[Poruku]

It's not like new makes will simply get kitted out and not add anything into the economy. They still need to grind for xp at the very least and probably reach level 60, at which point all they need is gear in order to be minmaxed. Therein lies the issue of just needing more money and some specific items. The crafting part, sure. I can see the argument for having different crafting professions. But specific build-making items? It's honestly a pain in the ass sometimes and ultimately the real barrier there is time and money. You're either grinding for gold, or doing something like cutting trees which is quite a pain. Finding common items for your build isn't really hard if you look around. The real concern here is crafting.

I would say to that, the only part of this that would truly affect the economy is the trading of craftable goods such as potions. If that is such a concern I say at least murai and equipment should be tradeable.

I don't see what the concern is with powergaming. Who cares if a new character gets good gear quickly? That's already a thing that happens with repurposing. All it does is allow someone to skip grind. And I don't like grinding, I already did it dozens of time. I'm tired, boss.

I also don't think it would really affect the trading scene that much beyond reducing the amount of trading post posts about random items... Is that really such an important part of the game? I just don't want to spend all this time money and effort upgrading all these items and then seeing that work go to waste when I make a new alt to focus on. And even if it's such a big issue, I would say it's a fair price to pay. I don't enjoy trading items with other players that much. It's honestly a pain most of the time and not that satisfying.

You post on trading post. Maybe someone responds quickly, maybe in 2 days, maybe not at all and you need to repost somewhere else or cry.

Then you get a dm, ok great. Discuss price maybe, and meeting place.

Meet somewhere, make a trade.

Alright great, thanks. Maybe that's an rp hook but in most cases not really, and we go on our merry way.

Is this such a precious part of the game that it warrants making alting such a painful waste of time? Trading is fun in some games, but honestly in SL2 it's mostly just about knowing a guy or getting lucky then going somewhere for a trade that's almost ooc. Being a merchant can be fun flavor, being a crafter is really cool... But it's not like this would remove that aspect of the game. It's not like having this ability would mean I don't need to trade with people, it would just allow me to save some time.

If nothing else, murai should be possible to transfer. Grinding for money is the worst part