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Leveling service, how lame IMHO

wookieewookiee Member Posts: 151
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Who has the money to waste on leveling services? Do people actualy make a living doing this? Even MMORPG.COM is advertising with them.
http://www.ilevelu.com/

What do they do? outsource it to cheap labor? use 3rd party programs?
I would never pay anyone to play my game. Grinding does suck a whole lot but thats why they have auto-it.
I grinded out weaponsmith for SWG in about 2 weeks while not even being home. For stuff as boring and repetative like that, auto-it baby. But pay someone? no way.
And for stuff like where you need to hunt or do a quest? thats just lame.
IMHO


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  • ianubisiianubisi Member Posts: 4,201

    That's the beauty of this world...everyone has their own opinion.

  • grimbojgrimboj Member Posts: 2,102

    Originally posted by wookiee

    I grinded out weaponsmith for SWG in about 2 weeks while not even being home. For stuff as boring and repetative like that, auto-it baby. But pay someone? no way.




    So let me get this straight.. youre too lazy to level but your refuse to pay someone else to do it and insist that everyone must suffer a grind you cant stand? good luck with that. Some of us did weaponsmith in 6 hours and moved onto the next holo.

    Although I dont support child labour or gold selling, I dont mind power levellers. Farmers tend to take the piss and ninja loot a lot - power levellers get on with it and have the best of everything at every level so you can have one amazing tank that doesnt speak which I dont personally mind.

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  • MouserqMouserq Member Posts: 68
    It's perfectly acceptable and extremely convenient to buy gold or pay power leveling services in High end raiding circles. I know many people personally who have paid to have characters powered or bought them off ebay and an even larger number who have bought gold...including myself. When you get to end game, especially in WoW, the focus is on raiding and the progress you make. You're already devoting 16-24 hours per week raiding, so you may not have the time to farm mats/gold. We spent a month on C'Thun...so that's 40 people in 6/8-8/8 tier 2 armor wiping 12+ times a night 3-4 nights a week...the repair bills alone are staggering. If the guild is short on a particular class and not enough solid recruits are available at the moment, power leveling a character is an attractive alternative. For example, we were in short supply of quality druids that could make all the scheduled raids, so one of our members paid to have a druid leveled so that if we were in need at some point, another member could hop on. Mainly it's the character and its utility that we're after, not the experience. Most have multiple 60s that we've leveled the traditional way and we don't have time in addition to the above schedule to level yet another character. You'll find this VERY common among upper echelon guilds.

    With that said, this is for people who've already gotten to 60 at least once and it's not likely for someone who like to just log in, goof off, and then log out. I'm talking about highly competitive raiding guilds interested in world firsts, server firsts, and personal satisfaction. Once you get there, the rest of the game doesn't matter anymore, it's only about learning new encounters and downing them.


  • RoinRoin Member RarePosts: 3,444

    Originally posted by grimboj

    Originally posted by wookiee

    I grinded out weaponsmith for SWG in about 2 weeks while not even being home. For stuff as boring and repetative like that, auto-it baby. But pay someone? no way.




    So let me get this straight.. youre too lazy to level but your refuse to pay someone else to do it and insist that everyone must suffer a grind you cant stand? good luck with that. Some of us did weaponsmith in 6 hours and moved onto the next holo.

    Although I dont support child labour or gold selling, I dont mind power levellers. Farmers tend to take the piss and ninja loot a lot - power levellers get on with it and have the best of everything at every level so you can have one amazing tank that doesnt speak which I dont personally mind.

    That's pretty much how I feel.  I really don't have a problem with the power leveling people.  The whole gold farming thing.  Well i'm still not really for or against it.  Just depends on circumstance. (i.e If it's pretty obvious it's destorying the economy)

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  • myrrdinirlmyrrdinirl Member, Newbie CommonPosts: 314
    Sometimes I spam the "Ask a Question" thing on that site with stupid questions for giggles like "R U GOLD FARMER KEKEKE"
  • UmbroodUmbrood Member UncommonPosts: 1,809

    I do not mind the phenomenon as such, I do however have some moral objections into the bussiness as it is run.

    Most people are aware how these things are organized and there is a lot of under the table money here that no one really knows were it is ending up.

    There are some flashy front side players here like IGE and such, but behind all that there is some shady stuff going on.

    If I do not know were my money is ending up I will keep it.

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  • shaeshae Member Posts: 2,509

    I agree with Umbrood on this one.

    I don't really care about a leveling service, I'd never use one because well... what's the point of playing a game but I'm sure for certain people it makes some sort of sense.

    What really creeps me out is the business behind the business. Like these poor kids in this new gold farming sweat shops all over the world now??? WTF! Something is seriously wrong with people if your willing to pay a company that abuses people just so you can have your 1k gold or lvl60 ner-o-mage faster.

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  • TymoraTymora Member UncommonPosts: 1,295

    What people do with their time and money is their own business.  I play mmorpgs for fun.  Paying someone else to play it for me isn't fun.  I don't think I could even have fun playing someone elses game while they paid me.

    Whatever, I don't concern myself with it because that's when the game crosses over and becomes something else.  It's only when players inferfere with other players, breaking the EULA or other game/server rules, that I will object and do what I can to prevent this from happeneing.

    While I played RF Online, I experienced something I have never seen in any mmorpg.  Enforcement of the rules.  I just hope that it becomes more common in mmorpgs, so that players all play by the rules, regardless of whether they are paying someone to play for them, or whatever.

  • ApharAphar Member Posts: 68
    I dont have a problem with power leveling in game for like items and game money but Real life money hahaha im not that lazy :D
  • SoSikWitItSoSikWitIt Member Posts: 65

    Originally posted by wookiee
    Who has the money to waste on leveling services? Do people actualy make a living doing this? Even MMORPG.COM is advertising with them.
    http://www.ilevelu.com/

    What do they do? outsource it to cheap labor? use 3rd party programs?
    I would never pay anyone to play my game. Grinding does suck a whole lot but thats why they have auto-it.
    I grinded out weaponsmith for SWG in about 2 weeks while not even being home. For stuff as boring and repetative like that, auto-it baby. But pay someone? no way.
    And for stuff like where you need to hunt or do a quest? thats just lame.
    IMHO



    I don't know why people like you even bother players mmorpgs. Seriously.
  • MW2KMW2K Member UncommonPosts: 1,036

    It keeps Mexicans and Taiwanese in gainful employment, and that's a good thing. Just ask the World Bank and the IMF.

    Seriously, like prostitutes, levelling services cater to a primal and fundamental need. They exist because people want them.

  • nomadiannomadian Member Posts: 3,490
    I'll be honest but I once did think about the levelling services for about a few seconds? Why? Well, I hated the PvE in WoW, all I was doing was PvP and I just wanted some levels without boring my ass off. But, no I couldn't do it, I don't think it is right. You artificialize the game somewhat, you make someone behind a player character who could or could not interact with you be there just to earn money.  I'd rather a game full of true players than perhaps fake ones. As to the gold buying again something I wouldn't do, but a little secret a survey revealed 40% of highend WoW raiders bought gold because the repair costs were too much.

  • BrianshoBriansho Member UncommonPosts: 3,586
    I dont agree with it. How do you develop your own playstyle if another person does it for you?

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