Question 18 of XVII Q&A Live Letter

[PrimeEvilPanda]

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You just affirmed that the only reason you think the lockout works is because it benefits YOUR group greatly. Open up the turns for everyone and there goes the market since it will give everyone and anyone the chance to sell the runs (if they want to) - you have it backwards though (as far as market goes); having it locked doesn't keep it competitive, it negates it seeing as how you basically have it cornered because you have the advantage of a steady group that can sell runs and do runs on the sides (assuming YOU DO have those alts).

I'm not hating you for it. Lockout or not, this shit gets nerfed anyways and anyone wasting their gil for a CARRY is debatable (I've seen people buy GEAR. Personally to me, that's different..) so don't think anyone has sour grapes on the matter.

But in this post you come off as if, from a business perspective, you want to make sure NO ONE else has their hands on selling runs and keep it limited with only a few groups so you can make bank as much as you can. If you think this is beneficial to the community, it's more of the devil you know I suppose. If people are comfortable (ignorance is bliss) with you and other elite groups just having control of it versus the entire community (steady hardcore raiders and a few casuals), then yeah - pick your poison since we haven't seen the effect of EVERYONE being given the option to sell runs.

If anything, The Hunt taught me that having unlimited access to free shit makes anyone cray-cray with greed. The REAL question is, had we not had lock-outs to begin with, would stupid effects like the Hunt not happen in the first place? I mean it's like denying someone fatty food for months, then leaving them alone in a room full of sweet stuff, what do you think will happen?