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Aion developer NCsoft and Rooster Teeth have teamed up to educate massively multiplayer online game players about the dangerous of mafia-run power-levelling operations that probably don’t exist.
Despite my snobby gamer attitude, I really don’t have strong convictions regarding power leveling. Maybe it’s because I don’t care how other people play their games, maybe it’s because I avoid MMOs like food containing long brown strands of hair. But for those interested in outsourcing a little leveling up for a game like WoW, prices have dropped massively in the past few years. Boosting a character from level 1-60 ran around $US 350 when such services started, but that price is all the way down to the $US 129 range. Would you prefer a full level 70 character? That’s just $US 250.
Why are prices so low? Just like any other industry, businesses are competing for marketshare, driving down prices all while powered by an increasingly skilled workforce. And overseas labor = cheap labor. So, friendly Kotaku readers…have you ever been tempted to let capitalism go to town on your Night Elf Mohawk?
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