selling ni stuff for real money

[Malong]

I must say this confuses me ...thats like saying it very hard to find a crime, its not worth the effort. Its like not paying taxes ad hiding them. Yes the country its hidden in must help, but just saying its allowed is not the right way to me

I agree with this completely, plus a lot of what keeps this community alive is the grind to find new gear. If people can just pay to bypass that, whats left for them?

To enjoy the game with the best stuff?

Not everyone in the community found the grind mixed with pure dumb luck being what was keeping it alive.

I'd argue that type of player is in the minority. If you strip away the gear and just look at NI from a game play perspective, the replay value is a bit lacking.

We'll never know what portion of the community this comprises. As a certainty, part of the slow exodus of players over the past three or so years is due to the unrewarding grind (see old threads and feature requests). If someone on the opposite side of the argument bases any such figure on the remainder of the community, it ignores all the players that had previously quit, many of whom left for the exact reason of the unrewarding.

Also, old NI player were selling their items since shortly after the start of the game and never got caught even five years later.