Quote Originally Posted by Sarick View Post
The majority of players obviously disagree with him. It's difficult to tell if some people come here just to upset people or have an alternative agenda. Ether way a lot of players talking really bad bad/ignoring them because of the comments they make on these forums. Alhanelem really shouldn't try to defend this bad policy and screw with others who pay extra for the right to own multiple accounts. It just shows how rude and unsympathetic people are to others who pay money for as Alhanelem said "In game trinkets!" If those trinkets are so minor it shouldn't matter if everyone was allowed to win per FFXI account.
What effort would be involved in changing the system so these trinkets can be equally obtained-- not just by me-- but by my mule accounts as well? Because I have several mule accounts all linked to the same SE account, and they're all me behind the computer. I respect that you're ok with me entering these contests several times even though I'm just one person and I'm paying virtually nothing for my entry.

My concern is less about my increased chances of victory, less about your ability to share your SE account with other people while having seperate chances of victory, and more about how much effort is involved in changing the system. To the extreme, is it worth 10 trillion man-hours of work so 1 couple who linked their POL accounts to the same SE account can each enter contests seperately?

Obviously, these changes would not take 10 trillion man-hours of work. That's a ridiculous number. But people talk about these issues as though they cost 0 man-hours of work which is an equally ridiculous number. How much money would you be willing to accept SE sinking in to this project of changing their system?

Don't get me wrong. I'm not saying the OP is wrong. They raise a very good point, and they are getting screwed by the system. But how do you fix this system in such a way that it:

1. Doesn't screw over legitimate users.
2. Doesn't allow people like me with multiple accounts to enter contests multiple times.
3. Doesn't cost more resources than it's worth.

It's a tough question to answer because someone is gonna get screwed. It's easy to assume the devs can make these changes with the push of a button, but even if they listen to you and make these changes, it will cost them time they could be using to do something else. Something I care about, for example. If you can drum up enough support, good for you. I haven't been able to drum up enough support for any of my ideas, so don't be offended when yours gets turned down. There's thousands of us playing this game, and we all have our own ideas for what the devs should be spending their time on.