Hamfast
Gallente
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Posted - 2007.07.02 18:03:00 -
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 Originally by: Corporal Clue
Isk selling/Isk buying are simply one the same. They're both part of the problem and both should be punished in the same way, namely if you get caught buying isk you get your account banned for life. I don't understand why CCP seem to wiggle a finger at the people who actually screw up the game, but punish the farmers more heavily.
If CCP were really serious about the whole thing, they'd ban the GTC for Isk trading that is rampant in the game. It might be popular, but it has exactly the same impact on the game (people using real life money to buy ISK, even if it has an extra step in it).
As I see it, there are 3 categories of people... buyers, Professional sellers, and casual sellers... and they are not the same...
Buyers play the game, they buy ISK in an attempt to make up for not being able to make enough via their own efforts...
Professional Sellers are (IMO) the biggest problem, and should be the easy ones to track... these are the ISK farmers, the sweatshop owners... they don't really play the game beyond trying to profit from it...
Casual Sellers are the folks that find they have a lot of ISK and want to make money... I think these are the ones that would use EBay...
It seems to me that the Buyers and Casual Sellers should get a warning... only 1, then banned... if as one of the Eve news blurbs said, sellers were then ripping off the buyer and reselling the ISK as well as everything the buyer had, that would not warrant a warning...
As for the Professional sellers, part of the cost of doing business... replacing accounts... and they should have to be on a regular basis... here is my thinking...
ISK Buyer <- ISK Sender <- ISK Seller <- ISK Suppliers <- Item Suppliers (ore, minerals and so on)...
Each time an ISK Buyer is busted, the supplier of those ISK (the Sender) is also known...
That Sender was supplied those ISK by someone... who was supplied the ISK by someone... back to a point where the ISK were "Made" by either a miner, trader, farmer of some sort... each of these ISK transfers are going to be reflected in the wallet/journal of a character along the way... and should be able to be followed by CCP in the database... if I can look at my journal, so can they...
Each time a "Buyer" is busted (warned or banned) the supply chain that made those ISK should be banned as well... from the Sender all the way back to the Farmer(s)...
Heck, I would not even mind it if the ISK Farmer Protection Forces were added into the mass banning as they are supporting the operation... but I am not going to hold my breath...
Yes, I would love to see the weekly numbers posted... "X accounts banned for buying/selling ISK"... no names needed...
None of us is as dumb as all of us...
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