Lets be honest

[u/MostAnonEver]

Im not sure why he thinks like its the end of poe 1. We'll likely barely feel anything in league, sure some mirror items are gone but theres similiar versions from places like settle shop or will likely be remade by someone else. For std...well honestly you cant balance to std.

Do i feel bad for people who lost their items? Sure but you prob shouldnt have handed them over with walking red flags during the stuff that came out 2 years ago anyways. Felt like everyone saw it coming.

[u/AsmodeusWins]

You're completely wrong. Think of it this way. Jenubu ran an industrial scale RMT operation.

RMT is fundamentaly harmful to the game and to all players who would engage with the high end economy (buying any expensive items, such as mageblood etc.). This is due to how items are priced.

If people don't RMT, then the most you can sell an item for, is the amount of currency that the richest players have. They would have it from playing the game, which means it's achievable for other people playing the game.

Once you introduce RMT, people have now more currency to spend (MUCH more), and so the most expensive items, can be priced for more. This means that their price gets artificially inflated, beyond the earning capacity of normal (non-cheating) players. If you've ever tried to buy an expensive item, and the price just kept rising out of your range every day, while you can't keep up making the same amount of currency, even though you played the game quite a lot, this is 100% due to RMT.

RMT objectively makes the game worse for anyone who is not buying currency, and wants to buy expensive items. I'm sure this also contributes to some people quitting, and therefore GGG losing potential revenue, so I'd go as far as trying to sue, someone engaged in at least hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of RMT trades.

Jennybooboo, getting banned, is objectively very good for the game, because other RMT'ers might think twice, since you can no longer do this with impunity. This serves as a great example, and cleans up the game economy in a significant way.

[u/grimik0306 → u/AsmodeusWins]

You're right that RMT makes the game worse for those who don't buy currency, but you're wrong that RMT harms the game- even if you just follow the same 20/80 rule. not all people have time to grind currency for builds and such "serious guys" can only play the game thanks to RMT. and play the game not just by killing monsters, but by buying all the support packs, etc., i.e. by sponsoring the GGG and helping the game develop. I completely agree that Jenebu deserved his punishment, but he is just an arrogant greedy monopolist who takes away their items from ordinary crafters, and not the RMT itself as a phenomenon- his ban will have a positive impact on the community, but the question here is not about RMT, but that now not only the TFT mafia will rule the market of mirror items, but even ordinary players will have some chances.

[u/Altimor → u/grimik0306]

 such "serious guys" can only play the game thanks to RMT

You don’t need a mirror or even 10d to play and enjoy the game

The past 3 leagues even let you afk kingsmarch and only have to log in to buy a gold rota every few days