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would you buy PS and or Gold from UO store if you could

McDougleMcDougle Posts: 4,080
in General Discussions
yes i know what the Dev have said
yes i know some think this is pay to win 
we've all debated the pros and cons 
but if you could...
  1. Would you buy PS and or gold from UO store20 votes
    1. Yes
      55.00%
    2. No
      45.00%
Acknowledgment and accountability go a long way... 

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  • Uriah_HeepUriah_Heep Posts: 915
    I vote the third option...From UO IF and only IF they were cheaper than the other sellers.

    Money talks.
  • Captain_LuckyCaptain_Lucky Posts: 556
    Uriah_Heep said:
    I vote the third option...From UO IF and only IF they were cheaper than the other sellers.

    Money talks.

    I kinda assume the other stores would under cut them rather than fold up. But i like competition!
    Tell me lies, tell me sweet little lies
  • Uriah_HeepUriah_Heep Posts: 915
    yeah, maybe they would get cheaper lol.  that would be a nice score

  • TimTim Posts: 824
    And they might drive Avatar bankrupt 
  • Max_BlackoakMax_Blackoak Posts: 648
    it would ruin an entire playstyle (scroll farmers) and the last reason to go to felucca would be gone.
    This should never be implemented. Especially not on Siege Perilous.
  • MervynMervyn Posts: 2,208
    I tell you what people would buy if it wasn’t free. Shard transfer tokens. 
    I tell you the truth, tis better to do 10 damage on the right target than 100 damage on the wrong target.

    Breaking in the young since 2002


  • Garth_GreyGarth_Grey Posts: 1,459
    You'll find that any poll will interrupt "someones" playstyle, they're entertaining though.
    You and Several Others like this.


    Please make the Grizzled Mare a 5 slot mount, it's incredibly rare and deserves it. Some of us have been waiting a long time for this simple addition.
  • Petra_FydePetra_Fyde Posts: 1,454
    No. There would be no point in playing if you could just buy everything. 
  • Captain_LuckyCaptain_Lucky Posts: 556
    Petra_Fyde said:
    No. There would be no point in playing if you could just buy everything. 
    The point people don't want to kick their mind into gear over is you CAN buy everything now. Just EA isn't getting the money.
    Tell me lies, tell me sweet little lies
  • AmberWitchAmberWitch Posts: 685
    edited September 2018
    Nope.
    There should be 2 Sosarias. One for those that want everything to be easy, given to them. And another one for those that value the alternative.
  • MervynMervyn Posts: 2,208
    Petra_Fyde said:
    No. There would be no point in playing if you could just buy everything. 
    Petra understands this game well, why can’t everyone be as wise?
    I tell you the truth, tis better to do 10 damage on the right target than 100 damage on the wrong target.

    Breaking in the young since 2002


  • jaytinjaytin Posts: 417
    People will stay longer and appreciate what they have more if they had to work for it, if you get things too easy you haven't invested enough to stick around.
  • TimTim Posts: 824
    edited September 2018
    it would ruin an entire playstyle (scroll farmers) and the last reason to go to felucca would be gone.

    And your point being? (sorry couldn't resist  >:) )

    But to the point as Captain_Lucky said You CAN buy every  thing now.
     
    A more important question to ask yourself is other then in pvp how does someone else taking the easy way out (cheating) affect you?

    The things I have in game I know I earned, your opinion on the mater is of little interest to me. 
    Your opinion of me as a fellow player/shard citizen does.

    PS before you get too upset look at the number of votes not the % + or -
  • Maximus_NeximusMaximus_Neximus Posts: 380
    Mervyn said:
    I tell you what people would buy if it wasn’t free. Shard transfer tokens. 
    False. I wouldn’t buy transfer tokens if I didn’t have shard shields. I didn’t before and I wouldn’t if they removed them. Also, I paid for my shard shields with 14 years of payments. 
  • DerajDeraj Posts: 88
    I really rather loathe the question being posed in this thread because it is irrelevant and also strikes me as slightly underhanded. The implication I read here is that since a lot of players would take the path of less resistance if offered, well maybe it's not so bad an idea after all hint hint nudge nudge. Then, when this option is hypothetically implemented the argument made against those that still object to it is inevitably "Well if you don't like it, don't use it!", not realizing (or capable of even comprehending) that the MMO is a shared experience, and that the integrity, depth and complexity of that experience depends on the rules and challenges being uniform throughout the whole, and uncompromised.

