i would rather buy from another player a small amount say 10million for 100$ based on the dev's market becuase that amount will always be 100$ Meaning when i get to the point i can sell it. and pay for my game , this creates more income

RMT largely has a negative impact on game economies because they are an unintended phenomenon. And usually unwanted and unaccounted for. I think we\\'ll have to wait and see.

When I played MMOs, it was generally thought that RMT users were in a minority and that, if you're going to over-simplify by treating the player-base as a single entity, then you need to concede that it opposes RMT. It believes that RMT is unfair on non-RMT users and also detracts from their gameplay by encouraging farmers.

Also, despite Mr Schneider's claims, there is no reason to think that legitimizing RMT will reduce farming activity. Quite the opposite.

What's even worse, is getting into a five-man group with someone who bought their character on Ebay and annoy the heck out of everyone else because they've NEVER PLAYED THE GAME before buying their character (and therefore have no clue about game courtesy, or even how to play). So, YES it DOES ruin the game. Completely. This is why Blizzard is so dead-set against it. The fact that Blizzard is so dead set against it is one of the reasons that they have more than 12 million subscribers and are the largest MMO in the world. PEOPLE DON'T LIKE IT!!! Because of "soulbound" items (items that you can't transfer to other players), WoW is still fun and playable, and I can flaunt my "bind on pickup" items. I can still flaunt my Valorous Frostfire gear.

It ruins the fun of the game to have to deal with people who can't be bothered to actually PLAY the game. It ruins the fun when your in-game accomplishments become meaningless. It ruins the fun when people who have enormous amounts of cash can gain an in-game advantage over those who don't.

He's right about one thing: there IS demand for it. There's also demand for cocaine and heroin. Does that make it a legitimate market? How "legitimate" is something that ruins things for everyone else?

So, yes. You ARE ruining my favourite game. GET OFF MY SERVER, YOU WASTE OF OXYGEN!!!!!!!!!!11111oneoneone

Fucking Goldseller!!,Destroyer of Games and Fun!!!!!!!!!!

Its destroying the gameathmosphere and -economy. There's no reason to go on playing such a game if everyone is going to buy his items, gold, etc.

but he ain't messin with no green armor.

RMT will have a legit place in mmos once MMOs free themselves from the idea that they must have their own tokenized currency and auction systems which use it.

From PP to Meseta to WoW gold, game developers haven't had any better ideas for how to organize an economy than to throw fake money at us as a reward mechanism. If you have real money, the idea of currency conversion isnt a big leap, so RMT will always have a demand in this environment.