SOE’s Station Exchange – The Results of a Year of Trading
Another article of those that were still on my “reading pending” folder.
http://www.gamasutra.com/features/20070207/zenke_01.shtml
I was most surprised at this article because, inadvertedly, I think, SOE executives have been exploring the good side of RMT (Real Money Trading) on terms of gameplay. I suggest the reading of the full extent of the paper, which can be downloaded at the last page of the article.
Anyway, although the implementation of the Station Exchange has saved many players from bothersome grinding, I think that this is an structural problem of MMORPGs common design, and must be solved through a better design at the basis of the genre.
