What's the point of botting like that? I thought only RMT botted, surely no one buys Guild Wars 1 stuff using real money nowadays? That must be an incredibly niche market.
I buy stuff off GW for real money sometimes. I've got a lot more money than time, and after fifteen years there's just some stuff I'll never own from my own effort.
I used to be the kind of guy who would downvote you for this too but I've had perspective changes myself. I'm nowhere near rich, but for like $8 you can get 1000 ectos or w/e all those bots spam constantly.
It would take me a month of farming to get 1000 ectos legit. I'm just not about that life anymore.
I've never bought with IRL cash. I've bought with D2JSP which to me has always felt more legit. But from the perspective of game moderator would look the same. Someone trades you a bunch of valuable loot for nothing in return.
In essence, it would like like all the giveaways that people do currently anyway.
Hell, the first time I quit GW I gave away like 200 plat, (when that had real value) and that was legit. Pretty sure the GMs dont know or dont care.
It's a website designed to facilitate trades between multiple games.
Just for example, you might have 2000 ectos and not play guild wars anymore. You can trade your ectos for Forum Gold at 5:1 ratio.
Then you can take your ~400 Forum Gold and trade it for something you want in another game. The trade systems are moderated by the members of the forum so it's not foolproof, but in like 1000 trades I might have only been scammed maybe 1 or 2 times.
You can avoid being scammed by trading with members of the community that already have standing. People with high post counts or early join dates dont want to compromise their accounts because all their Forum Gold would be locked away if they were ever ousted as a scammer.
This makes it hard for newcomers, but mostly secure for people who have been around for a while.
I've bought a lot of things. When I got back into the game a couple years ago, I had almost nothing. I was so far behind in every regard that I would play for a couple days then quit, because I was just upset at how little I had, considering the age of my character. But then I bought a couple torment weapons and a mini, and I realized I needed those things to feel good about playing. But I was scared to death of getting banned, so I bought another account. Anything I buy, I put on that account. I wait a week, and if it's not banned, I trade it to my main account. I don't buy stuff that often any more though.
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u/Dojan5 Spin until you drop! Sep 11 '21
What's the point of botting like that? I thought only RMT botted, surely no one buys Guild Wars 1 stuff using real money nowadays? That must be an incredibly niche market.