Source of RMT gold - Players buying materials from bots

[Moosë-benediction]

very cool, era is that way if you would like to keep running gdkps. otherwise rework your loot system to any of the others that have always worked and are within TOS and move on with your lives.

[Attention-lone-wolf]

@Kanuvan-crusader-strike

RMT was struck a hard blow by the ban to GDKP

RMT was around for more than a decade before GDKP…the fact that you think it suddenly took a huge hit because GDKP is gone is hilariously absurd.

The OP made a very well thought post and im guessing the real reason you don’t have a single counter argument is because you started to read it and simply lacked the ability to understand it.

[Bladefall-black-dragonflight]

@Bergelmir-fairbanks

You know those super cheap mana pots you’ve been enjoying? Ever wondered why prices trend down even while consumption is high? That’s bots selling it to you. Where is the outrage?

People have been demanding blizzard ban bots for 20 years.

Not sure what your point is

[Bergelmir-fairbanks]

@Sophi-duskwood

We have items for min bids plenty because we use gdkp as a loot system not a money making system.

Excellent post and excellent point here.

[Bergelmir-fairbanks]

@Moosë-benediction

rework your loot system to any of the others that have always worked

GDKP is a very loud signal from the community that they dont work for MANY players. If it works for you, great.

[Aguy-grobbulus]

If the game isn’t for you then it isn’t for you.

If you don’t belong don’t be long.

[Bergelmir-fairbanks]

Since this draconian policy started, I’ve been tracking illicit gold prices and they are currently higher than the day before the video dropped announcing the GDKP ban. It took 2 days to recover from the market shock. Two days.

As we move into phase 2 this will of course trend down as it has all of phase 1 due to inflation. But even at lower exchage rates profits can be the same or better due to more efficient farms. Gold farming will produce more gold at 40 and gdkp gold will flow back into the economy, further boosting inflation.

The fact that gold is trading higher in price today than it was before we knew about the pending gdkp ban shows just how ineffective it is, now and will be into the future.

[Sambooki-proudmoore]

@Bergelmir-fairbanks

You know those super cheap mana pots you’ve been enjoying? Ever wondered why prices trend down even while consumption is high? That’s bots selling it to you. Where is the outrage

Nice try, but we’ve been crying about bots just as long as we’ve been crying about GDKPS.

You gold buyers never cared about any of this, as long as you could buy gold and get your BiS in a couple of lockouts, so here we are now; enjoying your crying that GDKPs are banned.

[Sambooki-proudmoore]

@Bergelmir-fairbanks

Since this draconian policy started, I’ve been tracking illicit gold prices

You’ve been doing this for years, not just now gold buyer.

[Bergelmir-fairbanks]

@Sambooki-proudmoore

You’ve been doing this for years, not just now gold buyer.

I knew this was coming, such a predictable and boring post that completely ignores the point

[Sambooki-proudmoore]

You made your point in several threads. You like buying gold and doing GDKPS. We understand.

[Bergelmir-fairbanks]

I’ve repeatedly stated I don’t and the incredibly boring trolls such as yourself claim to know that I do, and that the “vast majority” do without a shred of evidence whatsoever.

I’ve openly embraced the argument that it happens sometimes, but you’re still clinging to the idea that I support RMT when I don’t.

[Sambooki-proudmoore]

@Bergelmir-fairbanks

without a shred of evidence whatsoever.

Blizzard provided more than a shred of evidence that you cheaters are buying gold for your GDKPS with recent blue posts on the topic.

Sorry to bore you, but you RMT cheaters have bored me to tears for years. I’m happy to be able to return the favor.

Gold buyer.

[Bergelmir-fairbanks]

Lol, good one. Still didnt address the point that gold prices are up, not down.

[Sambooki-proudmoore]

I guess you’ll have to wait for it drop before buying again or just take a bit of a hit for now.

[Zaalg-ashkandi]

@Kaivax

It’s also undeniable that GDKP contributes to and drives a lot of illicit activity, such as real-money trading (RMT) and botting, as it creates a demand for in-game gold that would not otherwise exist. GDKP can create an “arms race” effect that encourages participating players to purchase gold to be able to compete for the best items.

Tell the whale to take it up with Blizzard.

[Bergelmir-fairbanks]

Clearly you have nothing to add to the thread and refuse to engage is a meaningful conversation so I’ll stop feeding the troll.

[Bloomsday-sulfuras]

@Bergelmir-fairbanks

Hey mate, did you read the OP? I’m not sure what you’re actually commenting about. I’m talking about the source of the gold, not the destination.

The source matters less when the demand for gold is targeted. It doesn’t matter if they generate billions and billions of gold if there’s no demand for players to buy said gold.

This is basic supply and demand.

[Bergelmir-fairbanks]

@Bloomsday-sulfuras

The source matters less when the demand for gold is targeted. It doesn’t matter if they generate billions and billions of gold if there’s no demand for players to buy said gold.

This is basic supply and demand.

Thats some backwards logic if I ever saw it. Lets cut the tree down leaves first!!!

Also, what do you think happens to the gold if it isnt tied up in gdkp? It doesnt just disappear.

[Bloomsday-sulfuras]

@Bergelmir-fairbanks

Thats some backwards logic if I ever saw it.

Nope this is logic that relies on basic market fundamentals that they teach early in primary school.

It’s part of a discipline called “economics”. Blizzard listens to this which is why they’ve restricted GDKPS. They do not listen to tantrums, false equivalencies, and mental gymnastics.