Originally Posted by
Fwend
I do understand why many older players veterans are quitting the game, the exclusiveness of the items that have been earned with time effort and plat is gone.
The game is changing, we can accept this change and continue to play it, try to enjoy it for what it is, or we can leave too.
Have you noticed how active the game is now? How many older players have returned? How many fuller Balfort Castle townes there are now?
Yes the game now comprises of the greedy people who wish to look rich and pro, wearing all the vanities that in the past they just bought. Keep in mind players know who played back then, those who did can still feel pride in their efforts, their friends know them what they earned.
When PL started it was new, fresh, the first MMO to be played on mobile phones and revolutionary. But it stopped making the money that it was the first two years, and STS made PL 2 - Arcane Legends and what a huge success "pay to win" was for the company. And PL suffered from it.
Yes PL has now adopted the "pay to win" into the game, you invest plat into the game you advance faster. Keep in mind why they did it, to try to eliminate the account buyers.
I agree with you it doesn't totally kill the black market, many players have multiple bought accounts still and are not banned. Many players still will sell some of those most desired vanities for real life money as well as PL gold for money.
Accept the game changes for the best, make the most of it, play the game for the love of it and your friends. Or alternatively its time to move on.