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I can name about 50 reasons, but I know it'll be a waste of time.
One of the main ones that you can consider is how easy it would be to manipulate. What would you be able to trade? Items? Are you wanting staff to make special exceptions for GST or event items? Seasonal items? Hats? What about GST hats? Tower hats? Seasonal hats? If no to all of them, then's the point? If yes: - I can manipulate the rewards system in towering by giving many to noob accounts to trade later
- I can turn the GST into a boring joke (more than already)
- I am no longer excited for seasonal events, and the little excitement they provide anyway, because I can just get everything at a later time
And so on, etc.
The only purpose I see a trading system would serve is to give players things they don't deserve. I feel like the integrity of towers, spars, and seasonal stuff should remain limited to the people who were actually a part of it. If not, they end up losing all meaning and it becomes boring as hell. |
I agree with this post a lot. Some things I would like to contribute though...
- Items don't lose value with a trading system, there will always be the same amount of a certain item even with trade. The only thing that would change when a rare item is traded is its meaning. It no longer becomes AS SPECIAL as it was when it was released, because 5 other people before you have had and used it, plus you didnt actually do anything to earn it, so no one gives a damn that you have it.
- Scamming will not be an issue. If trading is done correctly (like it currently is on Era and Zone), then there is no way any person with a functioning set of eyes can get scammed.
- Trade may not be as exciting as you think. I could see most of the items you like being cut out of the trade system. Tower Hats, GST Hats, VIP items, probably some select items that staff don't feel should be traded.
- This could throw events back into a wrong direction if event items were to be allowed to be traded. As the guild ET proved, it is very possible for a select group of players to win all of the events. Now that there is a trade system and players can give hats they won from events, they can win the same event prize multiple times and participate as much as they want. Making the whole awful ET mess that was going on possible. So should event hats not be tradable either?
- How much could you really trade? currently purchasable items and seasonal items. Is a trade system really worth it at that point when most items in the game aren't ideal for trade?
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