    It should be obvious that of course players will take advantage of a shortcut if offered. That does not validate the shortcut's existence.
  • McDougleMcDougle Posts: 4,080
    Max_Blackoak said:
    it would ruin an entire playstyle (scroll farmers) and the last reason to go to felucca would be gone.
    This should never be implemented. Especially not on Siege Perilous.
    This argument is so untrue you can already buy PS from third party sites you have been able to for years .....
    Acknowledgment and accountability go a long way... 
  • Garth_GreyGarth_Grey Posts: 1,459
    edited September 2018
    Mervyn said:
    No. There would be no point in playing if you could just buy everything. 
    Petra understands this game well, why can’t everyone be as wise?
    Petra understands "Her" reason for playing, she does not possess a 2nd sight into the reasons the rest of us play, or what our "point" of playing is designed around.
    You and Several Others like this.


    Please make the Grizzled Mare a 5 slot mount, it's incredibly rare and deserves it. Some of us have been waiting a long time for this simple addition.
  • MeggieMeggie Posts: 20
    At the price things are now, much too expensive, everything, yes I would buy gold from the store but I believe they should NOT sell power scrolls ever.
  • AmberWitchAmberWitch Posts: 685
    edited September 2018
    And when you can get gold outside of the game system, and people do it, then the prices will only go higher. The only ones that benefit from this is the gold sellers and buyers.
  • MervynMervyn Posts: 2,208
    Every single person’s playstyle affects the game as the game IS the community. Allowing players to bypass the challenges in the game to obtain goods affects EVERYONE. 

    Duping affects everyone,
    bug exploiting affects everyone.
    I tell you the truth, tis better to do 10 damage on the right target than 100 damage on the wrong target.

    Breaking in the young since 2002


  • SkettSkett Posts: 1,477
    People can already buy them 

    so what about this kind of play style 

    someone who has very little time to play can’t type very well to communicate with others play durning off hours for their local shard and also is a solo type adventure on a dead shard that only has 10 to 15 vendors selling absolute junk on them that if you bought it all, you would pay less than 10 mil total 

    how would this player get power scrolls if not buying them? 

    They are are already being sold who really cares if uo store sells them ? Wait nvm the RTM sites would care I guess and the monopoly of the raiding guilds
  • TimTim Posts: 824
    Useful power scrolls in game start at one million on my shard.
    I just checked the most expensive 120 PS online is $20 

    $20 real world = 2hr or less at minimum wage 
    1,000,000 gold in game for a new player = month or two heavy play. (I played for years before I hit a million in the bank)

    And people wonder why we can't attract new players.

    The only reason not to sell PSs in Broadsword store or make them available in more places is the cries of "no-one will come to Felluca" 

    Tired of being polite my response is "so why should I care". Trammel was created because not enough people wanted to play a Felluca only game and UO almost went under. 

    If you really want to keep Fel viable come up with some interesting content ideas. NOT just the old "you can only get this here so come and let us raid you". Then you might get some more people who want to play with you.

    Until then my response to anyone asking about PSs is online with anyone but "avatar" 
  • MervynMervyn Posts: 2,208
    edited September 2018
    To everyone who is saying you can already buy from RMTs:

    I would not be averse to the uo store selling powerscrolls and gold -
    If someone from uostore had to log in and farm the scrolls and gold.

    I tell you the truth, tis better to do 10 damage on the right target than 100 damage on the wrong target.

    Breaking in the young since 2002


  • MervynMervyn Posts: 2,208
    When the fel only shard opens, threads like this will not appear. 
    I tell you the truth, tis better to do 10 damage on the right target than 100 damage on the wrong target.

    Breaking in the young since 2002


  • TimStTimSt Posts: 1,866
    I will admit that I have bought a 120 power scroll in the real world.  Before I did I would play UO once or twice a year.  I had no hope of getting one in the game.  After purchasing that power scroll and powering up I now play the game every day.
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