Well, if the game forces players to play a way that they don't want to, who wins that? Huh?
Then you find another way to accomplish the same goal. This is no different than someone that doesn't want to craft and work the bod system to get runics, yet no one seems to have a problem with earning gold to buy them or runic crafted gear. What's ridiculous are the arguments against actually playing the game to get what you want, in one way or another, instead of using hypocritical arguments on Stratics to try and prove a point. Hypocrites never prosper.
In case you've missed it, I've pretty often complained also about the runic situation. That falls into the lap of "powergamers" who dominate UO, just as the Powergamer PKers who have all the niceties of items to dominate in PvP. Trades in UO have suffered, and only the few prosper. The few powergamers who have the time, or the scripts, to spend on a very time consuming system. Outside Luna and the immediate area, there are few player vendors left. It's nothing like it used to be, where almost all players had vendors and the UO economy thrived between
all players.
I've also complained about the extremes of power differential that came with items. This affects both the PvP and Trade skills.
All of this,
ALL of it, affects how new players accept or not playing UO farther. It's bad business in a Sandbox game. It separates players, every bit as much as the level grinds like EQ and WoW. And that's
BAD !
And still, there's you "elite" UO players who don't want to give up your status as, you know, "elite". Your godalmighty "I'm special in a MMO" position. Then there's still others, judging by the amounts of UO gold and items for sale on the internet, who have
that reason for wanting to continue this status system.
And all while UO suffers because of it. You people, you don't care about the game. You care about yourselves. And I'm Fing tired of it. The greatest game there ever was, and you people want to see it continue to suffer, for your own "glory", or money, or whatever. Your own goddamn greed.
P.S. And it's funny, Connor_Graham, that you should have forgotten that I've complained about all these situations many times in the past. Funny, because
you are always there to argue with me about it. Always.