RMT = Road to Prosperity for L2

Everyone seems to think that RMT(Real Money Trade) is bad. Many L2 players seem to think so, and so does NCsoft...

BUT!
Let's just imagine... what if RMT becomes Legit and reliable?

Players will get to sell the gears for money when they decide to take a break from the game. e.g. you get to sell your +12 bloody bow for $3,000 USD and +8 Bloody set for $7,000 USD. -----> instead of putting the money in the bank, people will actually put their money in L2. also it will draw lots and lots more players. 10 years ago, I remember a friend of mine buying a level 62 Prophet(buffer) for $300 USD when he started playing L2 for the first time, and I also heard 10 years ago in Korea, Top Lineage1 toon(not L2 but L1) was traded for over $200,000 USD!!!(a price of a house really back then...highest level toon in L1 i think)

But why is RMT so bad? ---> 2 reasons.

1. Botting: yeah if Real money is to be made from L2 then they will be lots and lots of bots running. I know I can get more value for the money I spend in this game if I buy Adena directly from Adena sellers but I don't do that cuz I know it only promotes more botting. (Sadly NC store promotions are so poorly designed...I am beginning to rethink my decision...LOL for the money I spent for 4 x +6 Shirts, I would've got 50-60B adena if I went to Adena seller directly! LOL!) But this is the problem of botting not RMT itself. If NC soft can find a way to Block or at least Greatly Discourage botting then RMT is what this game needs.

2. NC wants every gear in game to be Character Bound(Not-Tradable) so that People will buy Ncoins for every single toon s/he has...
This way of business thinking really bothers me. Yeah, you get to make more money PER customer but you are also MISSING! the chance to draw 10 times more customers(and those 10 will draw 10 more each...so 100 times more eventually) Why would you want to charge people on a gear that's character bound??? It's money Lost for Ever! I can tell you, if you make every Nstore items tradable and RMT becomes Reliable, Nstore will sell much more and the game of L2 will be revitalized!


How to implement RMT correctly?

1. Increase the Adena + Item Drop rate back to normal , so people who don't do RMT can still enjoy the game and won't complain.

2. NC sets up a seperate company(better to have outside company for legal reasons, but controlled by NC) that monitors and mediates ALL RMT process! For any player that wants to do RMT, simply open an account in this company and do RMT. People will know to trust this site cuz when things go wrong, people know for sure they can rely on NC's back-up.
so yeah... ALL RMT becomes controlled by NC and NC gets to make commission in the process,too. NC can also sell Adena direct to players as well.

For any business to prosper, you need Win-Win mentality. Not Win-Lose.
You must be willing to spend $10 when that $10 dollar spent will bring you $100 later, That's called investment! If RMT is allowed and run by NC itself I think I will move all my money from the bank and put that money in L2, with Bank's interest rate being so low these days...
Just imagine! Millions of people playing L2 and almost all of them putting all their money in L2 using L2 as an international bank! LOL.

Elemental shirts = None-Tradable = Money Sinker. LOL!
Total Win-Lose business mentality. NC wins and players Lose(they lose 100% money spent on shirts cuz they are none-tradable) No wonder so many people Quit L2 after GOD update when the first shiny shirt appeared.
O O!

basicaly this guy wants 200lvl for 200nc coins and to be able to solo parties, please make it happen

People will always ebay adena,items and levels. It's in every single game. NC West has minimal support to this game,its outsourced and Korea has to approve everything NC west does. Sometimes it's months before they get a response or they get told to wait until a patch drops and implement it then which again could be months while we moan and groan about it.

This game has never promoted self support. most games you acquire everything you need as you play. In L2 you out level your gear and STILL can't afford a new set much less enchant it,element it,augment it and so on it goes. All the expenses of xping on top of that. Being in a good clan helps,but don't expect hand outs. It's vicious circle and some people HAVE to be the best and have the best. They have disposable income and some script so they don't have to compete, they win and always will.

People will always ebay adena,items and levels. It's in every single game. NC West has minimal support to this game,its outsourced and Korea has to approve everything NC west does. Sometimes it's months before they get a response or they get told to wait until a patch drops and implement it then which again could be months while we moan and groan about it.

This game has never promoted self support. most games you acquire everything you need as you play. In L2 you out level your gear and STILL can't afford a new set much less enchant it,element it,augment it and so on it goes. All the expenses of xping on top of that. Being in a good clan helps,but don't expect hand outs. It's vicious circle and some people HAVE to be the best and have the best. They have disposable income and some script so they don't have to compete, they win and always will.


Pretty much this.

I'm no financial expert but I see what he/she is saying. Not sure how it is now, but when Diablo3 came out the auction house had rl money options where Blizzard made a percentage off each sale , seems like a system like that would make the most cents. You are right, Too many things available in the store are waste of money, meaning you can't sell it later, cloaks, hats, shirts,underwear, etc. It's BS I cant put my shiny shirt on my buffer, it just collects dust in my WH.