Players/groups selling HM/EX wins with guaranteed loot

[Foullacy]

I totally agree, we need to do something about people buying crafted gear also, it's unfair that they get a chance to get higher item level gear without running the dungeons in a certain arbitrary order. We need to stop this before it ruins the game. The market board also needs to be removed so raiders do not get a chance to purchase food to increase their stats without making it themselves. The market board is the only reason why Blue Gartr killed Turn 8, they raid so much they don't have time to craft food, but they get an unfair advantage over anyone who does not raid because they can just buy food off the market board.

[ToffeeCoffee]

A: You're making assumptions. Just because they buy a run doesn't mean they're incapable.
B: -How- do you suffer when, in North America, the Duty Finder is largely used as a learning tool to begin with?
C: Name one thing Gil does for you that gives you such an insurmountable mechanical advantage that these fiendish primal runners are doing to ruin your gaming experience?

A: please enlighten me on why players pay to be fed clears/loot from trials?
B: how you view the Duty Finder is up to you. Is it officially stated what it is for? Personally I would specify practice runs in Party Finder, not impose myself as a practice runner with potentially a group who can clear and cause failure for all. That is definitely not to say you should perform perfectly either, everyone has their own expectations of themselves, some Duty Finder groups are accomodating and others perhaps not so much.
C: don't assume that Gil will never amount to anything in this game.

[Kabooa]

A: please enlighten me on why players pay to be fed clears/loot from trials?
B: how you view the Duty Finder is up to you. Is it officially stated what it is for? Personally I would specify practice runs in Party Finder, not impose myself as a practice runner with potentially a group who can clear and cause failure for all. That is definitely not to say you should perform perfectly either, everyone has their own expectations of themselves, some Duty Finder groups are accomodating and others perhaps not so much.
C: don't assume that Gil will never amount to anything in this game.

A: Impatient, not on at peak times, have rotten luck with their groups. Etc etc.
B: This one will just go in circles, so we can just stop arguing it.
C: Change this to "Don't assume" and follow your own advice.

[ToffeeCoffee]

I totally agree, we need to do something about people buying crafted gear also, it's unfair that they get a chance to get higher item level gear without running the dungeons in a certain arbitrary order. We need to stop this before it ruins the game. The market board also needs to be removed so raiders do not get a chance to purchase food to increase their stats without making it themselves. The market board is the only reason why Blue Gartr killed Turn 8, they raid so much they don't have time to craft food, but they get an unfair advantage over anyone who does not raid because they can just buy food off the market board.

Someone got in early to derail my thread. You're just being silly, I hope you're trolling.

[MrEzekial]

Someone got in early to derail my thread. You're just being silly, I hope you're trolling.

He was sarcastically pointing out how stupid your post was. He did it rather well. Selling content has always been a part of every MMO, and especially FFXI--not that I like using FFXI as a reference to anything. If you don't like it, don't buy content. It makes no different to anything in the game.

because other people will have to suffer when we get those buyers in groups through Duty Finder who don't know how to play or deal with game mechanics.

This is also incorrect, as most people who buy gear won't be joining other groups in DF.