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For the past month, me and im sure quite a few people here have been playing SoD, something i have noticed that i would really like to see intrepid fix in AoC is the vast number of GDKPS's that run and for most people really ruin the experience,
for anyone that is unaware a GDKP is when you use in game currency (gold ) in this case to buy items that drop from raids,

this by its self is not a terrible system but what it promotes is, it highly promotes RMT trading, and makes it almost pointless to farm gold in game, it also takes away a group aspect from the game and any real joy of winning loot with your friends/guild as you can just buy every item,

intrepid have taken a hard stance on RMT saying there will be no pay to win i would love to see what they do to counter bots as bots running rampid is the fastest way to kill a game in my opinion, whats everyones thoughts on this issue? and if you have had any experiences with GDKP/bots please leave a comment
3 months ago - Vaknar - Direct link
I've been loving SoD. I saw on the official WoW forums this same topic being discussed the other day.

Interestingly, I saw some conversations about server culture specifically regarding GDKP. Players were reporting vastly different behaviors depending on which SoD server you were on! I'm not sure I ever saw GDKP on the server I'm on when I was hunting for a guild. This is of course just an anecdote.

I found this interesting since perhaps the only real difference between servers in that game is players. The content itself is largely the same. In a game like Ashes of Creation, not only will the players and player culture vary, but the content too could vary.