Guild Wars Real Money Trade Policy

The official Guild Wars website is now featuring an article discussing the games Real Money Trade (RMT) policy. This article explains the reasoning behind the illegality of Real Money Trade in Guild Wars and how they go about combating the widespread problem.

There is also a shady side to real-money trading that players may not realize exists, but which has a serious impact on many players. Real-money trading companies hack into and steal legitimate accounts, often by distributing keystroke-logging malware to steal passwords. In fact, simply purchasing gold from these companies may open you up to a later hacking attempt. These hacked accounts are then stripped clean of any valuable in-game items and/or used for botting.

The full story is available here.

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Just a game, i never buy gold.

deadplayer:
Just a game, i never buy gold.

Unfortunately, for some people, it ain't just game. I've never liked the idiot scammers on MMOGs, but this just makes me mad. Kinda why I don't play MMOGs anymore.

Where there's a profit to be made, someone will find out how to do it. Unfortunately for other people, it is just a game, and these "gold farmers" ruin the experience.

The ethics of it are crazy too. A lot of people believe it should be legitimatized. I have to say that I find it unfair, I would never be able to invest significantly more than the monthly fee in any MMO, and by doing this players who would (and can) can jump ahead a bit by purchasing better gear or levels.

This leads to an imbalance caused by something other than the game, which makes it less fun for those not investing that extra $200 a month (or whatever).

Add the fact that these are not the most up and up of business people who will hack you whenever they can, and you have yourself quite a kettle.

By making it "legal" you make it legitimate and solve the hacking problems by having reputable sites handle the transactions. But then you make the issues of imbalance more pronounced.

Not an easy one to wrap the head around.

deadplayer:
Just a game, i never buy gold.

I don't think anyone does....

Who buys gold? WTF? Have we lost teh original reason and purpose behind having bought the game? Oh wait. Definitely not uncommon, just making the game into a shady job for oneself.

Psh. Ridiculous.

I actually knew people who sold gold. They got banned, but they easily started other accounts and got right back to where they were.