thats actually a very dentbrain reach
drops go to the runner and they arent being traded for gold to the person being boosted in the first place.
You could just do a barter run, where people offer black lotuses or flasks, which isnt gold AT ALL. its just offering an ingame item for an ingame item. No gold involved.
Do it at your own risk. Dont cry in the forums if you got banned.
You could just do a barter run, where people bid in black lotuses, which isnt gold AT ALL. its just offering an ingame item for an ingame item. No gold involved.
Yea it might be a work around to use another item, inflate that item by making it exchangable for gold. And then using that item as a proxy.
But this is such a jank way to run a business. It will definitely hurt the industry over all.
Blizz would likely make an amendment to cover this scenario but their wording for now is VERY CLEARLY, gold.
There is nothing in that language that defines a carry as banned.
I assume blizzard knows there are likely work arounds. But unless one particular work around rises to the top and becomes an issue again they aren’t going to do anything preemptive.
Added to my cringe compilation, thank you op.
If you get any loot from that carry run, then you paid gold for loot. Which is bannable now.
A carry would be paying to be invited for the run. But you aren’t paying for the loot. If they give you the loot then it becomes giving gold for raid items during raid. Pretty straight forward interpretation.
Carry makes more sense in the context of personal loot, or being invited solely to complete a quest because you have no one else to help you clear the raid. The moment you are giving someone loot and they paid you to come, to me it becomes frowned upon from their wording, or at the very least, they are able to use that interpretation at their discretion.
“Please note that we have multiple detection methods for GDKP that are effective both inside and outside of dungeon or raid instances.”
Those detection methods that allow the games to be overrun with bots?
lol I thought the same thing.
Correct, and since the wording is vague and this is subject to Blizzard discretion and will likely be subject to some kind of AI-powered automation… I’d rather err on the side of caution.
That’s one way of doing the run for sure, but I know a lot of boosters allow the boost… uhh… boosties???.. take the vendor trash crap that gunks up your bags otherwise. As much as I couldn’t care less about paying 2g for XP and the opportunity to vendor a bunch of gnoll drool, raptor claws, and whatnot… does Blizzard’s anti-GDKP bot care?
And no guarantee that the AI-bot doesn’t learn to track Black Lotus or Cured Rugged Hide or w/e proxy is chosen…
Potentially, yes.
Since you’re reading this so literally, the solution is simple. The day of raid we pick a relatively stable, high-quantity, high-cost item (think Irridescent Pearls a month ago). Everyone brings pearls and items are bid on and exchanged for pearls. Completely fine based on what you pasted.
I’ll run carries the same way.
Nope, not if gear is rolled on openly. It is still gold for the run and not the loot. Unless Blizzard specifically words it so paying for runs.
Yea you paid for a run…runs typically include loot don’t they?
Thus, if you didn’t pay the money, you wouldn’t of gotten that loot right?
Therefore, you paid for the loot.
Probably, idk you should try it for science
Uhh if you’re rolling for it against everyone why did you even pay to go. And sure you can do that, but thats irrelevant because thats just you rolling on the loot. That scenario dsnt guarantee you any loot, and if you are “lying” and no1 is actually rolling against you, or giving you the loot after a fake roll as a gift, then they can still enforce their rule at their discretion.
I much prefer a barter system where i trade flasks or other ingame items of value that arent gold, for the loot =] which is very clearly out side of their statement of rules. (although they can always amend their rules if they deem to be needed in the future)
Unless Blizzard specifically words it that way your belief is pointless. Blizzard is fully aware of what paid carries are and does not mention them. The key part is “awarded in exchange for gold”. Winning gear from a roll, even if you paid for a carry is not that.
Read the post. What part of a carry is “awarded in exchange for gold”?