What has pwr lvl'ing got to do with not being 'legit'

[foudre]

@foudre
thanks for your comment BUT this is exactly what is destroying Silkroad

No one cares anymore, why would Joymax care when they run a game that is played by people who don`t give a shit about the game they are playing?

keep the money coming is what matters now

I never said it doesn't annoy me, but i'm too busy actually enjoying the game, doing it the hard way, taking breaks to go jobbing, though i am quite annoyed at always being asked to power lvl people, i must stand out too much or something

I care about bots, i'm annoyed at power lvling but heh, getting mad about it and wasting a bunch of time flaming and trying to stop poeple is just going to subtract my time from other things in the game such as enjoying it,

[Shimère]

The European update was beta tested for weeks on Ksro. If they considered it a bug or exploit of some sort they would have done something about it.

I'd have to totally disagree here and the reason was stated in my previous response.

"Legit" is determined by the Operation Policy, not personally belief, or what someone think JM implies. The Operation Policy is the law in Silkroad. If JM announces tomorrow botting is legal, its "legit."

There too I must disagree, a game where the owners would openly state that cheating is the meat of the game itself, owners would know that people would leave such a game right away as botting is a universal terminology which is already known and accepted as an illegal activity. JM could never make such a statement and not see people leaving altogether.

Botting is illegal soley because JM sees it as a "illegal program", not because you gain exp without doing anything. Someone could make a program that benefits the game in some way, but if JM sees it as being an illegal program, its not "legit."

You are mutating your opinion to your own benefit there. By saying that JM it views it illegal simply because it is third party, is negating the repercussion and the greater definition of cheating. One would have to say that a third party software is used to gain experience which couldn't be gained otherwise.

No matter how you define cheating, it is your definition, and no matter how I define it, it remains mine.

As far as JM itself, the company has proven on many occasions that it soly cares about one issue and one issue only, which is profits.

[tomiotar]

For the morningdew part, I to spoked to a MD and was clearly told that the problem had become too serious on cSRO to let it go on like that and that something would have been worked out before Europe would come out. It wasn't the case, nothing was worked out.

Yes it was work the problem. Before the euro update you could take someone to any place and they were getting more xp of high level mobs without penalties. The first time that ive kill Isu it was because I powerleveling a friend on the ice and she appear close where I was with my friend. My friend was 3x and I was on my late 6x or first 7x and we was on the ice mainly because I was killing the penon really fast, but we tried also the worms and niya archers and the xp was always higher from higher mobs. The solution that Joymax provide to that problem it was putting those penalties so you CAN powerlevel, but not that fast to get you char directly to the cap in a few weeks.

[Twist]

Powerlvling is not smehxy

[Da_Realest]

There too I must disagree, a game where the owners would openly state that cheating is the meat of the game itself, owners would know that people would leave such a game right away as botting is a universal terminology which is already known and accepted as an illegal activity. JM could never make such a statement and not see people leaving altogether.

You are mutating your opinion to your own benefit there. By saying that JM it views it illegal simply because it is third party, is negating the repercussion and the greater definition of cheating. One would have to say that a third party software is used to gain experience which couldn't be gained otherwise.

Bad analogy on my part, but thats not the point. Its not no else's game but JM. They make the rules. Its not cheating in their game unless they say its cheating. I'll go with the Wikipedia definition of cheating.

Cheating in video games is a process whereby a player of a video game creates an advantage beyond the bounds of normal gameplay, usually to make the game easier.

JM has designated what is normal gameplay. They had weeks to address the issue if they felt it was corrupting the way they attended the game to be played. Obviously they felt it wasn't cheating in their game.

No matter how you define cheating, it is your definition, and no matter how I define it, it remains mine.

I didn't define anything. Like I said before, JM defines what is "cheating" in their game, no one else.

[GaiaX]

No offence but there are a lot of definitions concerning being legit. To me and most people, not using a bot or any 3rd party programs to cheat your way in anyway in game is being legit.

Though when you are being powerleveled by a friend or whom ever, that is being lazy and not doing anything. But that is way different than using a bot and or any 3rd party programs.

Also, there is a big difference from powerleveling your own nooby char with your own non botted, hand grinded high level - and being powerleveled from someone eles.

I prefer powerleveling yourself with a respected legit character of your own, than beng powerleveled by anyone eles. Since it is 'more' legit. But either way, there is nothing wrong with any of the powerleveling.

[HakubiNi]

Like someone else told me a long time ago...

