Account Trading

[tops419]

Isn't this a little late? i mean, those people buying up tons and tons of accounts (which worked to further destroy any sane way to raid on this server) have already done so. Just look at some folks with 5+ level 60, fully geared, permanently camped at raid target spots and also the huge amount of level 52's camped at nagafen/vox.

I'm not sure if the only motivation was to reduce the headache this gave to the administration, but surely the effects account trading/selling has had on everyone's ability to enjoy the server was taken into account as well.

Another thing: all the crazy scrambling to lock down prenerf items and mobs (guise, etc) could have been atleast mitigated somewhat if this were the policy from day 1.
I'm totally on-board with what another poster said as well - MQ's desperately need to be discontinued as well.

So pretty much,
Open up a new server without MQ's, account trades, and possibly consider an overall xp reduction of 25% or so to account for all the things on this server which cause it to be considerably more forgiving/easier to level than it was in the past (vision, medbook, etc).

It's been pretty accepted by everyone that item-duping/cheating/rmt ruled this server for a very long time. I commend the efforts of the administration to correct these things and of course Ephi has become a hugely positive factor for this server, yet these issues cannot be retroactively corrected.
Project 1999 has been a great test and many, many issues have been identified and solved, but I think alot of folks here get the feeling that this beta phase should be over, it's time to implement these new findings on a fresh slate.