Quote Originally Posted by randysquirrel View Post
imo the question should be "is buying clears in the spirit of the game?"
No it is not. I'm in the camp that is against selling clears of any kind so either gitgud at content or just don't complete it. Make some friends and work though content together or get your fc to work together and clear it. The point is ppl who bought clears dilute the duty finder/pf pugs (which is already pretty bad in NA) and if ppl aren't motivated to play the game enough to work for a clear instead of buying then why would they continue to stay subbed?

It all goes back to the adage of teaching a man to fish rather than giving him one. Ppl gotta make money I get it but I still cringe when I see sell parties and it's even worse when its ppl I know. I also feel this may be a mental shift in causal gamer mentality where they feel that they need to buy clears in order to be accepted into the playerbase. Kind of like poor kids buying nice clothes to fit in. Though this is just an observation and hypothesis.