"You may train a noob, but he still will be a noob."

You don't train to become a good player, you become one.

...come to think of it it doesn't fit much on powerlvling issues but I like getting help from my friends and helping in return. That way we both climb to the top together, unity stands together.

My friend doesn't bot, he spends his time helping me.
I don't bot, I spend my time helping my friend.

Where is the so-called ilegit here?

Next time someone says in union "Hey I'm full of shield elixires, someone want them for free?" I'll refuse, since I didn't grind for those elixires.

Wait, why am I in a union? Not worth it! Woo, I'll leave it and become a lone wolf for the rest of Silkroad life, because being helped is ilegit. Boo hoo.

[Da_Realest]

Next time someone says in union "Hey I'm full of shield elixires, someone want them for free?" I'll refuse, since I didn't grind for those elixires.

Yea. Their arguments works for and against them. You got those elixirs for free without doing anything. You might as well not be legit since a botter also gets their elixirs for free without doing anything.

A friend gave me some gold to help buy a piece of gear I wanted. I guess I'm not legit because I didn't grind all the gold I needed myself. I might as well have botted to get the gold since either way, I didn't grind for the gold myself.

[the_wicked]

hmm.....lots of good points. Both arguments make a good statement and have legitimate sources......
Let me pose this question, however (while it was posed before)
If you have two computers that will run the client, and you log in your high lvl character and your low level character (both belonging to you) and power level yourself, do you still disagree with it? You aren't using 3rd party programs such as Multi client or a bot, you ARE training for the experience, since both characters are yours and you are hand killing the mobs. Is that "un-legit"?

[tomiotar]

hmm.....lots of good points. Both arguments make a good statement and have legitimate sources......
Let me pose this question, however (while it was posed before)
If you have two computers that will run the client, and you log in your high lvl character and your low level character (both belonging to you) and power level yourself, do you still disagree with it? You aren't using 3rd party programs such as Multi client or a bot, you ARE training for the experience, since both characters are yours and you are hand killing the mobs. Is that "un-legit"?

I hope not beause that is exactly that Im doing ^^.

[HakubiNi]

hmm.....lots of good points. Both arguments make a good statement and have legitimate sources......
Let me pose this question, however (while it was posed before)
If you have two computers that will run the client, and you log in your high lvl character and your low level character (both belonging to you) and power level yourself, do you still disagree with it? You aren't using 3rd party programs such as Multi client or a bot, you ARE training for the experience, since both characters are yours and you are hand killing the mobs. Is that "un-legit"?

If neither characters were ever botted, I suppose it's fine. After all, you're making use of that high level character you already grinded. Joymax doesn't even have policies against people with more than one account (only abusive 6 or more accounts).

[FX]

has anyone been getting p-lvled and a GM appears and says "You are not leveling up by your own doing, please stop or I will ban you. ps. Please buy more silk I need some 20s for my Escallade."
if some1 doesnt get banned for doing it, chances are its legit. its not what u think is right in silkroad, its what joymax thinks. dont like it? log off and find another mmo.

[the_wicked]

has anyone been getting p-lvled and a GM appears and says "You are not leveling up by your own doing, please stop or I will ban you. ps. Please buy more silk I need some 20s for my Escallade."
if some1 doesnt get banned for doing it, chances are its legit. its not what u think is right in silkroad, its what joymax thinks. dont like it? log off and find another mmo.

Just want you to know, the gm's dont even appear for ILLEGAL things LIKE botting.....they dont seem to really care T_T

(still my point remains, either way i'm still going to do it for myself and for ppl in my guild when i have the time, there is nothing wrong with it -.-)

[Vindicator]

Shimère"


Your post is deemed ignorant for the reason you seem to think your opinion is fact, however, it is not always so. And to prove it to you orderly so you can understand it, i will go through your post. starting with your first one. Answers are in bold

Thread like these go nowhere and eventually turn into flame wars because people usually stand on two distant poles here.
that goes without saying on any forums

I already gave my definition of botting and power leveling many times. The point has been made that it is cheating and there is not even a single doubt about that.
here, you try to state your opinion as fact it is NOT cheating, because JM INTENDED it to be this way...Im not going to explain it twice, so my answer is below
But yeah, anyone who likes to cheat will say "Oh, they are jealous.. they can't get pl themselves... they don't have money to be pl... blah blah blah...". All of that is pretty shit argument considering that we can all be PL.
most of the times, that is why people hate plvling, you however seem to be unique, you disillusioned "facts" seem to guide you here.

