kainsilv wrote:
All the cheating really frustrates me. All the effort and talent that goes into discovering and exploiting loopholes in a world where things don't really matter; if only all that talent and effort could be applied to solving real-world problems instead of creating them.
I want to start by saying i am not defending the practice of gold farmers..
However, to the people you see in game, they are often solving the real world problem of their poverty and famine. The companies that profit from this whole debacle often employ younger kids that have nowhere else to go and give them food and housing in exchange for working 12+ hr shifts farming gold and power leveling. I can't really blame them for taking op the offer and they themselves are being taken advantage of.
Unfortunately, I think it's nearly impossible to stop the individuals who actually run these gaming sweatshops.