Wow. It's already begun. LOOK!

I believe it's against the EULA, not only in Guild Wars, but generally in other games, as well:

Actually, if this kind of thing continues, it, over time, will ruin the experience for many & wreck the econ. Take FFXI: Online, for example. People started spending their time farming for items that were worth a lot in game. Let's say, a weapon that cost 10K gil. Eventually, gil started being sold online, and players began to see prices in the Auction House fluctuate more often, and inflation began to occur. I've quit the game, so I can't see the actual prices, but I've been told that the gil-selling situation has made the game quite unbearable. Now, for $30 USD, you can purchase 1 million gil. For roughly $100, you can purchase 4 million gil. The rare items that used to cost only 10-20K or so now are priced in the millions. That kind of in-game money is hard to come by from regular playing (I would know, since it took me a long time just to raise 50K or so the honest way for armor). It's gotten to the point where you either just suck it up and not use the cool items, or you have to spend your real hard-earned cash for virtual items.

And as for ruining the experience, it's frowned upon by many.

http://search.iwon.com/commerce/cach...video+game&st=

Read this and tell me selling in game items for real cash is harmless. O.K. admittedly, it's an extreme case...it's just wrong...morally, ethically, legally, economically...sellng in game items is sleazy and arguably illigal.

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He cannot do anything the person he bought the virtual gold from couldn't do. Player to player transactions do not add or remove anything from the game.

Deagol

I agree that sigular individuals selling items and gold (my hypothetical scenario was somewhat flawed) do not have too large an effect on the economy; however, the way the FFXI (so Ive heard) and the Diablo economy were ruined was because of botting or large gold "farms" that some stores ran. In those farms, hundreds of people were employed to farm gold 24/7. You cannot expect a casual player to earn enough money to compete with these farmers, which forces them to either grind for gold 24/7 as well or buy gold from the farms.

- Kcha

You cant stop this, you cant even slow it down. It will be a part of gaming wether we like it or not. If it does not affect you, then dont worry about it. If people want to spend RL money for game items, oh well.

Farm bots will hurt more than the in-game economy. They will hurt ArenaNet financially because they will put a constant load on the servers. Which will hurt us, cause there will be less money to develop new content for.

Hopefully with their streaming technology they can catch bots and just ban em on the spot.

The reason people spend money for items on other games is most said items are gamebreakers. When the devs created this game they eliminated the need for selling items and money because even great items are only slightly better then normal items. The level limit being 20 and the fact you don't need 80 man raid groups to do the high level instances will also help eliminate this because everyone and anyone can get good loot drops. In fact I have joined random groups and had people give me weapons they got from a mission or quest before I joined. That was how I got my first purple weapon.

I don't see the problem in this. It's not like the money is hacked. It's aquired in the gameworld and hence is legal. If 10 platinum changes hands, it doesn't affect the ammount of money in the game.

15-23 Damage sword? Swords only go to 22.. Check the pvp characters. Unless you are saying they giving pve characters an advantage for no reason? Go into the game and hit print screen then upload it to image shack or stop lying. Thanks.

I've had the same sword since level 8 and I love it. I am now 12

Hell go lookup the stuff on this site HERE. You're wrong. End of sentence.

I don't see where it states the swords are over 15-22.

There are now 404 items on Ebay... Pretty sad seeing as how most of these items won't make anyone superpowerful. Besides, I'd rather get my own items, and make my own cash.

ick.
did an ebay search for guild wars and now people are just selling GOLD already. it's about $30 for 10k -_-;;

well i just noticed the two links listed in this thread had NO bids.

Seems that no one (yet) is sad enough to buy the game AND the items in it. I have little problem with people wanting to buy it, i just find it incredibly pathetic. "oh im gonna spend £40 on a game but instead of then playing that game im gonna spend more money so i look uber-1337... but can't play for toffee" hehe if those people have so much money they can help me pay my stupidly extortionate rent! :P

that's not true.
six people have bid on a "Fiery Giant Slayer's Hammer of Defense" and it's at $10.50 already. -_-;; i saw another sword last night at around $26 or $29.

Ask yourself this: Why was everything you needed on the AH so insanely expensive?

Answer: Ebay farmers driving up the prices. The special items in FF:XI sit on timed spawn mobs, that almost always show up in the same place, and so on a timed rotation: Nirvana for the professional farmer. So, you've 5 farmers waiting at the spot and maybe 1 person who actually wants to use it. Hardly anybody can get it themselves, so they have to pay the farmers' prices on the auction house.

Moral of the Story: FF:XI is a great example of why ebaying this stuff is bad, not a good example like you think.

There will be one thing in guild wars that sells really well: An account with all upgrades and one or more skillsets completely unlocked, especially if it has a ready made popular character class with the two 15 point quests already completed.

and it will happen. Check for Ultima Online. People who are finishing with that game are selling their accounts with 2 maxed out characters, over 1mil in gold, x amount of artifacts, full house, rares, veteran rewards etc... and people are moronic enough to buy them. *shrugs*

meh it's like people who cheat to look good. Let them do it, but they're only making themselves look stupid. It's people that learn how to play the game that look good.

it's easy, people just deflate the economy, a group gets together, floods a district with lowball prices, it spreads, granted people are greedy but they like to think that they are good, it'd take time but if people started now it'd be easier later

What's really sad it that before e-bay, giving away high end items in MMO's used to be a commonplace activity. Got your second-best sword hanging out in storage collecting dust? Find a newborn and make his day.

Somewhere along the way (probably with the appearance of EQ), that sense of community among gamers disappeared...and once it's gone, it'll never come back.

Correct me If im wrong but from what I understand Anet is already banning accounts of players selling items and accounts outside the game for real money. So I wouldn't even touch the purchase of an item with a 10ft pole much less risk a ban for life. <- Trust me it can be done. I used work with an online gaming site and if they want you gone you will stay gone.

gold was being sold the day after release.. Who cares if people buy it, it's their loss..