A Word of Warning to the New (and Naive)

[feanan]

I've been here a month. My highest level character is 4. I've made 3.3 million plat, off buying and selling bone chips in ec.

You guys obviously don't know what you are doing.

[Beaniron]

So, let me get this straight. It's illegal to RMT plat/items from third parties, but it's perfectly legal according to P99 rules to buy accounts from other P99 players for real money?

That's the vibe I'm getting from the first few posts.

[Uggme]

Originally Posted by Beaniron [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

So, let me get this straight. It's illegal to RMT plat/items from third parties, but it's perfectly legal according to P99 rules to buy accounts from other P99 players for real money?

That's the vibe I'm getting from the first few posts.

You can't buy accounts for real money... only plat. The money referred to in this post is about plat. Buying an account for RL money is RMTing and is against the rules as well as a perma-bannable offence.

And honestly, you can't really even buy accounts with your plat. The staff doesn't approve of it either way. The simple and best option to avoid any issues now and in the future is to simply not do it.

[chtulu]

you guys are idiots.

[chtulu]

Is than an elaborate trolling? Am I being trolled?

[Beaniron]

Originally Posted by chtulu [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Is than an elaborate trolling? Am I being trolled?

I was merely asking a question, one that I found an answer for after more closely examining the EC forum rules.

It seemed like that's what the TC was hinting at though.

[raff01]

leveling is fun. If everyone buys their toons to skip leveling, there won't be anyone in the lower to mid level zones. Leveling is fun, the game is 14 year old we all know it very well, we've all been here, but if we come back to it 14 years later to do it all over again its because we love it. If I just wanted to level a toon in a week just to play at high level I'd be playing on live.

[Danth]

On a related note, why are the folks selling accounts so secretive about the character names? Nobody ever posts the names on their auctions.

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Whether low-mid level content is "fun" is a matter for debate. A few longstanding problems on P1999 with relation to damage intake makes life a lot harder for melees than it was on Live in the comparable era. The lower population also makes groups much harder to come by, particularly during off-peak hours. I don't necessarily blame folks for wanting to skip it.

Danth

[Wudan]

Originally Posted by Systolic [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

So morals of the story here are these:

1) Don't buy accounts until you have thoroughly explored the seller's reputation.
2) Understand that because of the recent RMT banwave, there will be many people trying to dump off accounts for whatever quick buck they can acquire, leaving the buyer completely screwed.

This is not supposed to be a pity party. I know what I did wrong in this mess, and I know now what to do and what not to do. I just made this post so that maybe someone else out there will avoid my fate. Take care, everyone.

no you dont know what you did wrong...let me tell you

DONT BUY ACCOUNTS at all! Its for fukin losers! You got an account from your friend, gear, pp, everything noob could dream about and you decided to sell and buy new one....well you deserve what happened to you, because account selling is BS that is killing this server and everyone involved deserves to be banned.

[Systolic]

Originally Posted by Wudan [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

no you dont know what you did wrong...let me tell you

DONT BUY ACCOUNTS at all! Its for fukin losers! You got an account from your friend, gear, pp, everything noob could dream about and you decided to sell and buy new one....well you deserve what happened to you, because account selling is BS that is killing this server and everyone involved deserves to be banned.

I didn't sell the account. I sold his gear and put that plat towards gearing out the characters on the account I bought.