I think it's ultimately a moot point. It's been over a year since that skin had any real status associated with it. Back when it was a rare thing to see, groups simply weren't selling them because they werent able to carry someone that could not contribute. You did hear of a few early sales for 7 figures, or the hilarious videos of some PVP streamers like Fengrush (who can certainly handle himself in PVE) being carried through, but it was not widespread.

Now everyone and their mom can get the skin with a little effort. Good groups can certainly 10 man that place and have 2 people twiddling their thumbs in the corner. If they want to divide a few hundred K between 10 people, I really could care less.

BlazingDynamo wrote: »

vHoF are now being sold for 6mil on PS4 NA. Sweet deal.

Lawl.

MMOs rely on an active economy in order to remain viable...and providing services as well as goods is an essential part of the economy.

I have made millions off armor sales. I am good at buying mats, making desirable sets, then listing and selling them. My profits are above the cost I've put into the items...obviously...and I set them at a level I find reasonable, but not gouging. I profit about $2k per piece...which is pretty slim on c160 purple gear considering the cost that goes into it.

The way an economy works, if i price too high others will step in to offer the same thing for cheaper, forcing me to drop prices or leave the market. If it's too low, I'm supposed to be clever enough to figure that out and raise prices. The rarity of my good/service in relation to demand dictate the prices.

Carries are no different. A service is being provided that has a value to the buyer, and sellers are free to set prices and compete. Where one might lodge a complaint is that there's no official storefront, so it's hard for a customer to shop. But we have the forums, other websites, text chat, guilds...so a customer isn't completely blacked out.

One issue is that if ZOS tried to regulate the behavior by prohibiting it, economics and history tell us that things would get much, much worse for the customer. Right now if someone price gouges, others can step in and offer a lower price. If the item was prohibited...think a commodity like illegal drugs...the good moves to a black market where there's no competition, no regulation, and prices skyrocket. You'd go from open exchanges to things like people being asked to deposit $5 million in shady guild bank / bot toons that could disappear on the customer.

The carries are fair business practice, and whether overpriced or not there's no ethical argument against them. We ask thing question about items for sale in the real world all the time, and I can't find a case where the reasons we choose to prohibit a real world item would apply to this behavior. There are no digital STDs, so carry prostitution is a-okay, lol.

Its called "Mercenary Service" and this one proudly sell his on PC/EU, if you not good enough, you can pay someone to do your ***, the only thing that matters...is the price, tougher jobs higher prices...crappy jobs lower cost, you need, we provide. Mercs4Life