Minister of Fear [80 Necromancer] @Far Shiverpeaks EU
ANET: Why no trading in-game?
Minister of Fear [80 Necromancer] @Far Shiverpeaks EU
Some may say it’s to protect players from those who would use it to scam them. Others may say that, because the game allows you to exchange in-game gold for gems, it is necessary for ArenaNet to take gold from players in many different ways in order to facilitate the buying of gems with real-world cash (thus funding continued support of the game), and restricting all player-to-player sales to the Trading Post allows ANet to skim the listing/selling fees off the top and remove that coin from the economy. Either way, there have been a ton of suggestions for a traditional trade interface and COD mail, but I have never seen a company response suggesting that they were considering it.
no it’s to help curb spam and inflation. If there was a safe trade system noone would ever use the TP for high value items with the tax
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If you played GW1 you would know numerous scams that came from direct trading . The TP removes any chance of that.