Thread: Turbine coins!

Hi, must be on game turbine coins so you can trade for turbine points.
like:
- I want to buy dragon scales but i dont have much gold. So i wish to buy from another player with TP.
I cant trade TP with him, ok i can transfer TP, but i need information about his account and its not a secure trade if you dont know him.

- I want to make a RP event and i want to reward with TP...

At Turbine store should be an iten as turbine coin if i have 3000 TP i get 3000 coins and i can change in game.
Other player just right click and get 3000 TP...

Clickable items that bestow Turbine Points are already available, they're just very rare. I don't think they actually ever drop in-game.

Once in a while, someone will win them from the myLOTRO lotteries. They're securely tradeable and can even be placed on the auction house. (I sold a 100 TP token that way recently.) We also use these tokens on the Bullroarer test server (in significantly larger denominations) to load up test accounts with "fake" TP to test out new features in the LOTRO Store there.

I think rather than selling exchangeable Turbine Points tokens in the store, Turbine would be more likely to sell the actual item you want to trade it for. That way, Turbine remains in full control of the real cash economy of the game.

Players who wish to use Turbine Points as rewards for in-game events typically buy gift cards and send the code to the winner. That's why they're called gift cards. They're not intended (or probably even allowed, strictly speaking) to be resold or traded in consideration of something else of value in-game.

The only coinage I've ever heard of that bestows Turbine Points is the real-world kind. Dollars, euros, et cetera.

Turbine does not wish to facilitate RMT transactions in violation of the CoC/EULA; Work out something you can give them in-game instead. .. Or suggest that Turbine sell the item itself in the store. If its likely to make them more money than they'll lose, they'll probably give it a go.

/unsigned. The economy needs to stay on one common currency if its going to remain viable. What you're suggesting would create a two-tier economy...low tier stuff for gold, but high-tier stuff people would only sell for TP.

Considering TP is supposed to = real $$$, thats horribly exclusionary, especially for new players. You're essentially going to end up forcing people to buy from each other with real money, and thats not an in-game economy.

Originally Posted by Kafta

Hi, must be on game turbine coins so you can trade for turbine points.
like:
- I want to buy dragon scales but i dont have much gold. So i wish to buy from another player with TP.
I cant trade TP with him, ok i can transfer TP, but i need information about his account and its not a secure trade if you dont know him.

- I want to make a RP event and i want to reward with TP...

At Turbine store should be an iten as turbine coin if i have 3000 TP i get 3000 coins and i can change in game.
Other player just right click and get 3000 TP...

You already have this capability. Buy a Turbine Point card. Talk to a wealthy player. I give you the key code for 200 gold.

I am not really keen on having this functionality built in to the game because of account compromises. It would suck for me to find some one got access to my account. Gave away all my Turbine Points. Went and bought more Turbine Points with my stored credit card. Transferred them out.

The costs of compensation for compromised accounts are not going to be cheap for Turbine. People are going to demand their Turbine Points and dollars back. If Turbine says no, Turbine going to get hit a bunch of charge reversals. Turbine has to pay for the reversals. Turbine has to decide - perman ban the accounts. Deal all the unpleasantness - like no more dollars ever from the affected customer.

I do not really see the economic benefit to Turbine for offering this kind of feature.