the biggest misconception is that banning GDKPs alone will “be enough” to combat botting and RMT. it won’t.
you can copypasta that Blizz blue post again where they say it “creates demand that wouldn’t exist” but no, it exacerbates a demand that existed before it and will exist after it.
i don’t like RMT either i want them all permabanned. GDKP banning alone ain’t gonna get us there.
That is an opinion, not a quantifiable fact.
You’d be a fool to say that GDKP has zero impact on RMT. Even a GDKP enjoyer has to admit that people exist who buy gold for the sole purpose of GDKP. Even if you argue that most do not, you cannot believe that no one does…no one is that jacked on copium.
Of course not. I believe that any and all gold trading activities encourage RMT. I thought the AH would be doing more of that than GDKPs due the difference in scale of player usage and total throughput.
I guess time will tell. If the GDKP ban has a demonstrable impact, then I acknowledge being wrong about it.
Absolutely. Mitigating RNG, allowing players to assign value to gear outside of a roll, creating progression between lockouts, and creating incentives for players of all rank and file to participate are good things.
I would gladly take a Blizzard made GDKP replacement over “MS>OS Pearl and Epics on HR”
There’s a ton of new players on SoD.
I expect that’s what’s driving the decision to ban GDKPs.
They want to give the newbies a purer experience than they would otherwise get.
No duh there’s a ton of new players in SoD.
You were talking about about era, which does not have a ton of new players if any at all.
I just want to know where the GDKP touched you.
Nobody is forcing anyone to participate in GDKPs. The same you don’t force me to participate in your 5/7 runs.
The AH has a big impact on RMT as well, but we dont’ see a ban for that.
There’s likely new players on Classic too chief.
If there’s actual for real brand newbies on SoD there’s newbies on Era, HC, Wrath, and likely retail too.
My BFD runs don’t cause your gameplay experience to be worse due to rampant inflation from Gold buyers.
FINE I’ll talk to Aggrend and get him to ban the AH OK ARE YOU HAPPY
Not really
They’ll never yield no matter how much logic, reason or experience you provide. They’ll provide hearsay and their opinions. They’re driven purely be emotion, with their own idea of what is good or bad for the game.
Good, it’s settled then
Don’t forget the most important part.
Is this still going?
Gdkp is illegal now. Don’t do it. It is Blizzards game and they have the right to ban the biggest contributor to RMT.
If you actually listen to the video that was released just before the blue blog post, they did specifically mention the link between RMT and GDKP. It wasn’t just an “afterthought”
Probably around the same area as classic wow touched you, retail fan boi.
Haven’t played retail since BFA. Good try though little bro. Get your joke book out and try a new insult.