WoW: Most of you find boosting acceptable – This is how you decided

Boosting is bad! Or is it? Most of you find it acceptable. That was the result of our survey.

A few days ago, we wrote a news article about the streamer Naguura. She publicly admitted that she had herself boosted in PvP in World of Warcraft. She didn’t hide it, published a video, and was completely open about it. This brought her a lot of criticism and reignited the debate about boosting in World of Warcraft.

We asked you what you think about boosting. And even though the result of our survey is extremely close – the majority of you find boosting acceptable.

Boosting for gold is okay – A narrow majority

A significant 45% (510 votes) of you believe that boosting is perfectly fine as long as it only occurs for in-game gold. This group has no problem purchasing services like gaining an arena rating or the kill of a particularly difficult boss with gold. For them, this is a core part of the game and acceptable. Here are a few comments from the community:

Angier writes in the comments on MeinMMO:

As long as boosting is not a direct service for real money, I see no problem with it. And no, the workaround via WoW Tokens does not make it a real-money service for me.

Bluthusten added:

Basically, I’m okay with boosting through gold purchase, as long as people obtained their gold by farming or selling in-game items or through the auction house, etc. Please, then spend it for an “Ahead of the Curve” [Current Achievement] or whatever. I’ve boosted players in BFA from 110 to 12 in Freehold for gold and bought my playtime from it.

On Facebook, Anca Nolting wrote:

It’s a service that’s paid for with in-game currency, so that’s perfectly fine. The spam could be less, but otherwise everything is good.

Boosting should always be prohibited – Another large group

Also, 45% – but with 509 votes, exactly one person less – believe that boosting has no place in World of Warcraft. It should be prohibited by Blizzard, and anyone who offers or uses it should face sanctions. For these players, purchasing such services goes against the spirit of the game, regardless of whether it’s done with real money or gold. Anyone unable to achieve a gaming performance through their own effort should not be able to purchase it.

Here are a few voices from the community on this as well.

Kyuukei writes in the comments on MeinMMO:

Boosters ruin the game for me. I started with MMO=social. You interact with people, help each other out, assist others as long as it stays within the limits of not being exploited.

Today? We only play with you if you pay us. This is not even made up, unfortunately, sometimes it’s like that on Draenor. […]

Addi Kaffenberger wrote about this on Facebook:

I will never understand these people. Spending 13 euros a month to not play a game remains a mystery to me. If someone is too bad for high keys or ratings, they should just play low until they get better.

Also, Björn Köhler shares this opinion on Facebook:

Clear yes, should be prohibited. What has become of the community? Have all people forgotten the purpose of the game?

Boosting for money – a silent group finds it okay

With 9% (104 votes), there is also a relevant group of players who find boosting acceptable – even for real money. For these players, it is okay to pay for in-game services and earn something that way.

However, there were no supporters and voices from this group in our comments, which is why comments are missing. It seems understandable that these people do not want to publicly comment on this issue.

The survey has definitely shown that there is no unanimous opinion among the player base. Since the groups of supporters and critics are almost equally sized – at least in our survey – one can definitely say that it is not a minority that represents either side. So if someone says that a small group is ruining the fun for the majority, that is simply incorrect.

Did you expect such a result? Or did you think it would turn out more clearly?