GDKP is not a gold source just a transfer from player to player. If you didn’t need to farm it someone else had to.
And on a separate note the only way to answer the question asked by OP is basically for Blizzard to run an experiment where half the players are put into a GDKP server and the other half of on a non GDKP one, and obviously they will not run such a controlled experiment so people will just keep arguing here comparing apples to oranges.
First part is wrong. Gold is generated specifically for GDKPs.
And you act like there aren’t still GDKP servers right now…
Please read again to understand my point. I’m responding to the argument that less gold is bought because people get it from GDKPs. I’m saying the gold still has to be farmed by some player or bot outside the raid.
And on the second part the point is that existing GDKP servers are on a different phase, different population or different game version so you can’t compare the economy because the supply and demand would be different for reasons having nothing to do with the GDKP rule. It’s not a controlled comparison.
You’ve said that GDKPs don’t create gold, but that’s not correct. Obviously within the run it’s just transferred.
But gold is farmed, generated and sold only due to the existence of GDKPs.
Maybe I misunderstood what you’re saying. If you’re saying the same amount of gold exists in the economy with or without GDKPs…you’re wrong.
you are right, its worse than any server, because the game is even more minmaxed than in 2019 and the server is more giant and inflated, you can’t really compare a 7k pop 2019 server to a 2025 server with multiple times that amount.
The chosen pvp megaserver will always be the most extreme case of anything, if you look at dreamscythe, they are significantly less impacted
the reality is that we have no idea what’s happening on the server unless blizzard tells us and arguing if gdkp would make it better or worse is pure guessing
but he had enough time before they banned GDKP… 
“pug” crews like these tend to be alts runners just chilling. free of guild concerns. You don’t want to tick off the LC masters too much guild politics stuff.
Small breaks from the e-napoleon ego complexes you can find in “proper” crews can be nice.
its not like you can remove that crap. I mean you could, 5 guilds later. Issue…in that 5th guild ones slot on LC list is so far down it not even be funny.
Some in proper guilds think all say 50 want to be there for the love of it. More than a few of them are probably going they don’t want to give up their slot 5 on lc to join a new guild and start over in slot 10+ lol.
I can compare them because the layers should normalize populations in the open world.
Reducing the encouragement to RMT isn’t the only stated reason for the ban.
The other stated reason is that it reduces the motivation to engage in the social fabric of guilds and other such aspects of the community. This I feel is heavily benefitting in Anniversary thanks to the GDKP ban, so I’d say it was a successful approach.
The end. GDKP is gone. Get over it.
Hey man did you even read what you just quoted me on? I literally said all of that in what you quoted.
All blizzard has to do is go on nightslayer discord and see the guilds selling items, and the secret gdkps that exist being advertised, dudes bragging about how much gold they have bought, some well over 20k.
I have never seen gold buying on a scale like Nightslayer, i know its a cultural problem and a failure of blizzard to crush buying and botting.
Overall its hard to say. I dont think it works.
You clearly didn’t read the thread. That was never the topic of this thread.
Further, your view is paternalistic. You don’t like how other people choose to associate with other players. Get over it.
Gold buying is more popular than it’s ever been. Botting more rampant. Even the average user buys gold now where they might not have before, because they know there is no fear of being banned.
Hey that’s good you found a server that takes in your needs! You can imagine why bringing in raiding systems that suit people that can only play in 4 month stints would hurt wow. Glad there is a work around for you
Because all the rmt gold used to get laundered through gdkps.
Those same gdkpers that relied on that rmt gold now have to go direct to the source.
Buying hasn’t changed, just the method of buying.
Almost as if GDKP isn’t the root issue.
Created a player base that became reliant on rmt gold as you can see by the amount of posts / threads.
Do you see how continuing to grow that player base is bad for the game?
I don’t think GDKP created a player base that became reliant on RMT gold.
Uh oh, now we’ve both made an unfalsifiable claim. What are we going to do?
Look at the amount of tears from pro gdkpers.
Now look at the lack of tears from anti gdkpers.
Blizzard is the only one with the facts, and they kept gdkps banned.
Check mate