Quote Originally Posted by Belhi View Post
While true I think its worth pointing out that system doesn't exist in a vacuum. You can buy Cash shop items and playtime with in game currency but the flipside of that system is you can also buy ingame gold with real world money.

You want one side of the system, your probably going to have to accept the other which means people buying Gil with real world money. Considering some of the best gear at the moment of launch for raids is crafted that gets perilously close to Buy to Win, unless they nerf the gear and screw over crafters.

You don't get to cherry pick parts of payment models you like and leave out the bits you don't. Payment models are designed in the end to ensure revenue is enough to justify the production and continued development of a game or service. There is always some form of revenue stream integrated into it.
I haven't played WoW in a long time so point out any mistakes. Real people buy token from cash shop, they then put that token up for sale in game(sort of MBish), and another player buys that in game token and can use it on their account. Basically transferring gil like people who in party finder already sell Mog Station gifts. If no one buys tokens does Blizzard fill the npc with tokens themselves.

Also the whole winning is amusing. We are talking crafted gear is what 1-3 weeks of progression before tomes? Jump potions already skip 1-3 weeks of progression. Both are content that is no more relevant in three+ months anyway.

I get that some people are resistant to others being able to buy gil. So I see notice Accounts receiving permanent ban: 30,502, one week ago Accounts receiving permanent ban: 27,927. They are trying but not winning. They also let all the items these bots create into the market. If I bot wind shards from the MB and I know it is impossible for one person to have over 1 million shards up at all times, hes probably a bot. But my shard total doesn't decrease after they ban them. People are still buying, they might as well control it and benefit. Also RMTs create credit card issues, since supposedly (don't work for a CC company) they use stolen card numbers which create a charge back which can cause issues for the company.