But yeah, no matter what I say, a cheater will always try to reassure him or herself that they are doing nothing wrong eventhough they are earning experience doing nothing.
once again announcing your cheater bullshit, its not cheating if the makers intend it to be this way

So that this doesn't turn into flaming... I won't post again in this thread as I know it will be totally futile.
you posted again

Well, I did say that I wouldn't post again, but obviously, since, you sir lack of any respect toward me, I feel I must post again.

First of all, people who call other people ignorant are usually themselves ignorant.
stating your opinion as fact is my basis for calling you ignorant

I made a clear, concise, opinion about that fact, and you sir, you had to make it personal. You have to make a personal attack, you cannot attack the opinion itself, no, you must attack the person that makes the opinion and that speaks a lot about who you are.
you seem to confuse opinion from fact a lot. Secondly, if i attacked your personally, you would know hon. perhaps you should base your opinions on real facts next time?

I am rich, I got more than enough money in this game to buy the things I want, thus I could EASILY buy PL services from anyone.
big whoop, who cant, the problem is they get rejected

I have friends, many friends, some higher levels and some lower levels, again, if I wanted to be PL by a friend or a stranger, where exactly that would be impossible?

But no, to try and manage to win your little points there, you had to tell of me that I have either and yet you don't even know me. How exactly ignorant is that anyway?
im assuming you meant neither

I have stated that people who support PL'ing will come up with their own little explanations, this will not be possible to reach an understanding because we stand on two different poles on this issue but I don't have to attack you to make my point.
perhaps you should try some kind of method to make some kind of point. Next time, i advise you to use facts, and not your biased opinion that plvling is cheating

Botting = Gaining exp by not doing anything yourself.
PL = Gaining exp by not doing anything yourself.
ok, in written terms you are write, but in concept, you are wrong. What you are trying to get at here is that plving is just as bad as botting, where in fact you miss the entire point of power lvling. power lvling is a friend or a stranger, helping out another gamer, either for some kind of reward, be it gold, honor points or just a new friend. BOtting is buying a program that will train for you, it violates the TOS, and it is illegal. Power lvling follows the TOS, uses the game system the way the makers, Joymax had intended it, and boost the community, and player levels. People are much more likely to play if they can lvl quickly, and lvling to 40 in an acedmy is a great way to launch people into sro to show them the real game. THus providing a much richer and more diverse gaming environment.
I made that point many times before.
sadly, yes, too many time you tried to call power lvling botting

Also, this statement about "JM blah blah blah made PT share for this blah blah blah". No they didn't, they never intended for this, they never expected this but once the system was designed it was too late because the impact of taking this system out would have been too negative on the entire game.
Here is a golden example where you take your opinion and state it into fact. Im sorry your so confused, but perhaps you didnt read the website, or get emails or anything about LEgend I update, therefore i will inform you. Legend I was intended to bring out European chars, a new party system, new jobing system, and chinese skills from 70-80. It also brought out the guardian system. Now the two major things here that we are concerned with is the party system and the guardianship system. First of all, the guardian system (acedemy) is when a player below lvl 30 will join the acedemy of a higher lvl, 60+. As they train and get exp in the acedemy, they will recieve buffs that can be transfered to the leader for a mutual sp and exp boost for a short duration. Upon graduating from the acedemy, the lvl 40 will receive 50% exp, and they will be off into the world of SRO. Now, to help in this process, JOYMAX CLEARLY STATED ON THE MAIN SITE EXPLAINING LEGEND I ABOUT THE NEW PARTY SYSTEM!!! In a party of 8, party mobs are spawned, and now everyone gets much more exp then before. However, as a restriction against abuse, Joymax implicated the 11 lvl block. Killing monsters 12 lvls or more higher will result in a decrease of experience, and therefore making it useless. THis will prevent a bot from making a new char, going to takla and afking overnight at snipers, to wake up to a lvl 50 character. power lvling was purposely put in so that low lvl have a means for lvling quickly, but to an extent. Had Joymax intended it otherwise, i highly doubt they would have made a page long discussion on it when their main site discussed the implications of LEgend I. If you have further complications with their intent, may you please contact them personally so they can explain it to you, assuming they even respond

No, profiteers made it so they found this loophole, like many times in real life, someone will try to find a flaw in a law to go around it and do something that isn't quite legal but isn't quite illegal also.
You are correct about loopholes and people exploiting them, but contrary to what you said, i would venture that JoyMax does not consider their new party system a loop hole since it works as they stated

