Economics of GDKP ban

[Oblivinaties-mankrik]

@Moosë-benediction

basically, i think blizz has 100% done the math on which would cost them more money, permabans for gold buyers or just band aid solutions like this, and the band aid always seems to win.

what you may call a win, isnt a win for a huge portion of the playerbase getting punished just so some people on the forums can save maybe 1g on potions

[Golliath-crusader-strike]

Economically the GDKP ban will hopefully see a decline in gold buyers and bots over all. With any luck the AH wont be as bloated with mats as it is now and farming will become more viable for real players.

I dont foresee any crazy imbalance in the market and think the game will be a better place because of it.

[Lilim-crusader-strike]

@Kynsalia-grobbulus

If demand takes a massive hit then revenue takes a hit. And you counter lost revenue by reducing operating costs. Now a bot farm that had 100 bots only has 10. (Again, example numbers only). They’re still there, and are still botting, but are doing so in smaller numbers.

That’s really not how economics works. If ten bots are profitable 100 bots will still be ten times as profitable. If the price of gold declines we may see less efficient bot farms shut down or change their model but a single operation won’t just scale down for fun. The core of the inflation issue is rampant bots injecting raw gold and that will not go away without much better bot detection and enforcement or near complete elimination of RMT.