Miss_Freeze_NA

I agree.

In your opinion. To the GMs, it was.

Moderators do not "ban everything". Follow the EULA rules for the game (which you agreed to do) and you will not have any problems.

Not needed in the least.

Sure you are. You're saying that NCSoft should get into RMT because it might get rid of other RMT companies. RMT is RMT, regardless of who is doing it.

Pot, meet kettle.

I could give a hoot less over what other games do. What works for one game does not necessarily mean it will work for CoX, which is the game we are discussing here.

A separate server where RMT is available would need an independent marketplace so as not to impact the other "non RMT" servers.

This. Especially the last part.

It does not take a degree in particle physics or rocket science to understand that if cheap inf were made available, a great deal of the game population would take advantage of it. This would, in turn, directly impact those players who would not take advantage of it, thereby hurting the game.

And even if it were "only" 20% of the playerbase taking advantage of buying cheap inf, that is 20% too many IMO. You also can't seem to grasp how even if it were "only" 20%, that would still have a large impact on other players. I'll also bet your estimate of 20% taking advantage of Mito farming is far too low a figure.

I am beginning to think that you are supporting RMT. If players took advantage of easy XP (as they have done since day 1 of CoX and every other MMO), what makes you think they won't take advantage of easy, cheap influence?

Saying "I think NCSoft should sell inf because it will stop RMT spamming" does not represent any kind of fact either. What you have been presented with is more than reasonable facts to support the opposite of your assertion. If you really need 100% concrete proof, I don't know what to tell you.

Perhaps you are better off playing a single player FPS where RMT will not bother you so much.

That is correct and what I had intended to say. I could have made this more clear, my apologies.

To clarify, right now it is difficult for many players to afford (for arguments sake) ~500 mil for a purple recipe. Allowing for the purchase of cheap inf makes that ~500 mil much easier to come by... which in turn would cause prices to go up and hurt the players who do not buy inf, as you pointed out.

If NCSoft sold cheap inf, players (not all) would buy it. Human nature generally tends to follow the path of least resistance, so if inf is cheap, players will buy it because it is less time consuming than earning it the traditional way.

Just look at all the posts whining about Mito farming when that was still possible - people farmed them because its easier and faster XP than "grinding" the normal way. That is not speculation, that is fact.

The buying/selling of inf would be no different.

I don't think the intent was to say "all players" would buy inf if NCSoft sold it. I wouldn't use it either, but I know quite a few who would simply because it would be dirt cheap to buy and take less time than farming. I would bet that enough players would use it to signficantly hurt the game.

Ignoring them and not using their service will go a long way toward you being less bothered by it. So long as any MMO has an economy and items of ingame value that players are willing to pay for, there will be RMT.

Beyond the fact that game developers generally consider RMT "cheating" (and against their EULA)...

Just one example;

In order for NCSoft to put RMT out of business on CoX, NCSoft would need to sell inf for less than the RMT outfits sell it for. RMT companies could not compete with the cheaper pricing, so they leave and go to another game. This step alone already "de-values" the in-game currency and directly impacts the economy.

Meanwhile, the sale of cheap NCSoft inf leads to higher numbers of players being able to afford buying it, so more inf is bought by players and players buy more "high end" items (eg. Purple Recipes/Rare salvage etc.) from in-game auction houses. At the most basic level, NCSoft would be making everything considered "high value" in the game meaningless because of the easily available cheap influence - meaning; it's too easy to "buy it now". This eliminates the purpose behind "rare" items and the intended goal of having something to work toward.

Making the game "too easy" in this respect means players will get bored more easily and leave for another MMO. There is no challenge to it anymore. Any amount NCSoft would make from the sale of inf would not matter if their playerbase didn't stick around.

Now, what is easier?

You as a player type "/ignore RMTer" and go about your merry way? Or NCSoft developing a method of selling inf for their own game, having to rework drop and raise pricing on all other inf sinks in the game to compensate for the new influx of cheap inf?

The existing tools you have available are highly effective in preventing you from seeing/receiving RMT spam already. You just need to use them.

FYI... scams are run everywhere in the world, not just China and Southeast Asia.

Make use of the in-game /ignore feature and turn off your email. That goes a long way toward avoiding RMT spam.

Right, and kill their own game in the process.