The point is, the MAJORITY of the PL that goes on in this game is by BOTTERS.
true or not, thats a totally different argument. plvling by botters is just as bad, but plvling in itself is NOT (opinion, not trying to apss it off as a fact)

The point is, the MAJORITY of the exp gained this way is made by people who are ARE NOT at their computers.
And? you dont need to always sit at your computer watching you exp go up...Just because your getting plvled doesnt mean you cant go grab some good, take a piss or do something for a little bit

So yes, many of you guys will try and reason that they are different degrees of acceptable to unacceptable PL'ing.
because there are IMO (notice, i will not my opinion different from fact, try it ^^)

To me, there's only 1 degree, it's unacceptable.
theres an opinion, and its clear, gj

But I don't have to attack any one of you guys to make my point, I believe that is highly offensive to call people ignorant and I will ask you to refrain from this because the next time I will send a complaint to a forum moderator.
I'm sorry if you detest being called ignorant, but please next time do not try to impose your opinions on other people and say they are the law of the land

Please, state your opinion without attacking the person, attack the opinion itself next time.
please state your opinion, and not your opinion as fact, and we wouldnt have to be doing this

Thank you.
Thank you.

[Fuhito]

Power Leveling to keep up with your guild/friends? Not so ghey.
Hardly hand grinding and relying on power leveling? Ghey.

It don't matter anyway legit or not. The people who get power lvled won't have any money, won't have good gear from drops, and will only increase the number of people who slam 1,2,3,4 to PVP as they idle in one spot.

[the_wicked]

While that is true for newbies, experienced players who powerlvl their own chars will know what to do.
Like i am powerlvling myself a hybrid spear nuker, of which i have already worked out pvp strategy in my head, so i know what ill be doing
Plus i already have gold on my main char, of which i will use to fund my new one ^.^

[Vindicator]

Power Leveling to keep up with your guild/friends? Not so ghey.
Hardly hand grinding and relying on power leveling? Ghey.

It don't matter anyway legit or not. The people who get power lvled won't have any money, won't have good gear from drops, and will only increase the number of people who slam 1,2,3,4 to PVP as they idle in one spot.

precicely, so i suggest everyone stops caringbecause we can all hope they they are noob since they havent touched a real mob since lvl 1.

A question though, what about plvling yourself?

[Barotix]

botting and pwrlvling lol.
hmm same logic eh? [unless your pwrlvling yourself]
[]=main
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i will argue for and against myself

your probadly saying NOOO boting bad pwrlvl good.
its good because its in every mmo
[its in all mmos]
(lol so is botting)
[its great ^^]
(whats so great about it?, unless you pwrlvl yourself, your just as lazy as a botter)
[k i will pwrlvl myself]
(good so am I LOL)

but botting is in every mmo oO
[yeah and? its still wrong]
(why is it wrong same concept as pwrlvl? get everything without doing jack right??)
[no different concept you get everything without doing jack BUT you are allowed 2 do it loopholes FTW!!]
(so what your saying is if JM allowed botting or blizzard you would do it?)
[no um... ]
(you just pwned yourself)
[insert hypocrisy here]

and its the same concept oO
[well ok i guess you cant argue against that]
(ok fine w/e)

but its bad oO
[hell yeah its bad, gold botters ruin the game]
(exactly gold botters ruin the game, player bots are just lazy idiots who cant handle the game, PS 3 hours aint shit)
[player bots crowd the server 99% bot lvl 1 - 80 n00b!!!111one1one]
(wrong again, player bots are uncommon at low lvls, not until you enter 50 - 64 will you find those people who have given up, and cant take it anymore. or maybe cant afford silk, also its not many, as a matter of fact its the gold botters who crowd servers)
[i see player bot with name ASDASD ks ea other at mangyangs]
(asdasd?? different variations ksing ea other LOL ROFL your funny, those are gold bots)

same logic ... but different point of view oO
for those of you people who are slow im saying, well heres a scenario take it how you want

5 people stuck on a train track, a train is going 2 hit them. if you flip a switch you change the trains direction, BUT 1 person is stuck in the direction the train is heading. you have no time 2 save all 6.

so sacrafice 1 for 5 or none at all?

ok heres the scenario again BUT slightly different

5 people stuck on a train track, a train is going to hit them, you can save them BUT this time you have to push a large person onto the track

save 5 sacrafice 1 again... or live with the guilt of doing nothing...

