2009-01-23, 04:29 PM
Findings Wrote:You are wrong. In servers with low population the change in the game since leeching came about is obvious. Arch Mages/Bishops will not train with non leechers. Non-ultimate classes will not train, period. People that play the game have very few people to play with because training or putting any effort into the game is looked down upon. It has vastly diminished the experience of the game since training is pretty much the entire game.
Hacking and leeching both ruin the game for people that play correctly. I don't think one is worse than the other and it's not something you can really compare, but I do know that leeching has had much more of a widespread negative effect on the entire community in Mardia than hacking ever has.
Quoted for Absolute Truth. My experiences in Demethos have been this in a nutshell. I mean, there's a reason why, even after a hefty round of hacker banning, the top players are by a wide margin, bishops. I have been in three different guilds, all decent, active, good people... and all of the leaders of said guilds buy leech. In massive quantities. I sorta went on my high horse at our guild meeting last night, after our leader confessed to having had purchased leech from some illegit people (including getting his zhelm for free from a known hacker) and he promised to go legit from now on. Well, long story short my little rant on the joys of leveling up yourself was met with a lot of eyerolling and just... "Oh, it figures a White Knight would say that..." I don't care, I'd say it regardless of what class I played.
All it does it tell new players that no one actually PLAYS the game... or they train until they reach a level they can "train" at. :\ It DOES hurt the game, economically, and it sorta diminishes the spirit of playing an MMORPG.