[Greymain]

Nice article. I am exactly the sort of guy on paper who would cheat. I have health problems that will slow me down. I am fairly well off and could afford to buy my way to......where??????

What on earth would I do with a capped character and a billion Plat in the bank????

Answer .. nothing I could not join in Raids cos of my lack of class knowledge.
Whats the point of quests and hunting when I can buy anything I want.

I could strut around a bit to show off, but i would face being recognised by players who knew my character as it was being leveled.. I would fear my characters reputation aquired prior to my ownership... If it was a sweatshop job then I would have reputation as a ruthless powerplayer with no friends in the game this would create problems joining a guild.

I played a Korean MMORPG where all these transations happened back in 1999.
We knew all the high level players.

We knew who was rich and who was poor.

I handed my high level character to a guildmate, the event was broadcast to the shard and the change was accepted. 5 level 180 characters that appeared out of nowhere one day ( we thought a sort of corporate day out for friends of the game company) were hounded out of the game.

We the players handled cheats.. we had no CS to support us.

So how come modern day cheats get away with it? Answer lack of community and the real challenge for Sigil or any MMORPG is to create a active and committed sense of community.