I've been involved in the discussion about the levelling pact for sale over on US side.
As I see, nothing wrong with it. The guy selling it levels so fast (He runs five computers with five accounts; this team will be a kin corruptor and four necro/pain MM's) that he wants to slow himself down a bit. Trading in-game services for in-game currency is, as far as I understand the GM position, absolutely fine.
Frankly, anyone with the inf to bid probably doesn't *need* powerlevelling.
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NO! Emphatically no!
I play the game for the pleasure of playing it and levelling is part of joy of it. Out of the 6 50s I have only one or two get regular outtings, but my lowbies get a fair bit of rotation.
To me, the bulk of the game is the journey, not the destination and I wouldn't pay, nor would I be paid, to level. I do, however have some pacts with friends and I'm looking forward to teaming with them.
(Side note to add I'm surprised those kind of ads are legal/permitted on the forums.)
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I'd seriously consider it for unlocking a Hero EAT - I can't stand the Blue side archetypes otherwise - but other than that, not really.
Just plain NO! This goes against the whole cov comunity for me. Whats the point of trying to create a fun, helpful, friendly comunity if you have to pay in game for the privilage. This is greed pure and simple
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I don't mind it, but I don't think I'd do it.
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Yes though I'd prefer some form of reciprocal deal that would be me PLing a pact to where ever and then have them do it for me. I doubt I'd do it for a stranger either.
And legal? Why not as long as its not RMT I fail to see why there is any issue.
A bit pathetic if you need to do this ain't it? Lets be honest, leveling up fast is so ridiculous easy in this game that I wonder why people bother to pay for it.
Don`t really see a problem for it, kinda anticipated it would happen, didn't think people would be doing it so damned cheap though
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I just think it's a bit sad, tbh
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Levelling or getting levelled up? Got to say NO on that one.
Only way i'd do a pact really is if i'm doing themed characters with a friend and we want to stay at an equal level.
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I just think it's a bit sad, tbh
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^^This^^
But hey, whatever floats their unsinkable boats.
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Don`t really see a problem for it, kinda anticipated it would happen, didn't think people would be doing it so damned cheap though
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There will always be 1 person who will look to exploit content to their own advantage. I don't have a problem with it, but lvl'ing normally provides some sense of achievement for me.
However I won't say no to anyone who would like to give me 100 mill for continuing to lvl normally 
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There will always be 1 person who will look to exploit content to their own advantage.
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It's not really exploiting, or to their advantage. One party levels too fast for their own liking (look to Smurphy's original pact auction for his own reasoning); the other has more inf than they need but would quite like another character at 50 - why shouldn't he be compensated?
The way I see it, that's exchanging in-game goods for in-game services; it's no different (to me, at least) than paying someone a million inf for winning a costume contest, trading a rare drop for inf, or compensating someone with inf for helping them get a certain badge.
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A bit pathetic if you need to do this ain't it? Lets be honest, leveling up fast is so ridiculous easy in this game that I wonder why people bother to pay for it.
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That's exactly how this idea got started; Smurphy wanted to slow down his levelling (because he was getting to 50 in a couple of weeks even when playing casually, and wanted to extend the experience), so offered pacts; as he pointed out, why shouldn't he get some inf in return?
The ones selling the pacts were originally just heavy players; I'm not surprised to see this picked up by powerlevellers.
But it's not as if having a level 50 is an elite club, or a particularly stunning accolade; it certainly hasn't been a badge of a good player for many years. So in what way is it detrimental for there to be more level 50's about?
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I'd happily part with 100mil for someone to take me from 1-50 in a month or so 
so whats next?
paying someone for slotting suggestions? or maybe paying to have someone complete TF's and getting merits so they can try and get that super rare recipe you want?
its a slippery slope into chaos and stupidity the moment people ok "mercenary" work like this in a game community...
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Well thats one way of killing of them PL e-mails I suppose,
as far as I'm aware seems ok by my understanding, but as few have said already you'll be pretty much loosing the joy of leveling and will have no sense accomplishment when you get to lvl 50. It's taken me quite a while for me to get my hero and villain both up to level 50 but it was fun doing so I guess imho leveling pacts just takes the fun out leveling well for me atleast anyhow...
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so whats next?
paying someone for slotting suggestions? or maybe paying to have someone complete TF's and getting merits so they can try and get that super rare recipe you want?
its a slippery slope into chaos and stupidity the moment people ok "mercenary" work like this in a game community...
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That's assuming *everyone* demands inf for those things. If even one person decides to give out build advice for free, who'd pay for it? If someone decides that running a TF on your behalf to get you some merits is worth x inf, then it's worth x inf.
There will always be balance; some people want more 50's fast; some people want to play the game for longer. Some want more inf for their collection of 50's. As long as there's a free(ish) market in-game for those things and people willing to pay for and be paid for them, where is the problem?
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i think. MMmmmmmmmNOOOO. and ill use my stone mallet of destruction and death to defend my decision tht is NO!!!
this is a sad thing to do and pointless. id rather save my inf for when i get to 50 MY WAY not the highway imho.
typical amercians though.
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I'd still say no even if I had loads of avatars
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what if someone often u animated hair???? bet u say yes then. exspecially if its a limited to one person and tht person was offering to u
on the US Forum ATM they are selling level pacts with Inf, from what i understand this is ok thing to do as there seem to be alot of thread going on with this
Looking to Purchase 50s (Through Pacts) All Server
Leveling Pact For Sale
so how many of us will be up for this kind of power level of the slowest kind?