Just my 2 inf, but some of the IO sets that are "less in demand" could either be reworked to be more desireable or dropped altogether.

I'm more inclined to go with that idea of having more than 6 recipes per set. You can pick which 6 you want instead of having to sacrifice one or more enhanced value just to complete the set.

I'd argue that most of the IO recipe sets in-game are poorly constructed for this reason. Part of the excuse behind ED was to "encourage diversity" in slotting. Yet the available sets are so badly designed that they offer little in the way of ACC, DAM, END or whatever that it makes the entire set useless, therefore going back to frankenslotting or just using common IOs.

Take a look around the market, here on the forums at sample builds posted from Mids... you see the same sets being used all over the place. There still is not a lot of diversity in how slotting is done and what recipes people are using and the poor bonuses in a lot of them are what is causing it IMO.

I like the idea of adding additional recipes to each set. Even if there were a dozen or more recipes within one set, we can still only slot 6 of them and we can pick which 6 give us the benefits we are looking for. I'd also drop half of the recipe sets in game now.

Who said "No one should have a travel power"? Whining about vehicles for no other reason that "I waaaaaaaaaaaan it" isn't selfish? Whining about wanting vehicles even after the Developers themselves have said "No" and provided valid reasons why vehicles won't work isn't ignorant?

It's a valid point, one which the Devs brought up.

You want a car? Go play Grand Theft Auto or something else.

This coming from the noob who "selectively" ignores all of the valid reasons why vehicles will not work in the game....

And "my silly toon is a concept character that has no travel powers" is a valid argument for vehicles??

The only ignoramous here is you, sir.

And what if you want to slot for some ToHit as well? Damage sets don't provide that, ergo you technically aren't getting everything you could from the enhancements.

That same argument could be applied to healing sets that required a to-hit check. You can make up for accuracy quite easily with IO sets, so you don't really need Accurate Healing sets... yet we have them now.

Worked for me just fine.

As for the Vehicles thing, not going to happen and not really needed for a game where you can fly, jump, teleport and run at super speed. Let's spend the Dev time on new content, furthering powerset customization etc.

The soft cap of 45% reduced by the Rage crash to 25% positional defense is a joke. You have to keep in mind, not every player uses pools/IO set bonuses to maximize their defense. Nor are powersets balanced around IO set bonuses. SR slotted with SOs (not including pools) is around 30% Defense (you can reach the cap with pools). This is what the survivability of this set is built around. 30% positional is not that great to begin with, then couple that with the Rage crash debuff and you mind as well not have any toggles on for 10 seconds.

A set built around resistance does not really care about a pure defense debuff since their survivability is based around resisting damage, not avoiding it.

The DEF debuff on Rage crashing should be looked at. There are a lot more DEF based sets for tanks and brutes now to warrant it.

DEF based Brutes or Tanks will feel that 20% drop a lot more than RES based ones. That crash was implemented long before we had sets like SD and SR as part of the Tank/Brute lineup. The DEF crash needs to be removed from Rage.

Which does not equate to PBAoE. A cone is a cone. An AoE is an AoE.

Yes, please do.

Claws has a single PBAoE (Spin). How does that equate to "more AoE" than Dragon's Tail?

Katana has Divine Avalanche (BS has Parry) which boost Melee defense ONLY. Divine Avalanche offers no defense against ranged attacks or AoE. Even with a defense bonus to melee, an NPC still has a chance to attack and kill you. MA's stuns can totally incapacitate the same target to where they are totally helpless against you. "Safer" is entirely subjective.

I'm not the one claiming that MA needs a damage boost or anything else. I'm saying the set is fine as you. The onus is on YOU to provide evidence the set needs work. I won't do your work for you.

Go ask your mommy to wipe your butt for you, we won't do it for you.

Neither are your purported recharge rate and end discounts Claws has

Show us the data that says MA is behind other sets and we'll believe you. You're saying that it is "behind" other sets, so prove that it is. Show the data. Show the evidence.

HUGE difference between flip flopping animations within the sets and complete overhauls, like MA received.

Waiting for your data to support your claim.

I'm starting to see a pattern that you've no idea what you're talking about.

So, when a Claws attack lands, it adds +Rech and +End? Endurance cost and recharge rates are an entirely different subject from secondary effects. Your previous post said Claws has +Rech and +End as a secondary effect of the set. This is wrong. That is what the comment was on.