Originally Posted by
Ardbeg
It is a matter of scale. Name trades happened before, but not in this dimensions. And it is up to sts to decide the countermeasures.
1) hoarding names to sell is an exploit. There were bans before, it sll depended on the level of exploit.
2) This might explode your brain: Everyone likes to progress, but not everyone sinks to the lowest level to do so. After all, this game needs new players filling all tiers in the chain to stay healthy. Allowing exploiters to get rich on newer players is a no go imho.
My playing field here, since you mentioned it, is to play with friends, no more, no less, i don't care for pvp or lb and i have nothing to prove. I assure you, i don't have a problem to compete, but sts establishes a stopp sign for new players if they let this slip.
3) I work in the software business and i am aware. Is your best argument really, if you don't abuse the system it will be abused more professionally? How about, everyone who abuses it, faces the consequences?
4) Sts can also just lock all advertised names and give them away in a lottery instead of making exploiters rich, up to sts.
5) Not after the first scam attempt. The name would already have been banned, and thats what all these threads try to avoid imho.
On an unrelated note, my name is priceless.