2010-02-02, 06:33 PM
Kevo Wrote:Well I do agree with what you said, but no matter what's done nothing will change. People will always look for a bargain. One can even monopolize certain items, and resell for a high price. I believe there's some scrolls that can be monopolized in Scania at the moment. Is that morally wrong? Happens in real life business too.
What can you say about http://www.southperry.net/forums/showthread.php?t=548. Are most of these transactions morally wrong too? Can you prove the sellers in these threads aren't hackers? Forgetting a digit doesn't prove anything.
The benefit of merchanting is that you can also sell mesos for real life money too, and not need to spend your own money for nx anymore. You can upgrade your equips and get accepted into HT squads (gl in Scania though).
Well, it's hard to say for the Skanda. Lots of people buy meso and probably are unaware of market prices. They could buy it, then a few months later have no use for it and sell it for a price they think is fair but may not match up with current prices. Or perhaps the seller was desperate after weeks of being unable to sell it =[.
I dunno what else to say I'm horrible at aruging lol
Monopolizing a business is part of business. In that case you take a massive risk in investing in a specific item. Selling stolen goods is not the same as monopolizing by a long shot; the only risk there is being caught.
As far as that thread goes, you're right. Someone leaving off a digit and getting ripped off sucks but that is user error. In the grand scheme, it really is terrible to buy those items knowingly (like walking out of the store without paying for something and knowing it) but again, both parties have an equal part in that. In the sales of stolen goods, there is a true victim who did nothing wrong. This is a full-blown epidemic and it's not just isolated incidents like the cases in that thread; it's not mistakes. It's a group of people quickly moving hot goods and other people knowingly capitalizing on that regardless of the loss of the victim.
Before this incident people were able to HT run without having to resort to trafficking and just being flat out dispicable. If you feel like you can't get into an HT run without being morally egregious then you should probably just quit playing. Anything can be accomplished in maple without resorting to criminal activity.
Again, on the Skanda. Every single Sin in the game would love to have a Skanda of that att. They sell immediately even at the highest prices, if not evident by the constant smega spam of "BUYING 54+ ATT SKANDA" so no, it's hardly possible to believe that someone lowered their price to a billion meso loss out of frustration of sales. If someone bought the Skanda themselves they're going to know how much it's worth. They never deflate, even during the anniversary events. Everyone who's played longer than a month knows that a high att Skanda is one of the most valuable items in the game, especially someone who can afford one.