For every discussion, even if the majority is agreeing, there will be some who will be against it. No matter what topic you discuss about.
But there are various reasons behind the whole trading exploitation. It is easy for Zanbee to come and say "we will punish everyone who did it because we can easily access the logs". There are huge issues aside from this that, imo, are far worse than just people trading untradeable stuff around.
While some people tried to take advantage of the bug to move a great variety of items around, let's focus on Colosseum equips. It is easy to point out that people are wrong by trying to skip something they hate to do in order to keep moving on, in case of the Colosseum stuff. Let's see here:
- People bugging and winning colo (and in a lot of times, you're unable to take a screenshot due to the quick nature of the pvp)
- Class unbalance that pretty much leaves melee classes out when they aren't with colo stuff, makes some classes too superior, colo stuff that turn certain classes too strong and are easier to obtain, and so on
- Kill steal mechanic that rewards people who can time their skills time instead of fighting like a man and earning the kill properly
- Tons of bugs ingame that makes certain tasks annoying and with no visible interest to fix (aka Gravity doesn't giving the proper care)
- Colo is supposed to be fixed stats, then how come some people are way stronger than others? (not considering the colo stuff extra effects)
- Fixes that are delayed for 1+ weeks due to random reasons (when a hotfix could have been made to address serious issues like the trade bug)
- Players who badmouth GMs in the public chat but aren't punished
And ton of other issues.
Many people can't stand Colosseum, and the only way to progress is to suffer in colo until they cat their black gear.
That gives people a lot of incentive to trade stuffs around. It is easy to simply look at them as evil people, ban-worthy, than actually thinking "why" they did it. And.. actually fixing the issues that make colo such a terrible experience?
It is certain that if colo was fun, a ton of the trade exploits wouldn't have been present. There are those players who will abuse it for money. But there will be those who will do it since they can't stand colo shenanigans.
So, why can't I transfer that colo equip I got on my main to my alt? Should it be criminalized? Will it destroy the game that my alt account gets it earlier?
Edited by 2204130521212213647, 22 September 2013 - 12:43 PM.