I wish I had 100kg LOL
No, I’m not going to “buy it” ('cause that’s the against rules). Nor will I participate in GDKP. I’ll be ok, though 
Just lvl a mage to 60 and stand outside SM, Mara, WC, SFK, or whatever. Its that easy.
I have a Mage. “Just stand outside”, you say? I hardly get whisps for Dungeon Boosting. What I do get Whisps for are Food, Water and Ports.
So are you going to keep copying and pasting a False and ignorant link to a topic that has no meaning to the people that are actually woke and know how things work, or are you actually going to say something?
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Solaurum, I’m actually on your side about a lot of what you’ve said here, but as far as Blizzard benefiting from bots, I don’t think that part is true at all.
You’re spot-on about people buying gold, about greed and GDKP, and whatnot. But you should consider a few things before you go assuming Blizzard dislikes bot accounts.
Blizzard banned and suspended thousands of fraud accounts last year and continues to do so now. They’ve made this clear in several blue posts in the past:
https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/wow/t/what-botshacks-are-allowed/646098/3
Now, even if you think they’re lying about this, consider the fact that a paid subscription in Peru, for instance, costs somewhere around $2 USD. If someone is paying a far lower subscription but is working for a company making bank compared to those subscription numbers, Blizzard stands to lose out on that, not the people paying pennies for a subscription.
On top of that, you should also keep in mind that bots exist on Retail servers as well and they continue to sell gold to players at a prices lower than that of the WoW Token.
Think about that–the WoW Token can be used to buy a subscription, right? So, on retail, you can buy gold from a third party for less than a monthly subscription and then pay less than the standard amount to Blizzard for that subscription. And that money won’t go to Blizzard, it goes to whatever party you paid your money to for the gold.
Blizzard stands to lose money because of bots.
Like I said, I think you’re on the right track, Solaurum, but saying that Blizzard supports bots is just not realistic.
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I’m going to continue dispelling misinformation as often as it appears on this forum. I’m sorry the facts don’t align with the narrative you want to be true.
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You’re only spreading misinformation, not dispelling it.
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How do we know that Blizzard actually bans bots?
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No, Delimicus is correct about this, Salaurum. I’m sorry, I think you’re correct about a lot of what you’ve said, but about the bots being good for Blizzard is not right at all.
They rarely do.
Because they told us so. If you think they’re lying, I’m sure you can take that up with them legally or you can just quit playing.
…but you’re still playing this game. So I guess you’d have to ask yourself why you continue to play a game run by people whom you think are liars.
Corporations lie about stuff all the time you would never be able to buy anything if that was your standard. Might as well say “if you don’t like the bots don’t play” right?
I’ll expand upon this more and say, sometimes, I get a trade window pop up, and the person doesn’t say anything except “water” LOL
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Well if you think that way and believe in what Blizzard tells you, then thats not a very good mindset. Blizzard is a gaming company and just like any other company they try they’re best to squeeze out as much money from people as they can, whether if its truthfully, or by con and corruption.
And right now with the whole pandemic thats happening, the world is starting to move into another great depression like era and companies like these are scrambling to make money.
All those bot accounts are indeed active subscriptions and they raise money each month just like any legit normal player that has an account and pays for it each month, so Blizzard was just like “screw it, we’ll let bots get out of control to make a profit from those accounts” You can argue against it, but its basically whats really happening now with classic.
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Dude. That was me.
Stop.
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Banned bots can’t melt steel beams.
It’s not illegal for them to lie about that.
Yep it will be the same sh*tshow Classic turned into. No thanks! I will certainly not be partaking in this TBC Classic. I will hold onto what fond memories I still have when I played in the original TBC 14 years ago, the one and only OG, the real deal that nothing can replicate or replace.
Honestly, a part of me didn’t want to play Classic to begin with after I’ve already played Vanilla, friends convinced me to… and yea Classic left a bad taste in my mouth, it was like going back to an ex and then realising why it was over.
How did it turn out exactly how you thought it would if you never heard of gdkp?
What’s wrong with people who have a lot of time to farm, or knowledge to take advantage of the auction house, to use that to leverage raid drops? Sounds like you need the gold to catch up and bringing a wealthy individual to pay for your time would help both you and them, especially so if you no longer need many drops from a raid tier.
Blizzard should ban bots and take actions against RMT users, not player innovations.
Funny that Blizz actually explained how botting makes Blizz money while trying to claim it doesn’t.