”It’s going to happen whether you like it or not,” said Fraser-Robinson. ”People will always find the path of least resistance, if you stop them buying your gold then they’ll buy that gold from somebody else who is gold farming.”
”If you don’t build that into your system then you’re not going to be able to compete with the gold farmers and that will ruin your in-game economy, which will in turn ruin your game. At the very least having the recognition that virtual economics is a discipline and is a very important integral part to being a virtual world,” he added.
“Take EVE Online for example, they didn’t allow for in game transactions but they did design a very robust economy and they did design that game knowing it’s a problem, and designed it with an awareness of virtual economic conditions.”
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