This is as much a TOS violation as regular RMT, why is this even a question?
Also, this very out-there scenario assumes someone really wants to get rich enough in classic to offer such a service while also giving a rat’s rear end enough about retail gold. This scenario is ridiculous. I can’t imagine it happening.
What is more likely to happen is actual RMT with Chinese gold farmers. Which is against TOS. So there’s no question.
No neckbeard that is nolifing both games is gonna be running a gold laundering scheme, get real.
I honestly think they need a classic token for the classic server based on its own economy structured away from the main servers. However I also see that if they allow this then rightfully so a customisation “Store” for pets and mounts would not be out of line.
But it wasn’t in classic so that says it all. if they plan to not have it on a classic server then Blizzard will have to up its game on the TOS violations. which is the lesser of two evils mass farmers in classic or tokens and mounts and pets??
Actually, it isn’t. Because trading in game currency and items within the “platform and game(s)” is allowed and that can mean anything from a single game or across all Blizzard games and apps. It is entirely up to how Blizzard chooses to interpret that section of the EULA when it comes to Classic WoW.
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- List item f I want 1000g on a Classic realm, is it a rules violation to make a mutually agreed on arrangement as follows. Both players log onto their BFA accounts and I give them 1,000,000g. In exchange, we then both log onto our Classic accounts, and they give me 1000g.
Alternate Scenario:
I take the time and effort to legitimately grind up 1000g on Classic. I then advertise in /2 Trade, I am willing to give someone 1000g on the classic server, in exchange for them giving me 1,000,000 (or whatever amount) on a BFA server.
Fall out effect of this could be as follows:
Player buys 10x Wow Tokens ($200) and sells them on a BFA account for gold. (Current approx value: 1,500,000g). That player then makes a mutually agreed on arrangement that they will do one of the two above scenarios. This is, in effect, allowing a player to spend real $$$ to obtain G on a classic server.
This will happen for two main reasons:
- because people who have never played classic will not be able to stand the grind for gold when it has been so readily available to them with a click of a button and a credit card.
- regardless classic vet or retail player some people just will do whatever it takes to get ahead. If this gives them an advantage they will do it without regard to any consequences.
Unless there is a way to block this from happing it will happen. Caught and banning all WoW accounts will deter some but if one gets away with it then it will be something people will chance. Sad but true !
I would have to agree, there is basically two choices as I see it from playing tons of games over the last hmm two and a quarter decades playing MMO’s online currency trading will happen. but who would you rather see use the $$$ Blizzard to keep this game rolling or another country?? either way. expect it to happen
Edit: to prove my point in another game I wont mention I have seen 1000000 Credits sell for $0.03 I mean really at that price what’s the point. yet it still is happening now I can pretty much guarantee it.
Yep, unfortunately its going to happen. The sad part is even its buying tokens it ruins the economy. Things that sell, Crafted items and non soulbound items that are lets say for example are 20g will in no time be selling for 1000g. So you either buy things you can afford or you buy a token and join in. The only good thing is that because gear isn’t just a give away in classic you will still be able to make gold by crafting.
To Highlight this point how many people remember the lobster cages?? the botting farmers were insane there. truth is I would 100% throw money At Blizzard if it meant peace of mind not to deal with the farmers in ANY zone like the ones I encountered back then…
It sadness my heart to have to agree but sometimes you have to go with the lesser of two evil’s 
This is probably the “Best Case Scenario” that would happen. 1. Classic never rolls past Classic. 2. once the Majority of server population starts to hit the level cap they introduce Tokens, Specific Classic mounts, and classic pets on a private store not available on Retail. that would balance the classic economy and keep it separated from the farmers and the Large amount of “possible” gold trader scams. but that is my own view on things.
I would agree and not because I want any of that in the game but like you said it will end up being something along these lines or the farmers, and no one wants to deal with that !
it is the sad truth but people will find away to bend or break the rules if there is a demand for it, and it will be relentless. Seen it happen on every game. I mean really $0.03 for a million credits on another game?!? I don’t even see that being remotely profitable but there I was watching general chat and hours roll on they are spamming it ~WTS~ Cheap yadda yadda yadda…
This. Who’s to say that once you mail the person the gold on one server, they just run away laughing and not mail you gold on the other server. It’s not like mailing a piece of gear with a c.o.d. on it.
Same deal for the nuts attempting to purchase names legally or illegally. What’s to say the holder of the name doesn’t just laugh at you and not delete their toon after you send the money. (Or take the name you released but not pay you.)
I don’t think it’ll screwup the server economy since someone will have had to do the work of farming up that much gold and the gold will be in the economy at that point. I do think people are setting themselves up to be scammed.
I don’t know if people posting these risky trading ideas are asking to be scammed or trying to prime other people for their scams…
(I’m fine with free name-trading among friends and guildies, since nobody can lose any money or anything and it was a nice gesture to help people who had trouble getting their names though.)
And when a buyer sends gold on one server and receives nothing on the other server, Blizzard can just shrug and the player can still grind. Maybe some transactions will succeed, but I’d imagine most won’t.
Generally speaking it seems really dumb for people to send gold or money in a non-retractable way and trust the other side will send anything back. Like those guys selling cars on ebay who have you tell them some gift card codes in exchange for the car title… Ha…
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I want to know if items can be bought for gold. ‘x’ item comes up on classic auction house- but the person has no gold - will it be allowed for a person to buy that item from that person by paying them on retail.
Also I would love to know about gold transferring between accounts, i.e. family and friends within classic. If I give my friend 50g will I have to worry about being nabbed for ‘gold selling’.
Also OP your rate is way off - you won’t get 1000g for 1 million. There are people with 100s of million of gold who will pay 1 million for 50g classic.
Their answer seems pretty clear to me.
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So I would say it’s legal and here’s why.
No gold in this way is being generated. What I mean by that is the 1k gold you got on classic was still 1k gold, all it did was exchange hands. The 1m gold on retail did the same thing.
No gold was created for this, it keeps the economy the exact same, it’s not as if 1k gold just appeared on the server all it did was go to a different toon.
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From what I understood of the blue,
if you buy gold from pro gold sellers = banhammer.
if you exchange gold with another player who hasnt made that gold through scam = blizz not responsible and if you get banned, you get banned. in this case you are dependant that the other player earned his gold and did a honest transaction with you. if something is not right, you won’t have your account left.
example.
you are Player A. You decide to exchange or buy gold from player B.
Now if p[layer B earned his gold leveling so it depends if this transaction is caught by blizz and you depend on whatever action there may or may not be.
Lets say the gold player B gave you was hacked by him from player c d and e. Naturally they reported the hack, blizz followed the gold trail and it ended up with you = byebye.
YESSSSSS! I must haves is Precious.
No way, I’m not rich or anything but the game time isn’t even that expensive, lots of people can easily spare 15 bucks a month. But getting an epic mount will be a huge time investment was more costly than 7 months of game time imo.