posted by Mark Jacobs 

http://vnboards.ign.com/warhammer_online_age_of_reckoning_general_board/b22997/107856773/p2/?44

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Folks,

Pop quiz: Which MMO company(ies) got into a lawsuit with a gold selling company and won?

Answer: Mythic Entertainment

Pop quiz #2: Which MMO company sued Microsoft?

Answer: Mythic Entertainment

Pop quiz #3: Has Mythic Entertainment ever made announcements about large-scale bannings but like many other MMO companies doesn't talk about the small-scale bannings?

Answer: Yes

So, I think the answer to whether we'll go after cheaters and gold sellers is a resounding yes don't you? I hate gold sellers and especially the spammers. We plan on being quite aggressive with them in WAR.

Oh, as to to whether we'll stop people from selling their accounts, why should we unless we say it's a prohibited behavior? Part of the problem though is that since we don't sell things directly through our site (and we don't plan on doing that) it's impossible for us to tell if someone has sold/given/lent their account.

Mark

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EA Mythic ftw.

Sounds good to me

i love the fact that some thing in that thread pissed him off ...  it just adds to the confidence i have in Mythic .

Originally posted by tr289

i love the fact that some thing in that thread pissed him off ...  it just adds to the confidence i have in Mythic .

 

MJB can be a pissed off Panda when he wants to be :D

Can this game get any better?

Here's a very simple way to get rid of them fast using ingame mechanics... add some kind of /report_gold_seller [name] command... and if more then 5 ppl report someone in 1 day he gets "blacklisted" for the GMs to investigate...

another way is to filter chat for words like "wow7gold" or what was that site they keep spamming in AoC? if someone says the word more then 4 times in 1 hour he gets blacklisted.... altho in time gold sellers will avoid that by adding a space or * or / or whatever in the text...

and the worst method is to track every "big" money transfer... but that one would generate a big list that the GMs have to check and a lot would prolly be just someone giving a friend/alt money...

Originally posted by RJO_

Originally posted by tr289

i love the fact that some thing in that thread pissed him off ...  it just adds to the confidence i have in Mythic .

 

 

MJB can be a pissed off Panda when he wants to be :D

i agree !

i just glad he is pissed off at gold farmers !  it means he / Mythic really will do all they can to stop them . :)

I say if more than 5 people report you...all your characters get teleported to an island in the middle of some big ocean that's not even on the map. There will be one GM there to sort out the good ones and the bad ones. mwah hahahahaha!

Originally posted by Capn23

I say if more than 5 people report you...all your characters get teleported to an island in the middle of some big ocean that's not even on the map. There will be one GM there to sort out the good ones and the bad ones. mwah hahahahaha!

That would work awesome for guild vs guild pvp..............................................................................

It's nice to play a game where the people you play against earned thier armor through gameplay, rather than buying the most expensive armor on the AH, from the gold they bought online. 

I think we can also help out the devs and gms by ganking the gold sellers and bots. :3

If it's anything like camelot, money will be of lesser importance than it is in many other games. Good armor will be attainable through quests and RvR, plus the loot you get from public quests is tailored to your class. I'm hoping this will mean we won't have to spend hours at some auction house just to buy high ticket items (mounts, epics, what have you) at rank 40.

In WAR, the largest issues regarding how powerful your character is will be how skilled you are and how much RvR you have done. Gear is not going to be a driving force, and you should not have to farm gold nor raid extensively to get the gear needed to succeed. It should be acquired naturally as you play and do well in RvR.

Therefore, while gold farmers and sellers will undoubtedly be present, I do not feel they will have a large impact.