Far from it. We roleplayed it in MTA:VC for years despite there being a scripted system. People were not greedy, so we roleplayed imaginary items, transactions, and activities, and paid for them via /me.
It is not hard to play pretend.
Just because some things used to work earlier before, doesn't mean that it would be advantagious to try to implement that system to this day. I can imagine that you had fun when you didn't know of any better system, but imagine saying "We had 5 inch stone TV's back in the day, and that worked fine, so you shouldn't own a 40' LCD TV".
As argonath have alot of state vehicles such as helicopters, cars, bikes, trucks and many other vehicles that can be used for free, it makes money even less important.
Sigh.
If you have ever owned a single vehicle, you know that having the option to take control, lock, and own a vehicle is much more enjoyable and advantageous than trying to live on state vehicles. Have fun trying to roleplay a street race when you can only find a few sport cars. Have fun trying to organize a mafia meeting when only a few can arrive with the mafia's signature car, and others come with a f**king taxi.
I personally enjoy owning vehicles, wether it be planes or cars, and I like to change them on a weekly basis. At lot of the fun I get from Argonath comes from driving around with my vehicles and roleplaying a role. Once again, I don't understand why we would need this downgrade.
What, do you NEED a house to roleplay? Can't you drive without owning a car?
I recently roleplayed a rich bit*h, who owned classic cars, which all were golden. I lived in a big mansion and gave away my resources to those who needed it. So yes, I needed my assets to roleplay. And guess what, I enjoyed my RP, I enjoyed it very much.
You can drive without owning a car, but it's extremely inconvinient. That's why you don't see players driving around in state cars, if they have their own vehicle at their disposal.
I seriously get pissed when I see people saying I'm ruining this damn game because I'm not a lunatic using /me for every action I'm doing.
Saying money isn't needed? Give me a break.
This.