In-Game Advertising & Services Channel in Burning Crusade Classic Anniversary

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For context, I am writing this from the point of view of myself and my Guild. Any use of the word “we” is representative of said Guild, and not a boosting community.

Good afternoon,

Thank you for putting out this post, however I’m hoping I can get some clarity surrounding what is and is not allowed on Anniversary servers. There doesn’t seem to be any clear differentiation from the typical Raid sales that, for example, have been permitted on Retail since it’s inception, and GDKP.

Essentially, we’re trying to determine whether or not Raid sales are permitted on Anniversary the same way that they are on Retail. For example: selling a Raid spot w/ 0 loot, selling a Raid spot w/ specific loot, selling a Raid spot w/ only loot we don’t need etc. for a set price in gold. No bidding, and no competition between buyers.

The way this works is the same way it’s permitted on Retail. We sell X number of Raid spots with predetermined loot rules (see above), each Raid spot is sold to one specific buyer, and that buyer pays X amount of gold for that Raid spot (loot predetermined). To give more detail on what predetermined means, the different terms would be 0 loot (just paying for the Raid spot/boss kills), specific items (reserved for that specific buyer), or only the loot our Guild doesn’t need. Price depends on which type of spot they’re paying for.

To be clear, we would not have buyers big against each other on items like they do in GDKP.

Our main concern is that people have reportedly been banned for doing this on Classic (even though it happens every day on Retail and is 100% allowed), apparently once you take that lump sum of gold and split it out to your Raiders you’re eligible to be banned. Now, if the issue is the gold distribution afterwards, we can work around that by putting all of the gold into the GBank and using that gold to buy consumes etc. for our Raiders (instead of splitting the pot equally and distributing the gold itself). But of course we don’t want to be operating in any sort of grey area, and we wouldn’t even attempt this without clear guidelines from you (Blizzard).

I’d also like to mention I fully understand the difference between Retail & Classic (Anniversary) when it comes to RMT. Retail has the WoW Token, which deters a lot of the horrible practices we (you) see surrounding RMT, especially in developing countries. Anniversary does not, which makes it a breeding ground for RMT and related inhuman working conditions etc. Whenever I’ve brought up the issue of Raid sales on Anniversary to any of my peers that work at Blizzard or have internal privilege, this has always been their best guess for the reasoning behind the lack of clarity surrounding this issue.

TL;DR, can we sell Raid spots/items on Classic Anniversary the same way we do on Retail? No bidding, no competition between buyers, no GDKP, just good old fashioned Raid sales. We would need some sort of policy in writing and/or for you (Blizzard) to publish public documentation outlining the rules. We are not going to attempt anything without formal written permission, in case we do get wrongfully banned.

I look forward to your response & further discussion.

Thank you,

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Does this mean you are removing the exp nerf that you had in place from wotk or bc classic if you had someone higher lvl in group?
because as it stands now it doesn’t make sense to do this channel unless your going to remove that exp cap

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TBC is looking really good with these changes. Seems like a pvp focus which could bring viewership to arena. I would love to see someday a competitive 5v5 tournament. Imagine a TBC arena finals as big as a Dota or league of legends grand finals? Both games spawned from Warcraft so why can’t this be possible? If they succeed and crack the winning formula, perhaps they can replicate the same with Retail. Make pvp more focused on skill rather than a grind.

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Seems to have made you pretty upset

I’d say that’s done something

Because you talk to gold buyers / gdkpers :joy:

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you’re a complete moron and people like you shouldn’t even play world of warcraft.

I’m not upset, i’m exhausted with how terrible this company has become and many other people are as well.

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No one would buy this when you can simply go to your server’s Discord and find a GDKP

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GDKP policy should be changed and allowed.

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Absolutely moronic. Give us back GDKP. Everyone who takes this game semi-seriously wants it back. Tell whatever higher up who is forcing this terrible policy to shove it, they don’t even play the game. The economy is worse because of it, the pug community is worse because of it, and there is no inter-guild community because no one wants to pug because of it! Give us back GDKP or people will quit!

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How many years of saying this before you believe it?

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GDKP was not the real problem. The Anniversary servers have seen more RMT than at any other point in world of warcraft history.
There is so much demand that gold remains at a high price on resale sites.
So what exactly is your goal ?
Let’s be clear, if your goal was to make money for blizzard and stop illegal gold sales, all you would need to do is put the token in the shop and allow GDKP. But you don’t do that, which clearly shows that your only goal is to let RMT thrive and frustrate a portion of the players by imposing completely unnecessary restrictions.
So you are truly the worst team in terms of decision-making in the entire history of world of warcraft.

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Well the basis for the GDKP ban is it was used by bad actors. Blizzard didn’t just ban them for the sake of it, so to say GDKPs aren’t harmful isn’t realistically true in the eyes of Blizzard. It’s a massively controversial topic for the playerbase, but at the end of the day Blizzard identified it as harmful.

As to your point about SR/HR raids taking their place (or them somehow being circumvented off server) I think if Blizzard can identify the same problem within them as they did with GDKP then the correct answer is to ban them as well.

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There’s a reason GDKPs have been around since the start, it’s a good loot system. Eventually, some players will get tired of the circus, pretending this ban actually did something, and leave for a different version of WoW or a new MMO.

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Says the guy that wants to pay to win :joy:

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Hahahaha here come the gdkpers :joy:

2 years of tears

It’s time to find a job :joy:

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  1. Stop using chatgpt, it’s obvious.

  2. The “harm” GDKPs do are overstated by people like you who have zero idea of what they’re talking about. Feel free to provide any sort of proof.

  3. GDKPs still exist - I’m auguring for the the ban to be overturned because all it does is make GDKPs more inconvenient. The ban is pointless.

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buddy i dont have to pay to win, i would like the loot method myself and a large amount of people enjoy to be ‘legal’. you’re probably some dogsh*t 10 parsing avg loser who can’t even full clear naxx and feels like the scraps of gear they get off anub is ‘earning’ loot. and the worst part is if i’m right about who you are, you are the player i lose the most loot to cus SR.

also we have jobs. most of us are in our late 20s and early 30s wanting to play the game at a ‘competitive’ level in our free time. instead we have to battle people who post on the forums 3480 talking about ‘time to find a job’. look into the mirror.

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No point in trying to have a conversation with him, he’s just rage baiting you lol

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Gdkps are pay to win but :joy:

I’m an afk buyer

Gdkps #1 recruit :joy:

Roll better bud

It’s a game for teens :joy:

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it’s just funny because people legitimately think like he does, trolling or not and then they think they have a community of people who agree with them on their dogwater stance.

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Botting and hacking still exist

Should they unban those? :joy:

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