Edit: Thanks guys, I get that I spelled guaranteed wrong I've fixed it now...
I know this has been happening from the beginning of trials and I'm SURE it's very lucrative with some people 'charging' upwards of $120 or more to carry total scrubs to the lighthouse (I was watching a stream where I'm surprised the guy being carried could even complete PvE content, he was charging $80 per card and some unknown higher amount if you wanted insurance just in case you had to wipe a card once which would be another $80 without that extra amount up front).
I'm torn on this issue, people have been making money or benefiting from the inadequacies of people that can't do something from the beginning of time. But, this 'service' they are providing kind of seems wrong to me.
What are all of you fine guardian's opinions? Please elude without incriminating yourself if you are someone that gets paid upwards of $800-$1,600 per week (split between the two carrying the nubs). If they only charge $80 and on average a trials run without wipe takes an hour that would be the same as someone making roughly $84,000 if it is an equal split between the two doing the carrying and that is what they did 40 hours a week (Trials lasts for roughly 96 hours; so, if there is a steady flow of individuals that are desperate to go to the light house you could make the bi-weekly wage of an upper-middle income individual in just one trials weekend...)
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Look, if you've got a large disposable income and really really want to go to the lighthouse you should be allowed to.
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I beat teams like that in trials and it makes the win that much more worthwhile.
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I dont think theres such thing as a 100% guaranteed lighthouse carry. Youll always run into someone better than you. And if they screw up while carrying you they are gonna charge you again? Be nice if these people were banned for their crazy prices too
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The fact that people pay for that crap is crazy.
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If your dumb enough to waste money to get someone to help you get gear that will be obsolete eventually. By all means waste your money on it. Flush some down the toilet while your at it :)
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Just wait until we find its an enforced labour program in a foreign prison, or even funding terrorism... They'll probably just get picked up for tax evasion otherwise
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Sad.....very sad.
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Guys, OP means places like destinyelite.com And not a streamer.
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Don't care I only play for the bountys and hopefully get 5-7 wins the get the armor and weekly weapons:) If people are willing to pay I say go for it, 150$ is a lot of money and for what an emblem and adept weapons that aren't much different from the regular.
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Both people , the carried and carriers are pathetic.. But bungie created the content of be that difficult so some people are gonna capitalize on it
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Edited by Petrinko: 11/12/2015 12:28:55 AMIt's douche baggery in my opinion. But I see it like this. Don't watch them. If you watch them, use ad block. If they are going to be scum you can too. If you need to be carried there are plenty of small (a few big ones I believe) streamers that will do it for free every weekend. I have a friend who has gotten hundreds to it, I've helped on occasion, and hasn't charged anyone a dime. But ultimately, Bungie can't really do anything and neither can we. Just don't support these people by watching them if you don't like it. But at the end of the day I don't care. I just find it dumb people will charge, but even more dumb people are paying.
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These carriers are no life losers. If they suck so much at real jobs, they're about as useful as Paul Walker's brakes.
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Release your bitterness. Watch it flow to Oryx tonight as you raid. Give thanks for the good things in life.
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*guaranteed
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If someone is stupid enough to pay for trials wins then that's their problem
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I've done it myself for the priveledge of playing with the best sniper I have seen by far who constantly clutches, kills 7 guardians as the last guardian just to learn from him I ain't ashamed about that I've been the lighthouse legit but I wanted to also see how I can improve my sniping skills.
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Not gunna lie I wish I was good enough to do that. I am good enough to not have to pay for flawless tho. So to each his own
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I dont think there should be anything wrong with people charging or paying to be carried through. The problem comes from people charging to carry peolle through and cheating them to 9-0. If your good enough to carry someone to 9-0 that is fine and charge whatever people are willing to pay. But if your going to cheat for a gaurenteed 9-0 and charge people for that, i think thays completely wrong and unfortunately that is what most of these people are doing.
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Hey I'll charge 20 bucks per card I'll gladly do some carrying
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It's stupid, I've ran multiple people for free and will continue to do so just to spite these tossers.
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no real way to tell who paid who, but if bungie could find out, perma ban. can also be reported to better business and irs in the US
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I was on eBay looking for a game to buy and people have guaranteed carries for sale lmao people are nuts to play for a carry.
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It is wrong and distasteful, but Bungie can't do anything about that. That's outside the realms of the game and it's not their responsibility. And there are plenty of streamers that do it for free so if people choose to pay then that's on them. If you want to stop it then beat them in a match and force them to refund or pay again. Lol.
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Why does it bother you? The fact is if someone with more money than sense wants to pay someone with more time than scruples then fine. Thats the way the world works unfortunately. I'm not a big fan of it, but I'm a realist. Let the idiots pay the skilled.
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As long as the carry is legit and no one's cheating, I don't see a problem with carrying for money. You might make the community worse but money talks!
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Yooooooooooooooo y'all know this just a. Game right.