Quote (WhiskeyRunz @ Apr 25 2023 09:38pm)
Trading was always a staple feature for me, building new friendships online, then being able to pass down gear, or getting hyped because you found something that was valuable
It was never about RMT, nerd coinz, for me and many others trading is just human nature, not being able to do this only hurts the players
It goes both ways, creating a system where you have to trade to efficiently progress hurts the players that don't have time to trade or simply don't want to.
I've always found trading to be quite tedious and boring, when the grand exchange came out in Runescape I was so relieved how much easier it was to trade and make gold but then I realized I could be doing this type of stuff for real on the nasdaq.
I also made a ton of gold playing the AH in New World.
Anything prior to the introduction to AHs was almost unbearable for me, get me the fuck out I just want to slay monsters.
The scummy drop hackers, scammers, dupers, RMTers, botters, and bad actors in general were all extra feces on the dung pile.