i never really thought of this as exploitation. to me, the big thing is that these farmers (along with the people who are too lazy/inept to actually *gasp* play the game) ruin things for alot of people.
personally, i've watched the economy in ffxi progressively go straight down the gutter. while it's a fact that people are greedy and will put things up for sale at the highest price they think they can get away with, people who actually put in the work to earn their gil/gold/etc are a little more reserved about spending outlandish prices. but when some people get their easy money from IGE, they gladly shell it out. the prices in-game continue to rise indefinately making it increasingly harder on people who would rather actually play the game. this is all besides the fact that most of the farmers i've come across in ffxi are complete assholes, obsessivly camping mobs that drop those big ticket items and trying everything they can to get you killed if you look like competition.
and I just can't understand why anyone would pay monthly to play a game, then essentially pay someone else to play the game for them. seriously, if so much of the game is that boring for you, what's the point? are the bragging rights of having uber gear that you did no in-game work for that appealing? meh...
Chinese gold farmers documented
Mar 16th 2006 6:34AM (Joystiq)personally, i've watched the economy in ffxi progressively go straight down the gutter. while it's a fact that people are greedy and will put things up for sale at the highest price they think they can get away with, people who actually put in the work to earn their gil/gold/etc are a little more reserved about spending outlandish prices. but when some people get their easy money from IGE, they gladly shell it out. the prices in-game continue to rise indefinately making it increasingly harder on people who would rather actually play the game. this is all besides the fact that most of the farmers i've come across in ffxi are complete assholes, obsessivly camping mobs that drop those big ticket items and trying everything they can to get you killed if you look like competition.
and I just can't understand why anyone would pay monthly to play a game, then essentially pay someone else to play the game for them. seriously, if so much of the game is that boring for you, what's the point? are the bragging rights of having uber gear that you did no in-game work for that appealing? meh...
end-rant :P