OK OK maybe those are unrealistic.

but same concept.

meh IDC
i pwn myself cause, the guild im in is gonna start a pwrlvl network soon
hypocrisy ftw??

[shoto]

threads like these become flame wars because of ignorant posts like yours

Clearly you never got plvled and despise people who do because you cant do because your too poor, or have no friends to do it. Plvling is a part of the game, thats fact. Its 100% legal, thats a fact. JM intended it to be like that, thats a fact. Its also a fact, that YOU FAIL!

Well, I did say that I wouldn't post again, but obviously, since, you sir lack of any respect toward me, I feel I must post again.

First of all, people who call other people ignorant are usually themselves ignorant.

I made a clear, concise, opinion about that fact, and you sir, you had to make it personal. You have to make a personal attack, you cannot attack the opinion itself, no, you must attack the person that makes the opinion and that speaks a lot about who you are.

I am rich, I got more than enough money in this game to buy the things I want, thus I could EASILY buy PL services from anyone.

I have friends, many friends, some higher levels and some lower levels, again, if I wanted to be PL by a friend or a stranger, where exactly that would be impossible?

But no, to try and manage to win your little points there, you had to tell of me that I have either and yet you don't even know me. How exactly ignorant is that anyway?

I have stated that people who support PL'ing will come up with their own little explanations, this will not be possible to reach an understanding because we stand on two different poles on this issue but I don't have to attack you to make my point.

Botting = Gaining exp by not doing anything yourself.
PL = Gaining exp by not doing anything yourself.

I made that point many times before.

Also, this statement about "JM blah blah blah made PT share for this blah blah blah". No they didn't, they never intended for this, they never expected this but once the system was designed it was too late because the impact of taking this system out would have been too negative on the entire game.

No, profiteers made it so they found this loophole, like many times in real life, someone will try to find a flaw in a law to go around it and do something that isn't quite legal but isn't quite illegal also.

The point is, the MAJORITY of the PL that goes on in this game is by BOTTERS.

The point is, the MAJORITY of the exp gained this way is made by people who are ARE NOT at their computers.

So yes, many of you guys will try and reason that they are different degrees of acceptable to unacceptable PL'ing.

To me, there's only 1 degree, it's unacceptable.

But I don't have to attack any one of you guys to make my point, I believe that is highly offensive to call people ignorant and I will ask you to refrain from this because the next time I will send a complaint to a forum moderator.

Please, state your opinion without attacking the person, attack the opinion itself next time.

Thank you.

so i won't flame you i'll only say the you are absolutely wrong. Just because you don't like it doesn't mean its unacceptable... the fact that you impose with your word on other people your feelings shows that you are the condescending one.. fine its ok if it is unacceptable to you but when you post about it and accuse people of cheating then YOU MAKE IT PERSONAL... so top feeling high and mighty... if you don't like p'ling its your business but if i do then you should leave it at that.

[Aiyas]

Bad analogy on my part, but thats not the point. Its not no else's game but JM. They make the rules. Its not cheating in their game unless they say its cheating. I'll go with the Wikipedia definition of cheating.

Cheating in video games is a process whereby a player of a video game creates an advantage beyond the bounds of normal gameplay, usually to make the game easier.

JM has designated what is normal gameplay. They had weeks to address the issue if they felt it was corrupting the way they attended the game to be played. Obviously they felt it wasn't cheating in their game.

Well said, and I completely agree.

[XemnasXD]

I wouldn't have a problem with it except the only ppl that can power lvl you are high lvls....and 95% of the 60+ on the new servers aren't legit....so now not only do i get my ass handed to me by botters but i get my ass handed to me by their friends, acquaintances, causal buddies, aunt, uncles, grandparents, etc...

its ends up increasing the gap between legits and non legits because basiclly if your not a botter or a friend with a botter then your doomed to be ownd by both...

[HakubiNi]

I wouldn't have a problem with it except the only ppl that can power lvl you are high lvls....and 95% of the 60+ on the new servers aren't legit....so now not only do i get my ass handed to me by botters but i get my ass handed to me by their friends, acquaintances, causal buddies, aunt, uncles, grandparents, etc...

its ends up increasing the gap between legits and non legits because basiclly if your not a botter or a friend with a botter then your doomed to be ownd by both...

Yes, that comes to the point... Powerleveling done by a bot is no different from a botting character. But powerleveling made by a legit is legit.

