Board Thread:Game Discussion/@comment-24099727-20131027142229/@comment-23870891-20131028180235

One simple reason why this will likely never come to pass: It will earn Gree no money or less money then if those players getting the old materials bought gems and opened chests instead.

Trading old armors/materials also would likely violate the spirit of the game, and the entire concept of progression. Low levels players could easily get end-game armor or better with minimal effort so long as they knew someone at that proper position. Granted chests can still give these players good armor, but that earns Gree money on top of they fact the armors they get will be level 1, and it would likely cost them more money for gold and/or gems to level the good armors up. In a word, simple trading would make the game too easy.

A possible way for trading to "maybe" work would be to only be able to trade like for like. Armors could only be traded for armors of the same rarity and within a certain number of levels of each other (would work with materials too). This would prevent accelerating through the game and keep the playing field at the same level it currently is.