Boosting services in MMORPGs like WoW are annoying – or are they actually useful and cool? We want to discuss this and find out how they are received by you.
Whether in the current version of World of Warcraft, the Classic variant or many other MMORPGs – wherever players can trade gold or other in-game currencies with each other, there are also so-called “boosts” available.
What are boosts? Boosts vary depending on the game content. Typically, it involves a player or a group of well-equipped characters helping another player through certain content that they otherwise couldn’t handle. This could be a particularly difficult dungeon, a critical success, or simply the passive leveling of a character. Also popular are upgrades in PvP ratings or the guaranteed acquisition of a certain mount.
Such boosts are usually offered for in-game currency. The buyer then pays a previously determined amount and receives the agreed service in return.
Boosts divide the community
Whenever the topic of boosts comes up – whether in forums or in MMO chats – players have divided opinions about it.
Many players do not like boosts and their offers. On one hand, they are annoyed that such offers flood the channels permanently. On the other hand, it dilutes the achievements of individual players in the game. When a character has rewards that they didn’t earn through performance, an important indicator of how good a teammate actually is is missing.
On the other hand, there are also numerous players who make use of such boosting offers and benefit from them. They may be more skilled at accumulating gold and want to use that to buy some rewards. Some simply don’t have enough time to join serious raid groups, but still want to have some of the cool rewards. In that case, it makes sense to spend gold on such offers, as both sides benefit.
Occasionally, it also happens that the providers of such boosting offers get involved in illegal activities. Recently, Blizzard took action against one of the largest boosting communities and banned numerous accounts. In that case, the earned gold was sold for real money – something that is explicitly prohibited in most games.
Boosting in MMORPGs – Good thing or should it be banned?
But now it’s time to ask you for your opinion. Have you ever used boosting services, for example in World of Warcraft? Do you sometimes let yourself be carried through dungeons or raids for in-game money or secure a specific mount this way? What is your opinion on such offers?
If you want to explain your opinion a bit better, feel free to leave a comment under this article and discuss actively.
