I just thought I'd add that a few months ago on my lowbie alt on zek, I mentioned in the bazaar that buying accounts was bannable and a violation of the eula, during a discussion about the pros of ebaying and plat purchases.
It caused a firestorm of comments about how "they won't ban you" and "everybody does it" types of statements from an apparently, very large and active ebay-mentality cuture that (still) exists there.
From june of '04 to nov. '05, I left EQ because sony wasn't doing anything about this. Nowadays, I mainly just play for my own sake and try not to think about what other folks are doing. I like to sorta pretend that buying of accounts and the like is still getting people banned, but I honestly have no idea what SOE is doing about it.
I've run into some higher level types over the years that I suspected of ebaying because they were lost in common zones and asking very dumb questions, but there's no way I could ever prove anything.
But morally, yeah it's wrong obviously, because it's cheating. The rich kids with mommy's credit card get unfair advantages over the working-class kids? I see enough of that in real life - I don't need it in-game.
Just my 2 cents.
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My Rathe / Prexus characters:
Bigbronze Bloodyaxe, 62 Ogre Berserker
Verbeeg Bearfang, 62 Ogre Beastlord
Glabrezu Spiritcaller, 62 Ogre Shaman
Zirumkin Zenomorph, 62 Gnome Wizard
Korgulon Soulwraith, 76 Ogre Shadowknight <Shining Alliance>
Incarnadine Summoner, 65 Drakkin Magician
Bristlebane characters:
Zalkahriz Ebonscale, 64 Iksar Necromancer
Gnomorre Gniceguy, 55 Gnome Rogue
Whytfire Lonewolf, 55 Woodelf Ranger