In the end, the problem isn't the system, it's the rotten community.

[XemnasXD]

I wouldn't have a problem with it except the only ppl that can power lvl you are high lvls....and 95% of the 60+ on the new servers aren't legit....so now not only do i get my ass handed to me by botters but i get my ass handed to me by their friends, acquaintances, causal buddies, aunt, uncles, grandparents, etc...

its ends up increasing the gap between legits and non legits because basiclly if your not a botter or a friend with a botter then your doomed to be ownd by both...

Yes, that comes to the point... Powerleveling done by a bot is no different from a botting character. But powerleveling made by a legit is legit.

In the end, the problem isn't the system, it's the rotten community.

hit the nail on the head

[[AoW]ForLife]

Agree with HakubiNi and Da_Realest. They've said just about everything that's come to my mind. Also, if a legit person buys sosun that wouldn't have been dropped without a bot, they are still legit. Powerleveling done by legits is legit. Whether the CONCEPT of powerlvling was a wise one...especially with iSRO in particular... it's still legit.

[BuddahBless]

....so now not only do i get my ass handed to me by botters but i get my ass handed to me by their friends, acquaintances, causal buddies, aunt, uncles, grandparents, etc...

It's a circle of ownage. O_o

[dhevskie]

i have no idea

[the_wicked]

It's all being over-analyzed. To be honest, i dont think a character should be 100% pwrlvled to 60+, but i don't think getting powerlvled (by someone who is NOT botting) every once in a while, or a boost from like 31-32 or 41-42 is wrong at all.

And powerlvling yourself (without a multiclient, since its a third party program) is good no matter what =P

[Cruor]

In my book, powerleveling is an exploit. Wikipedia agrees.

Power Leveling - Some games give characters a portion of the experience any member of their "party" earns, whether or not they personally had a hand in killing the monster. Power leveling is associating with high level characters to benefit from their experience, allowing the character to obtain a higher level much faster than he could on his own. Usually this is done with the higher-level characters' consent. Although not an "exploit", some users consider paid power leveling a damaging exploit, as it gives users who simply pay to have their character taken to a high level an unfair advantage. Accounts have been suspended over power leveling due to some game designers "no account sharing" policy.

But I guess I am also a 'sploiter.

Data Mining - This is typically most common around the time that a patch is released on the public test realm. Players will try to access files not yet in game and then host them on websites to expose content not yet released (usually new zones, items, and graphics).

Anyway, whether or not you consider exploiting the game to be legitimate behavior or not is up to you, but consider that gold duping/gold buying/account selling is also in the realm of exploits.

[Maxen]

Basically, there is a diffrence between people who got powerleveled and people who actually worked to level up their character. Granted, powerleveling doesn't violate the ToS in any way, but you need to realize that people who get powerleveled are missing the whole point of euro.
isn't euro for the party play, where you are supposed to be in a 8 person party, and everyone has a specific job of what they have to do and you all work together? Euros get powerleveled to 64+ and end up grinding solo, get to 80 and just pvp, missing the whole point of the euro based game. You have to realize, that you can compare powerlevelers to botters. Botters do nothing to get their levels, powerlevelers just sit on a horse and trace a character who does their work for them, involving no work for the euro char.
And no, i'm not one of those people who are jealous of people who get powerleveled, I could very well myself, but I'd rather enjoy party play.

can't believe no one even replied to this, mosiac already nailed it on the head with what is wrong with powerleveling.

and on top of this if joymax really sat down and did the working out how much money there losing due to people not needing: gold/silver tickets,premium tickets,sp tickets, bunnys/clocks etc. i'm sure they'd put an end to it...but hey who's going mention this when there happy enough reaping the easy life of getting powerleveled?

(powerleveling is the same principle as using "god mode" in a singleplayer game , you advance so fast without a fight you fail to see the fun in the game.)

[HakubiNi]

In my book, powerleveling is an exploit. Wikipedia agrees.

Power Leveling - Some games give characters a portion of the experience any member of their "party" earns, whether or not they personally had a hand in killing the monster. Power leveling is associating with high level characters to benefit from their experience, allowing the character to obtain a higher level much faster than he could on his own. Usually this is done with the higher-level characters' consent. Although not an "exploit", some users consider paid power leveling a damaging exploit, as it gives users who simply pay to have their character taken to a high level an unfair advantage. Accounts have been suspended over power leveling due to some game designers "no account sharing" policy.

It's the company powerleveling it refers to. Or I didn't read that right.