

If someone said they were selling Naga Pelt and instead sold you a Naga Hide, then THAT is scamming.
I already retracted the use of the word scamming

Quote:
Originally Posted by Kai Nui
It's quest item trading and running that made this game feel like an actual PVP game rather than a PVE game. Once you go through, you discover that you can just get characters through with relative ease. Unfortunately they got rid of running in factions, but hopefully they'll bring it back in later editions when they see people are unhappy.
I'm not a fan of running either, and I'm very glad they got rid of it in Factions. To me, getting rid of running and customizing quest items are two of the same, they both allow players to quickly rush through the game in a way not intended by story continuity.