The most annoying people in World of Warcraft are finally getting punished. Advertising for boost runs is apparently finally facing penalties.
A large part of the endgame of World of Warcraft consists of visiting “Mythic+” dungeons. Those who don’t have a fixed group look in the search tool instead and try to find players. However, finding a “normal” group is not always that easy. Often, the search tool is flooded with annoying offers. Blizzard is apparently taking action against this now.
What is the problem? Many players have already fully completed their characters and are waiting for the new expansion Shadowlands. They want to earn decent gold until then. Thus, these players are now offering boosting groups. Here, one player pays for the entire group and is pulled through a tough dungeon. Good loot and a strong chest at the end of the week await.
However, the problem is that these boosting groups have taken over for a while now. The entire search tool is often overcrowded with them, causing “normal” groups to be completely drowned out. Promoting such groups within the search tool is actually prohibited.
What happened? Now there is finally a glimmer of hope. Because a screenshot has appeared in the World of Warcraft subreddit. The user NargoEUW shows an image of the notification for a temporary account suspension.
1-day bans for advertising in the group finder from r/wow
The message states that the affected account was suspended for 24 hours because it had offered “boosts and carries” in the group finder.
This little news was extremely well received by the WoW community. More than 5,000 upvotes rained down on this post. Apparently a topic that interests many people. This is also reflected in the comments.
Is advertising for boost runs allowed? In principle, advertising is allowed – however, only in the trade channel and only if the compensation involves gold. Selling boost runs for real money or promoting these groups in the group search tool is, however, prohibited and has been for quite some time. The fact that Blizzard is now apparently cracking down and issuing mild suspensions could pay off in the long run.
How can you report such groups? This can be done directly from the group finder menu. Just right-click on the respective group and select “Report” – then you just need to choose the correct reason and a report will be sent to Blizzard.
Of course, one can only hope that this was not an isolated case and that Blizzard will now take action more frequently against such cases.
