Binnenkort een officiële EverQuest II marktplaats
Op de EQ II site is een bericht van John Smedley, President van Sony Online Entertainment te lezen waarom deze beslissing is genomen. Een korte greep uit de tekst:
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Starting in late June, SOE will begin offering a new service called Station Exchange. This secure service will allow EverQuest II players on specific servers to buy and sell the right to use items, coin and characters. To be clear, all we are doing is facilitating these transactions. We are NOT in the business of selling virtual goods ourselves.It's obvious that a large percentage of our players either don't mind this activity or actively participate in it.
Dealing with fraudulent transactions of one type or another takes up roughly 40% of our customer service people's time.
We see this as a potentially interesting model for future games. If we came up with a game specifically designed around these sorts of transactions, it might be pretty cool. Online gaming is always evolving, and we’re going to see how a sanctioned exchange service shakes out in EQII. From our perspective, it's always wise to keep pushing the envelope.
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Station Exchange
Gebaseerd op polls en onderzoeken kan later iedere EQ II gamer voor zichzelf beslissen of hij/zij de "Exchange enabled" status krijgt. Overigens is farming is nog steeds niet toegestaan. De website van Station Exchange is hier te vinden.