They will probably disallow the powerleveling services that charge X amount to play your character for you and get levels.
What you will likely see, however, is the same groups that do this now, start a new character, build it up to level X, and then sell off that character.
The description of character sale that Sony gives is that the character simply moves from the character select list the seller's account, to that of the buyer.
No more having to sell the whole account, now the powerlevelers can PL one character, put it up for sale and while it's waiting to be sold, already be PL'ing another character on the same account.
As someone who has played EverQuest and EverQuest II, I can assure you that this practice has already thrived for a long time through unofficial "underground" means.
I believe that by offering an official means through which players can do this, and limiting this service to specific servers, should result in the players who deal in this arena and want to deal in this arena moving to these servers, and removing the behaviour from the other servers, ultimately reducing the impact of it on those of us who don't want it done.
I am glad that Sony is doing this as in the long run I think this is the only true way to be successful in stopping the underground item/currency sale black market.
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What you will likely see, however, is the same groups that do this now, start a new character, build it up to level X, and then sell off that character.
The description of character sale that Sony gives is that the character simply moves from the character select list the seller's account, to that of the buyer.
No more having to sell the whole account, now the powerlevelers can PL one character, put it up for sale and while it's waiting to be sold, already be PL'ing another character on the same account.
As someone who has played EverQuest and EverQuest II, I can assure you that this practice has already thrived for a long time through unofficial "underground" means. I believe that by offering an official means through which players can do this, and limiting this service to specific servers, should result in the players who deal in this arena and want to deal in this arena moving to these servers, and removing the behaviour from the other servers, ultimately reducing the impact of it on those of us who don't want it done. I am glad that Sony is doing this as in the long run I think this is the only true way to be successful in stopping the underground item/currency sale black market.