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The idea is that casual MMO players can pay to have hardcore players help them with quests, tough enemies,…",{"value":57,"source":51,"evidence":58},"Casual MMO players who will pay for help",[59],{"id":54,"by":11,"text":55},{"value":61,"source":51,"evidence":62},"Companions bid down from buyer's offer, minimum 10 gold ($1); site takes 30%",[63,66],{"id":64,"by":11,"text":65},"3914921","Showing examples of pricing is tough. The way it works is that the job poster says how much they're willing to pay, and then Companions bid down from there. We decided against…",{"id":67,"by":11,"text":68},"3914774","Right now we only support World of Warcraft, but support for others are coming soon, starting with Star Wars: The Old Republic. We're definitely considering other games for the…",{"value":70,"source":51,"evidence":71},"Casual players want help with hard content without time investment",[72],{"id":54,"by":11,"text":55},[],"unknown","beta","team",{"praise":78,"objections":95,"requests":129,"questions":148,"alternatives":157},[79],{"value":80,"source":81,"evidence":82},"Good idea that casual players would use","commenter",[83,87,91],{"id":84,"by":85,"text":86},"3914546","elliottcarlson","Excellent idea - as a casual gamer who doesn't have time to get sucked in to an MMO these days, but I still wish I could participate in them. Something like this would be quite…",{"id":88,"by":89,"text":90},"3914684","kelsokennedy","This is a great idea, I've been waiting a long time to finally get to try it out!",{"id":92,"by":93,"text":94},"3914595","JohnTitus","Love the idea. How will you market it?",[96,111,122],{"value":97,"source":81,"evidence":98},"Likely violates MMO EULAs, especially WoW's",[99,103,107],{"id":100,"by":101,"text":102},"3914591","ghostfish","This is an awesome idea overall, but I think it goes without saying that you need to be very careful not to run afoul of an EULA. At what point does playing \"with\" the player…",{"id":104,"by":105,"text":106},"3914764","JoachimSchipper","It's a neat idea, but I'd expect the average MMORPG player to like your users\u002Fbuyers only a little better than those buying gold (\"I earned lvl80 through endless hours of tedious…",{"id":108,"by":109,"text":110},"3916073","jyost","This is against many poplar MMO's EULA's. Specifically since World of Warcraft is the MMO with the largest player base you would get most of your users form there. The EULA for…",{"value":112,"source":81,"evidence":113},"Guilds already provide this help for free",[114,118],{"id":115,"by":116,"text":117},"3914926","tehayj","I see fail in your venture sorry. I played mmos for some time and never had problems to find some hardcore players to come and help me. I mean they get an ego boost out of…",{"id":119,"by":120,"text":121},"3915492","Lewisham","Hi daeken, I'm a games researcher and perhaps too heavy of a game player. While I largely agree with the people who have mentioned \"why don't they just buy gold?\", and I somewhat…",{"value":123,"source":81,"evidence":124},"Target audience of casual players paying money seems contradictory",[125],{"id":126,"by":127,"text":128},"3915478","lmkg","I'm a little bit confused about the target audience. 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