Can I link a Reddit article like you?
Dont care what source its from as long as it shows that Blizzard is doing that, and not a theoretical piece.
https://www.reddit.com/r/wow/comments/31s7np/the_wow_token_scam_in_action/
Have fun! Thereâs a ton more as I have more then 1 instance.
Pst your piece was also theoretical, as no one could figure out why it wasnât selling. Again, more then likely a bug.
That is what you chose to source? Theres literally not one single person in that that agrees the scam is even happening. Is that a former article of yours? Cause the tinfoil hat certainly seems to get around if it isnt.
Theyâd slap their own mothers with a salmon for a 5% stock jump.
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And your post had everyone saying their tokens sold in the normal 2 hours.
Its almost like no one will know for sure, so weâre all guessing.
Iâm just not guessing that Actiblizz isnât sticking their hand in the cookie jar.
Sure you are.
The only comments Iâve ever seen about the Activision involvement with how Blizzard runs their games was from Ythisens after he was laid off. People were asking him all the time how much sway Activison held.
He flat out told them that Activision never got involved with anything Blizzard.
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Im not stating that activision isnt shady. Ive had to wait 6 hours for a token to sell. The average wait time is 2hr - 12hrs. Ive never had one not sell but that doesnât mean a player didnt buy it up so Blizz did buy it either. Youâre right that neither us have solid proof our stance is correct. Youâre creating all these scenarios though to go along with yours just adding to a theory to try to get people to believe it though.
Inflation? No.
WoW tokens (2017) replaced an already-existing million dollar industry: players buying WoW game gold. Weâve had that since 2005.
This was game gold farmed by âgold farmersâ and sold to players using illegal websites for the purchases. So thereâs no change: someone in-game farms gold, then sells it for US dollars.
The only difference is who gets the money.
[1] in-game players get balance (only usable for Blizzard products) instead of US dollars
[2] players give US dollars to Blizzard (not illegal websites) for gold
You need to be on their payroll pal.
As most people have also witnessed. Only one guy only didnât have his sell. Everyone else has had their sell every time. Else you would see more people complaining.
Wonder whose making sure all those are sold.
Q: How much gold will I receive when I sell a WoW Token?
A: The gold value of a Token will be determined dynamically based on supply and demand. When you put a Token up for sale, youâll be quoted the amount of gold youâll receive upon a successful sale. If you then decide to place the Token up for sale, that amount is locked in, and the gold will be sent to your mailbox after another player purchases your Token.
Having a set current market price and a straightforward exchange system is the best way to achieve thatâyou donât need to worry about whether your Token will sell or not due to being undercut or the market shifting, and everyone receives exactly the amount of gold they were quoted.
Q: What happens if the price quoted to me is different from what the Token actually sells for?
A: You will always receive the gold amount quoted to you at the time you place a Token up for sale, regardless of what the current price is when the item actually sells.
I do not see where it states that it creates gold out of thin air to accommodate the sale. Since the prices change dynamically it could go down a bit to cover the costs of tokens sold at that higher price. Since its always dynamically changing it would allow this to occur? Or am I reading that wrong?
Surprised you can tell there is a difference between things. Now if you could see how they are the sameâŚ
You seem like someone whos pretty bitter about a company. Im inclined to believe a former employee over a bitter forum user.
I agree that there is no 1-to-1 matching. The only connection between the 2 programs is price, and we have to trust Blizzard that their prices are APPROXIMATELY balanced.
After all, tokens donât exist: they are just numbers in a fictional game. There is no reason for Blizzard to track them 1-to-1. But Blizzard can keep track of the count of the total number of transactions in both directions (each hour, each day, etc.) and use that imbalance to gradually change the price.
They arenât even the same tokens! There are silver tokens and gold tokens, and nowhere does Blizzard EVER say that one kind gets converted into the other kind. They donât say that. There are 2 programs, and the price is the same in both directions.
nobody is going to sell their gold for game time in classic in NA. Okay, Iâm exaggerating - very few people will.
What will happen. Blizz conjures value of gold for token - probably close to whatever third party gold sellers are charging for $15 - $20 worth of real money.
It launches, a mass amount of people buy gold.
But nobody is buying tokens for game time. Obviously price will adjust but I donât think it will ever be as stable as it is in retail.
Rates would have to have a competitive time investment compared to retail for people to be interested in the conversion. I donât see how they can make that relationship healthy easily.
So are they buying it for blizzard balance then? What would someone be buying the token with gold for in classic if not for either game time or blizzard balance?
Whatâs it like being wrong about every single thing youâve ever posted? I love all these people that love to claim their hatred for this âEVILâ cooperation, yet still pay them money every month willingly.
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Iâm trying to say they wonât. Unless they are quitting classic and cashing out - gold in classic actually has value. In retail it has much less value in terms of progression, etc.
If youâre buying gold in retail youâre likely doing it to pay for carries. There few things you can actually buy that have value sans some cosmetic things.
Youre not getting it. Youâre saying very few people in classic will buy tokens for gametime. For someone to sell their token a player buys their token for either game time or blizzard balance. So theoretically every token sold was purchased by someone interested in game time or blizzard balance. Meaning if lots of people are gonna sell tokens for gold for carries and what not, there is an equal amount of people buying tokens with gold for game time or blizzard balance.
thatâs not how tokens even work bro.
you go to shop, you buy gold. Classic has MANY people wanting to buy gold. Not sell it for game time or blizz balance.