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So selling ingame Items on the forum’s is a hit a miss subject with quite a few players. I brought this topic up at the last Staff meeting, I was asked to make a forum post to see the community's input on the subject. In this post I will go through -
The positives
The negatives
Suggestions
My opinion
Your opinions
What are the positives of selling ingame Items on the forum’s?
Simple / Easy - Lets all be honest its not hard to load up your prefered web browser type Roleplay.co.uk and find the Buy / Sell sub forum. In there you will find Guns, Attachments Rare Clothing and other miscellaneous items. It's not very time consuming and it does not involve you logging into game to setup an initial purchase.
You can Bid! - Currently ingame we do not have an infrastructure to bid on items for ingame cash. However we can do VIA The forums.
What are the negatives of selling ingame items on the forum’s?
No initial Roleplay / Any Roleplay/? - So personally I have never sold / purchased any ingame items VIA the forums (Will get onto this in a little while) but I know many people who have. By asking them it seems a very little amount of people actually go into game and roleplay the purchase. Normally its done by player X joining player Y’s TS Channel, logging ingame, meeting player Y and transferring cash for item/s. Not a word spoke ingame just a general chat on TS. - Where is the fun in that?
Little / No risk - As the point states there is very low risk of getting caught in roleplay by the police. People arrange a quite place / server VIA TS to meet ingame, do the deed then log off. This makes it alot easier for rebels, civilians etc to become armed and become dangerous.
Whats stated above is just a few key points what i have gained from observing the forums or specating ingame. Im sure there is many more!
Suggestions
Keep it the same - Keep it how it currently is. There is No issue / No changes to the ingame system / Rules / Forums.
Add a rule / remove the sub forum - Add a forum rule that a warning point will be issued / thread hidden if you post a topic attempting to sell ingame items VIA the forums. - Force the roleplay to take place ingame.
Suggest to the development team to invest there time to develop a online black market Ingame - What do you mean?
Implement a system ingame where you can bid on items / Sell items #BringbackAbay - Add a system that allows the abay market place to be robbed (Abit like the bank to add some risk to using the system)
(Dont know how easy this would be to re implement / possible with arma limitations)
What is my opinion?
I can completely understand why people buy and sell items VIA the forums, as stated above its easy, (Sort of) effortless and basically risk free. However for me it takes away the fun, the risk, the adrenaline and the excitement of experiencing that shaddy roleplay ingame where you have to speak to a dodgy man on the corner of Kavala high street. Then follow him in the hope of not getting caught, taken hostage or robbed. You have to place trust in a player and hope that they don't stab you in the back! For me it adds a whole different aspect to the game and to roleplay!
So in conclusion i believe that selling items VIA The forum’s should be removed, however im sure alot of you would disagree.
What I would like from you?
Your opinions on the matter
Your suggestions - For me to rise at the next staff meeting
To see what the community wants!
So please post below, remember to keep clean and constructive!
Thank you!
JohnJoeegan
EDIT: Vote now! HERE
The positives
The negatives
Suggestions
My opinion
Your opinions
What are the positives of selling ingame Items on the forum’s?
Simple / Easy - Lets all be honest its not hard to load up your prefered web browser type Roleplay.co.uk and find the Buy / Sell sub forum. In there you will find Guns, Attachments Rare Clothing and other miscellaneous items. It's not very time consuming and it does not involve you logging into game to setup an initial purchase.
You can Bid! - Currently ingame we do not have an infrastructure to bid on items for ingame cash. However we can do VIA The forums.
What are the negatives of selling ingame items on the forum’s?
No initial Roleplay / Any Roleplay/? - So personally I have never sold / purchased any ingame items VIA the forums (Will get onto this in a little while) but I know many people who have. By asking them it seems a very little amount of people actually go into game and roleplay the purchase. Normally its done by player X joining player Y’s TS Channel, logging ingame, meeting player Y and transferring cash for item/s. Not a word spoke ingame just a general chat on TS. - Where is the fun in that?
Little / No risk - As the point states there is very low risk of getting caught in roleplay by the police. People arrange a quite place / server VIA TS to meet ingame, do the deed then log off. This makes it alot easier for rebels, civilians etc to become armed and become dangerous.
Whats stated above is just a few key points what i have gained from observing the forums or specating ingame. Im sure there is many more!
Suggestions
Keep it the same - Keep it how it currently is. There is No issue / No changes to the ingame system / Rules / Forums.
Add a rule / remove the sub forum - Add a forum rule that a warning point will be issued / thread hidden if you post a topic attempting to sell ingame items VIA the forums. - Force the roleplay to take place ingame.
Suggest to the development team to invest there time to develop a online black market Ingame - What do you mean?
Implement a system ingame where you can bid on items / Sell items #BringbackAbay - Add a system that allows the abay market place to be robbed (Abit like the bank to add some risk to using the system)
(Dont know how easy this would be to re implement / possible with arma limitations)
What is my opinion?
I can completely understand why people buy and sell items VIA the forums, as stated above its easy, (Sort of) effortless and basically risk free. However for me it takes away the fun, the risk, the adrenaline and the excitement of experiencing that shaddy roleplay ingame where you have to speak to a dodgy man on the corner of Kavala high street. Then follow him in the hope of not getting caught, taken hostage or robbed. You have to place trust in a player and hope that they don't stab you in the back! For me it adds a whole different aspect to the game and to roleplay!
So in conclusion i believe that selling items VIA The forum’s should be removed, however im sure alot of you would disagree.
What I would like from you?
Your opinions on the matter
Your suggestions - For me to rise at the next staff meeting
To see what the community wants!
So please post below, remember to keep clean and constructive!
Thank you!
JohnJoeegan
EDIT: Vote now! HERE
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