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Crackers Slam EQ2 Economy

Posted by Zonk on from the that's-what-you-get dept.

Gamespot.com is reporting that third parties are manipulating the currency in EQ2, leading to massive inflation on the Station Exchange. From the article: "The players then began trying to sell the ill-gotten plat on Station Exchange, the official auction exchange for EQ2 weapons, armor, currency, and other virtual goods. 'The amount of money in the game increased by a fifth in about 24 hours,' Kramer said. 'We have a lot of alarms for this kind of thing, and they all went off on Saturday.'" Thanks to some exhaustive data tracking, most of the duped currency was removed from the economy by Sunday.

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  1. Whew by Thrymm · · Score: 1, Funny

    Im glad I dont play MMORPGS anymore, it would be too fustrating to have these economies inflate right about the same time I would be able to scrap together enough plat/gold whatever for X. item I wanted/needed.

  2. So this is cybereconoterrorism? by BlackCobra43 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Wish I could pull THAT off in Scrabble.

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    1. Re:So this is cybereconoterrorism? by Shadow+Wrought · · Score: 5, Funny
      Wish I could pull THAT off in Scrabble.

      All you need is two Ts, an H, and an A;-)
      What you just heard only sounds like a *rimshot*- it's actually the agonized wailing of my karma.

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  3. GG! GJ! W2G!!!! BBQ!! by RenegadeRunner · · Score: 2, Funny

    Props to SOE on their swift action to alleviate the problem.

  4. Oh noes! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    OH MY GOD! I bought stock just last week and its value went down 25 cents yesterday@!@!$ Quick! Who do I sue?!

  5. Duping removed? by nacturation · · Score: 2, Funny

    Thanks to some exhaustive data tracking, most of the duped currency was removed from the economy by Sunday.

    I wish slashdot would employ some of this exhaustive data tracking to its stories.

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