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great idea!

it would make all the multiing im doing even easier!

props to that

No. More accounts would mean more efforts for merges and to keep them.

You should not buy account, just take them from someone.

So, why pay GF for something that you should have free?

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great idea!

it would make all the multiing im doing even easier!

props to that

Bad Jordi, don't multi or I'll Red Sparrow you.

Or even better, create a legal marketplace for accounts, where players could buy/sell accounts legally (we all know it's happening anyway) and take 10% for GF.

The account is mine, I can do whatever the hell I want with it, aside from cheating or hacking.

I'm still waiting for a reason for why GF doesn't allow accounts to be sold, when they can never know if an account was bought or not... And again, because the work put into the account wasn't theirs... And the account being sold means it will be played on, which is good for them anyway.

It's probably what I will do when I get tired of this game....

I don't think they can sell accounts for legal reasons. I remember reading something way back (maybe 7-8 years ago) about things like that being a violation of German law.

Yep. A lot of game companies have to pretend that their digital goods have zero real value (for example due to gambling laws).

This is not doable, there is a "contract" between the person that registers an account and Gameforge.

Although it is a good idea, we would basically "steal" the person who created the account in first place. It would just be illegal.

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Duplicating the account and creating GF e-mail to hold the record. Support would hold the gifting code for it.

But something has to limit/track these "purchases" - and there has to be some sort of drawback to this idea - When the player takes over the account it should be randomly placed in the galaxy, and perhaps 1-2 relocation allotted.

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But to settle, maybe help motivate people to play more - perhaps coming up with a Scenario for accounts that go inactive (both with and without dark matter) Keeping accounts alive as long as a player 'purchases' it within a certain amount of time.

Accounts that go (I) will go on the new market place that display 'Empire' layout for players to view so they can purchase with DM for the amount of cost for and or the resources it would cost instead of using DM-30 days at a time- Limit one account per player every 30-days. And the player could no longer purchase that player account again. (also randomizing the time on the date the time is up so there is fairness of new person taking over in the market)

The player would have control of the planets but wouldn't be able to improve them. Fleets can sit and go in and out to collect or protect producing resources- planet and moon. No solar sats - def - ships etc. Buildings working and having resource production only. Limit one account per 30-days per player.

If/When the owner/player returns - Scenario

"Your Empire has fallen!

The Empire of [Player name] has raided your Empire. Your return has motivated the resistance movement and they have drawn out all of the enemies.

The enemies have plundered all resources, ships and components. So you will have to rebuild.

You now have full control of your Empire."

If a player returns during the 30-days from a player purchase, all ships - resources - are delivered to the home planet of the player, to 'Collect' when he returns online with a return message that the empire was lost. That way any sitting fleet - resources - etc. are returned to the player. ALSO components [being items] all go to the player that had his 30-day interrupted (if the inactive player has any he purchased with resources in-game)..

If anyone is interested in more about this I can write you a book on idea of its setup exactly.... lol

Buy account is a terrible idea

Because it's a contract. They can't change laws to make the game more playable.

If it's the law... it's the law, GF can't do anything about it and we can't force them to.

It' would be like your neighbor selling your house while you live in it even if the neighbor is only hired to watch you're home while you went out of town.

even though the content and basic substance is owned buy GF when any player opens an account. and agrees to the T+C GF is also agreeing to the T+C and any developement of the account is considered the account holder and operators property on an intellectual level so if GF sold an account previously owned buy any single player it is theft of said intellectual property. because GF did not build it that way the account was handed over as a blank slate. for the player to build.

so what if a player who quits gives the right to their account back to GF? not all accounts would be given back but a fair amount might be and GF would control 100% of the account if contractual then surely the contract can be changed to suit both parties ?

or change the T&Cs they are not law and not bound by law of any country

im no lawyer but surely somebody here knows a lawyer who could look into this and GF surely has a legal team who could look into this kind of idea i like the idea if it keeps accounts playable and unis alive then why not

i know GF open unis every month or two simply because they make a ton of money from DM at the start of a uni in comparison to mid-late stage unis but if they had another way to make money then they should be open to the idea and should have their legal team look into it