I would like to start out by saying that the duping issue is one that only blizzard can fix. There are way too many ppl on bnet that want these exceptional items with rediculous mods for them to ever go away. One may say, "If everyone gets together and desides not to use dupes..." no. It won't happen. It is an ideal goal of many ppl on bnet but it just won't happen. To solve duping problems Blizzard is just going to have to implement more ways to remove dupes.
I would also like to bring up another little tid-bit. I have done a little thinking about dupes and lgts while playing D2. It has been a big subject between my friends and I. Think about why ppl want dupes. The sick mods are basically it. Now think about most of the ppl (i think anyway) that use dupes are new to the game. In my experience anyway. After a period of time the dupe fase wears off for most ppl and they try to get the super uber godly lgts. These however have made me do some thinking.
Think of a person who plays as much as I do (way way way too much). Think about how much time they spend looking for better items by mfing and just simply playing the game. I pride myself on using the best gear that i can find or trade for. But even though I play as much as I do, I will most likely never find myself a windforce or gf. These items i consider to be more or less "dupes". Now i know you might think i am crazy but hear me out. Think of the % chance one has of finding an uber lgt item. Think about how many ppl actually do find these items. The extremely lucky few that do find them are rare. So rare that the freakin item is worth way more than most duped items ever get.
I may be straying from my point but it is late so forgive me.
My point is that these super uber items to me may be found in the game, yes, but there is such a low % chance to do find them that I feal they can be considered not able to find. Crazy talk? Maybe. But next time you are mfing for about a month or two and still can't find that one item which you want don't just give up and trade for it. Why? Because if you don't find the items yourself then it is the same as someone duping it and you trading for it.
Example.
Last week I was looking for Aldur's boots. I couldn't find them at all so I decided to trade for them. I made a couple good offers in trade channels and it took me a couple minutes to find someone to trade. Just as I was goin to trade for them someone msged me to ask if I wanted them. I said I was trading for them already and thanked him but he then said he was going to give them to me for free. Of course I immediately joined his game and sure enough he gave them to me for free. I thanked him and asked if he wanted something in return to which he replied saying that he didn't believe in trading. He only gives away items that he finds. I couldn't believe it but it was true. He told me that if he didn't find the item then it wasn't the same. He was very nice and after we chatted for a while he gave me a mule full of other items that he didn't need. (most of which were set items and uniques that were very helpful to me) I thanked him and obtained a new look at the world of items in D2.
Giving away items is not new to me, I give 90% of my items away to those which could use them, but the idea of a person getting items which they (at there current state in the game) could not recieve is kinda like them getting dupes. I think. Many times I will take characters into games and unload about a dozen items or more onto the ground. Most of the time just to clear inventories or mules I am gonna delete. People are so happy to recieve these items because to them they are great items that they havent' seen before and can use later on in the game. If people recieve items like this where they are unable to actually find the item(s) in the game I definately consider it a "duped" item.
Ok so this is probably way more than anyone will read but if you do i hope it was worth it. This reply in no way states that I am in support of all the duped items out on bnet, it just states a different view on "duped" items.
And to think all this talk about duping on a FC werebear topic lol
-NeoD
P.s.
If you think the duping is a problem in LoD you should try playing classic d2. about 80% or more items are duped. OUCH!
I would also like to bring up another little tid-bit. I have done a little thinking about dupes and lgts while playing D2. It has been a big subject between my friends and I. Think about why ppl want dupes. The sick mods are basically it. Now think about most of the ppl (i think anyway) that use dupes are new to the game. In my experience anyway. After a period of time the dupe fase wears off for most ppl and they try to get the super uber godly lgts. These however have made me do some thinking.
Think of a person who plays as much as I do (way way way too much). Think about how much time they spend looking for better items by mfing and just simply playing the game. I pride myself on using the best gear that i can find or trade for. But even though I play as much as I do, I will most likely never find myself a windforce or gf. These items i consider to be more or less "dupes". Now i know you might think i am crazy but hear me out. Think of the % chance one has of finding an uber lgt item. Think about how many ppl actually do find these items. The extremely lucky few that do find them are rare. So rare that the freakin item is worth way more than most duped items ever get.
I may be straying from my point but it is late so forgive me.
My point is that these super uber items to me may be found in the game, yes, but there is such a low % chance to do find them that I feal they can be considered not able to find. Crazy talk? Maybe. But next time you are mfing for about a month or two and still can't find that one item which you want don't just give up and trade for it. Why? Because if you don't find the items yourself then it is the same as someone duping it and you trading for it.
Example.
Last week I was looking for Aldur's boots. I couldn't find them at all so I decided to trade for them. I made a couple good offers in trade channels and it took me a couple minutes to find someone to trade. Just as I was goin to trade for them someone msged me to ask if I wanted them. I said I was trading for them already and thanked him but he then said he was going to give them to me for free. Of course I immediately joined his game and sure enough he gave them to me for free. I thanked him and asked if he wanted something in return to which he replied saying that he didn't believe in trading. He only gives away items that he finds. I couldn't believe it but it was true. He told me that if he didn't find the item then it wasn't the same. He was very nice and after we chatted for a while he gave me a mule full of other items that he didn't need. (most of which were set items and uniques that were very helpful to me) I thanked him and obtained a new look at the world of items in D2.
Giving away items is not new to me, I give 90% of my items away to those which could use them, but the idea of a person getting items which they (at there current state in the game) could not recieve is kinda like them getting dupes. I think. Many times I will take characters into games and unload about a dozen items or more onto the ground. Most of the time just to clear inventories or mules I am gonna delete. People are so happy to recieve these items because to them they are great items that they havent' seen before and can use later on in the game. If people recieve items like this where they are unable to actually find the item(s) in the game I definately consider it a "duped" item.
Ok so this is probably way more than anyone will read but if you do i hope it was worth it. This reply in no way states that I am in support of all the duped items out on bnet, it just states a different view on "duped" items.
And to think all this talk about duping on a FC werebear topic lol
-NeoD
P.s.
If you think the duping is a problem in LoD you should try playing classic d2. about 80% or more items are duped. OUCH!