Other players pay to get a rare mount in WoW? Blizzard is now taking action against it.
Those who look around a little longer in the group finder tool of World of Warcraft often notice certain offers instead of actual group requests. It is about selling particularly difficult dungeons, such as Mythic+15 or a “mount run” in Karazhan, to other players. The exact price is not always specified there. The reason for this is that often real money must change hands, following the thought: If you want the Karazhan mount, put down 50€.
Blizzard obviously has a problem with this type of sales. They do not want a market for such services to develop and want to stifle it in the future.
Community Manager Ornyx stated in the official forum:
“Many of the affected players were in the top raid guilds. We want to make it clear that anyone we have sanctioned has clearly stated that they know they are violating our terms of use. To maintain fair play and competitive integrity in the future, these activities will be monitored more closely to ensure everyone follows the rules. This includes selling services for real money, account sharing, and other offenses.”
What exact penalties were imposed, Blizzard has not revealed.
Sell Runs – prohibited for cash, explicitly allowed for gold
Blizzard explicitly emphasizes that there is absolutely no problem with offering in-game services for in-game gold. Offering a mount run for 200,000 gold is not a problem.
Additionally, there will be new reporting functions in patch 7.2 to be able to directly report such behavior to Blizzard. The Game Masters will then take the necessary actions.
Cortyn says: I’m not really surprised that especially players from the professional guilds wanted to earn a few Euros through such sell runs. Those who want to stay on top probably don’t have time for a full job and have to use what the game offers. So why not use the best equipment in the game for some monetary gain? Well, obviously, because Blizzard doesn’t want that. The complaints from the pros probably won’t take long to materialize.
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