119545-bought-and-sold-my-first-credd-today

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I should rephrase my original post. After rereading It, I realized it sounded like I was specifically thanking Carbine for buying gold rather than the system itself.  (The gold sink boss thing was joke xD)
 
Poor phrasing aside, what I really meant to convey is that I believe it to be an excellent idea and a great way for players to support one another. (Regardless of whether or not gold is the resource that the selling player gets in exchange)	
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			*Thumbs up* Keeping the CREDD market going! 	
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			I enjoy the CREDD system myself because I sub but with a full time job and other obligations I just dont have the time to farm to make as much plat as i need so CREDD is a great way to get the $$$ I need and give back to Carbine and support the game at the same time :)	
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I enjoy the CREDD system myself because I sub but with a full time job and other obligations I just dont have the time to farm to make as much plat as i need so CREDD is a great way to get the $$$ I need and give back to Carbine and support the game at the same time :)
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I was investing in some new gear and the gold sink boss had me on the ropes.
 
... But then I won.
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... You do know that the gold sink boss is designed by the same people who you paid in order to beat it, right? Remind me how this is a good thing?
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			Every CREDD bought is another person who can keep playing Wildstar for another month, nothin wrong with that!	
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I did it because I enjoy the game and support the CREDD system.
 
That's good enough for me. ^^
 
EDIT: Also, I do not take issue with the existence of said gold sink boss but, judging by your tone, this is likely where we differ in opinion. :)
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No, I'm just fine with gold sinks. They're a necessary part of the economy. But when they're set so that a casual paying subscriber can't beat them without buying CREDD, that's a game trying to force subscriptions AND microtransactions on top of a box fee.
 
And that's nothing to celebrate.
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Ah, I see. Apologies for misrepresenting your sentiment.
 
To be fair, I am pretty bad at making gold (in other titles as well). It's not all the games fault in my scenario. xD
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			Thank you for helping keep the game going. You've essentially paid for someones subscription +$5!	
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			The Creed system will likely be copied by other games.  Very clever solution to a number of old MMO issues.	
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Thank you for helping keep the game going. You've essentially paid for someones subscription +$5!
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Not so much. What he really paid for is plat. That's why he talked about using his CREDD to beat the gold sink monster and not the roster boss.
 
Based on what? Carbine's commercial success?
 
CREDD turned the game's management into RMTers and inserted a direct conflict of interest between this game's management and their role in protecting their paying customers from cheaters. It is unambiguously a mechanism for P2W-based game financing and played a major role in the spectacular implosion of PvP in this game only a few months after launch. 
 
Maybe CREDD could be turned into something viable by changing the ways that free players can earn it to things that build the playerbase up rather than tearing it to shreds. But in its current form it's probably the biggest impediment to success that this game has.
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			Rephrased the op to more appropriately reflect what I intended. Didn't realize folks were going to take the gold sink boss thing seriously. XD	
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Wat?
 
CREDD is just the Wildstar version of eve online's very successful PLEX system. On eve online there's very, very little RMT outside of the official system because there's no reason for players not to use it. It is indeed a big success and Carbine didn't invent anything, but IMO made a clever choice. Sure there are bots in wildstar but that's only because very easy content like open world trash can be botted.
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Rephrased the op to more appropriately reflect what I intended. Didn't realize folks were going to take the gold sink boss thing seriously. XD
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 :lol: And yet, it remains the case that what you bought was plat.
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 :D Well, in fairness, it didn't have to be P2W. You might've spent that plat on housing.
 
I know that's where the plat I got from the one and only CREDD I will ever pay cash for in this game went. Yes, I'm vain. I can live with that from the comfort of my Large Aurin House.  ^_^	
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