In general, I am voting no for making the elements "just" trade-able. Let me make my statements a little bit more clear:
If the server admins will make it possible for elements to be trade-able, make it hard for players. Meaning if players would want to exploit this they'd probably need to pay a hefty price to do so (benefiting the server and community because they can either be active or could donate) but making a way for elements to be trade-able invites old and new players to play because they now have more options on what they can do with the elements.
That's why I am suggesting utilizing the sealing and unsealing stone idea but it will be only obtainable through eCoins with a HIGH PRICE for both the sealing and unsealing.
The reason why it will benefit old players:
- Old players now have a new way to gain alz because they can sell it.
- For players who redeems a lot, there's another useful item they could buy with their hard earned eCoins
- This will give them another reason to be less stagnant after getting all that they could get with the elements.
The reason why it will also benefit new players:
- Seeing another way they could obtain elements will invite them to stay longer in the server.
- For new players who's more into farming than doing dungeons everyday, giving them option that they could buy elements gives them more motivation to farm alz, meaning they spend more time playing in the server.
- And since they'd be needing unsealing stone, they'd want to either donate or redeem their way through.
- Or if they realize that its easier to do DQs they'd probably do that.
The reason why it will benefit the server and the community:
- Most probably the old players are the one who'd be selling these elements, in a way they are helping newbies get chaos set, because after all most players new or old prefer chaos set over any other set.
- Players who does not have the patience and time to play would but have spare cash to spend would probably choose to donate, this will help the server maintenance fees.
- I think this will not out balance the game, this will also not disregard other sets, players have the option to choose for themselves. For those who cannot afford to buy or have time to farm elements they can always aim for another set like Archiridium and Eins Frame set.
- This does not make for players easy to get the elements. No, this just give them another option on how they could get these elements because they'd need an unsealing stone to use it.
- Having these items makes this server more flexible with its player.
These are just a few reasons, there could be more to it and again, these are just my ideas with players and server in mind. If this makes the server truly unbalance because of my lack of knowledge disregard it but if you guys can get more ideas out of this, the better. The original poster did not mean to suggest this just so it can be exploited but so that he can use his elements from his old account, giving a player more options of what he can do makes them more satisfied with this server. More satisfaction rate for the server, the better. I'm just here suggesting a probably better way the admins can cater the players needs.