Quote Originally Posted by Jynx View Post
"Pay to win" Isn't a definite term, means different things to different people.
There's the proper definition, widely accepted by the industry, and the improper definition, that applies to basically every MMORPG on the market, and that misguided players slap around as a catch all phrase to stigmatize what they don't like.

But more on to the real point, if RMT were getting "Crumbs" they would move on to other games it's obvious they are still making good money PLEX or not. Like I said just because the price per sale has gone down, doesn't mean the profits aren't high.
Profits can still be acceptable to mantain operation, but as long as they lower, you have to lower your expenses, budgets, personnell, and therefore the ability to affect the market.

It's like telling me Wallmart is going bankrupt because they sell candy bars for $1.00 less than the mom-pop store across the street. RMT have amazingly low overhead and if people can get something cheaper a few scary stories of RMT hackings isn't going to deter them.
yeah, let's compare the remote possibility of a mild stomachache with a permanent ban of a characters that costed you months to build and money on top of them.

Alot of other MMOs don't have people shaking in their boots at the thought of loosing the 12 hours they put into the max level character they are now twinking with ill-goten gains.
ARR won't let you build a character in 12 hours.

Other than driving RMT to more and more desperate actions (Hacking, and whatnot) I don't really see how PLEX is crushing the RMT's market, if anything it's making them more efficient.
The more desperate, the more easily detected. By your logic fighting RMT at all is bad because "it makes them more efficient".

Competition breeds efficiency, what was a slack jawed group of people have become rather large operations due to the requirements of making a proper turnover in cash, like I said alot of these places are now run like a actual business. There is no real solution to RMT, all you can do is make it as inconvient, or unsavory to purchase from these guys as possible. Hell if anything trying to directly attack RMT has often hurt normal people in the cross fire.
PLEX-like systems can't catch anyone in the crossfire. Just another advantage they have.