RMT Wins. Fatality!

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Michael_GGG wrote:
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mrpetrov wrote:

Are you able to share any insights as to what GGG has found (or believes) to be the impact of RMT on PoE, and it's economy specifically. I would be flabbergasted if you guys didn't have a view.
P.


It's a good question but unfortunately not something I'm able to comment on.

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TheAnuhart wrote:

Why are you not using what is there in front of you?


The Eye of Sauron had its limitations too even in 'obvious' situations (those hobbits were on that mountain side under its nose for waaay too long) - hence why its good to have help.


No, stop it.

The Eye of Sauron didn't wait for some grunt orc to tell him that the Hobbits were moving.

Palantiri are synonymous to the tools at your disposal, the internet.

If The Eye of Sauron happened to gaze directly at those 2 Hobbits, close to the fires of Mount Doom with the One Ring, the Dark Lord sure as hell wouldn't have waited for word from goblins to tell him the same.

When what I saw was as obvious as I saw, it's either you are not looking or you are not acting.
Casually casual.

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Acolina87 wrote:
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mrpetrov wrote:
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Acolina87 wrote:
Bring out the popcorn kidz we gonna be here for a looong time.


I actually tested the idea of designing my unique item to facilitate self-found play.

The idea was that when you equip it you get a big buff to drop rates but everything you find is Perma Allocated and Account-Bound. It wasn't a perfect idea, in fact, probably not even very good, but I thought it could have been super interesting. Sadly, "no".

P.


You designed popcorn? Such WoW.

A.


Haha! Well, jokes aside it wasn't easy for me to come to a view as to which piece of gear this attribute should sit on. There's no point making an item which does something like this, only for it to sit unused because x% of the population can't use its other stats. The obvious choice was a ring, because well at least you've got two ring slots...

P.

PS: A., I love that you've jumped on the bandwagon for dear old me.
Last edited by mrpetrov#7089 on May 19, 2014, 5:22:23 AM
On the same line, I reported 4 people for changing currency colors and the one I had on my friend list wasn't even emailed or messaged a warning. 3 months later still nothing and here I am squinting at loot explosions trying to find currency amongst whites. He's still running lime green, well he was a month ago.

These people posted build videos on the official forums from their main accounts. How much more proof did I need? DNA? Written confession? Because their own surveillance footage didn't...

So to Anuharts point, it's a waste of time.
Last edited by Worldbreaker#6569 on May 19, 2014, 5:25:46 AM
I still think the impact of RMT on the game is vastly overrated, especially by some less wealthy individuals around here. Nobody has been able to prove otherwise, and I really doubt that johnkeys can do it. The way he phrased his opening post tells me he's rather fishing for attention here than interested in a serious discussion about RMT.
GGG banning all political discussion shortly after getting acquired by China is a weird coincidence.
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CharanJaydemyr wrote:
Like or not, this is what it comes down to: they're fighting a war you, me and everyone else who isn't in that office day after day will never know much about. Either you trust them to fight that war to their best of their ability (which, let's face it, so few of us do because we have no real idea about that war -- all we see are the terrorists, metaphorically speaking), or you don't.

And if you don't, I think that's a fundamental loss of trust between provider and customer. Might as well call it a day and go do something else. *Nothing* anyone says here is going to change how they wage this war, precisely we all speak from an angle that is, to some degree, ignorant.

Not that this is going to stop people from opening their mouths and shouting/crying/yelling/muttering. It's always easier to imagine the solution to the problem when you don't know all the variables.


And this right here, combined with the combative tone and general idiocy of the OP, is precisely why this thread should have been closed as soon as it was created. If all you're going to do is bitch about RMT and throw accusations at GGG instead of actively fighting it yourself (since passions seem to run high in this thread), all you do is defile the community.

So many people advocate the same "simple" fixes over and over--do you really think you're the only people to think of it? Here, throw your simple "RMT-finding" algorithm at the MASSIVE amounts of data GGG has to deal with; come back in a month or two when it finishes running on last week's data and enjoy the backlog!

But hey, I'll freely admit I advocate the frequent usage of Wideswing, Ban-axe on trolls and idiots alike; call it elitism if you like.
"Nothing happened." - CharanJaydemyr, TheWretch


Sayya's Item Filter (updated for Ritual!) - http://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/1260712
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Xavderion wrote:
I still think the impact of RMT on the game is vastly overrated, especially by some less wealthy individuals around here. Nobody has been able to prove otherwise, and I really doubt that johnkeys can do it. The way he phrased his opening post tells me he's rather fishing for attention here than interested in a serious discussion about RMT.


Hmm. Well, the only response we've got from GG (which was very nice of Michael to respond to imho), was that it was a good question and he wasn't at liberty to discuss.

EDIT: removed my supposition on GGG's view based on Michael's response, it was unfounded.

P.
Last edited by mrpetrov#7089 on May 19, 2014, 5:34:17 AM
Petrov: Simply returning the favour. So many feelingz in this thread, such WoW. BrB grabbing my popcorn.

A.
Still sane exile?
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mrpetrov wrote:
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Xavderion wrote:
I still think the impact of RMT on the game is vastly overrated, especially by some less wealthy individuals around here. Nobody has been able to prove otherwise, and I really doubt that johnkeys can do it. The way he phrased his opening post tells me he's rather fishing for attention here than interested in a serious discussion about RMT.


Hmm. Well, the only response we've got from GG (which was very nice of Michael to respond to imho), was that it was a good question and he wasn't at liberty to discuss.

Do you think if GGG believed it was a non-issue that they would say it's a good question and they weren't at liberty to discuss? Possibly I guess, but that wouldn't be my response if it wasn't a big deal.

P.


This is exactly why GGG doesn't want to respond to such questions, people read way too much into every bit of an answer :P I can only talk about my experience with the economy, and what I see is that it is fairly stable and inflation is at a level which is to be expected. RMT definitely has an impact on it, but imo it's a rather small one, which means GGG is doing a good job at fighting it.
GGG banning all political discussion shortly after getting acquired by China is a weird coincidence.
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Xavderion wrote:

This is exactly why GGG doesn't want to respond to such questions, people read way too much into every bit of an answer :P I can only talk about my experience with the economy, and what I see is that it is fairly stable and inflation is at a level which is to be expected. RMT definitely has an impact on it, but imo it's a rather small one, which means GGG is doing a good job at fighting it.


I agree with your first statement. I edited out my post above to remove my supposition as to GGG's view just before you posted this reply, as my supposition was unfounded and potentially antagonistic.

I don't agree with your second statement however, as you know.:)

I'm no sure what basis your "expectation" of inflation comes from. I know where my economic experience comes from.

P.
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Xavderion wrote:
I still think the impact of RMT on the game is vastly overrated, especially by some less wealthy individuals around here. Nobody has been able to prove otherwise, and I really doubt that johnkeys can do it. The way he phrased his opening post tells me he's rather fishing for attention here than interested in a serious discussion about RMT.


For the impact of RMT just look at the average RMT website and what they have in stock.
i use a secret account because i am a politician that doesnt want the NSA to know i play poe.

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