Recently, it is forbidden to advertise for sell runs in World of Warcraft. However, not everyone welcomes this decision by Blizzard.
Advertising for “sell runs” and all other offers for gold is no longer allowed in the “Looking for Group” tool of World of Warcraft. Blizzard wants to clean up the tool so that players can find groups faster and do not have to filter out gold offers first.
General mood positive: A large part of the community is responding well to this. Many opinions range from “It was about time” to “finally, 90% of the groups are gone”. The overwhelming sentiment is positive and supportive of this decision.
Small group mourns sell runs. However, there is not only support for the abolition of gold sell runs in the “Looking for Group” tool. Especially from low population servers, there are some players who criticize Blizzard’s decision. They have always been pleased when they could get a special mount or simply a “Mythic+15” chest for gold just before the end of the expansion. After all, gold is also a way to obtain equipment if it’s not possible otherwise.
Gold in seconds – the machinery behind it: Some guilds have now developed a fixed rhythm that is reminiscent of assembly line processing. Every 30 minutes, Argus is pulled on heroic, each time with 5 customers who pay 150,000 gold for it. And that goes on for several hours. While an alt searches for customers in the tool, the group takes down Argus, then invites the next customers. This way, guilds earn several million gold in just a few hours.
Especially for these guilds, this is likely to mean a significant loss of income – although fortunately only in in-game currency.
Cortyn says: I also view the ban rather ambivalently. It was always a nice opportunity to give other players a gift. For example, by gifting them participation in a sell run for a special mount. I find it a shame that this option is being removed in favor of more clarity. From my perspective, the best step would have been to simply offer an additional tab that only lists such sell runs. Then everyone would know immediately what to expect and wouldn’t have to sort for long.
But what is your opinion on the abolition of advertisements for sell runs in raids and dungeons? More clarity and a good thing? Or have you ever bought a raid spot that doesn’t actually match your skill level?
