Blizzard is right to sue these losers. Gold farmers are now sending unwanted tells and group invites to individual players. They just spam, spam, spam, and ruin any game the infest.
If WoW didn't allow anyone lvl 1-20 to spam in general chat or to send tells to anyone more than 10 levels higher than them, this problem would be solved. All the characters and accounts used to spam are generally level 1, or on a 14-day trial (cannot exceed lvl20 during a 14-day trial). Simple solution: Don't let anyone on a 14 day trial send tells to people 10 levels higher. Don't let anyone under level 20 send tells to people over 10 levels higher. Spam problem solved. I actually sent this suggestion to Blizzard in a trouble ticket but I don't think they read those. - Phos (PS - I hate gold farmers too, but as long as it's necessary to have fun, I just factor my "gold buying" money as an additional 'unofficial' monthly fee necessary for playing the game. I pay $15 per month to play, and I set aside $10 per month to have gold so I can actually have fun in-game. I hate that I have to do that, but I refuse to spend a week farming just so I can have one night worth of fun with the little gold I've managed to scrounge together! Shame on Blizzard for making a gold-dependant game and then allowing gold farmers to control the market!) BTW - I have since quit WoW because of many reasons including the spammers.
Let me tell you how you make 10 easy gold without farming, cheating or paying those who do. Every little town or major city has crafting vendors who supply the vials and other accoutrements necessary to craft. Once in awhile, these vendors sell semi-rare item recipes, usually in the 15 silver to 1 gold range.
You buy these recipes and sell them in the Auction House for three to four times their value, sometimes even more. You do this and you'll always have a few extra gold around when you want it.
Nice now since all this is happening what needs to be done next is all mmo's out there combine forces and sue every one of those dang gold sellers and people who sell accounts and also sell ebay if they do not remove gold sellers or account sellers off the auctions and they need to hit these people hard!
IGE's being sued by a player not Blizzard. This is probably the best way to go in order to stop or discourage gold selling sites to have groups of player form against them and file class action suits. If game companies did it it could lead to government interference(as in more crappy taxes).
Personally I feel gold sellers are the worst thing that happened to MMOs, because is so freely circulated and some bozo spends 200 bucks on say 5000 gold they suddenly are willing to pay unreal prices for items that go for a whole lot less. Then people that sell these items fairly on the auction house think "Hey we can get more" so they charge more and gold farmers take advantage of this increase and start selling items for even more to get the GOLD back they sold!! Granted most of their gold comes from obliterating entire areas of stuff they're not even going to use for in game purposes.
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Let me tell you how you make 10 easy gold without farming, cheating or paying those who do. Every little town or major city has crafting vendors who supply the vials and other accoutrements necessary to craft. Once in awhile, these vendors sell semi-rare item recipes, usually in the 15 silver to 1 gold range.
You buy these recipes and sell them in the Auction House for three to four times their value, sometimes even more. You do this and you'll always have a few extra gold around when you want it.
IGE's being sued by a player not Blizzard. This is probably the best way to go in order to stop or discourage gold selling sites to have groups of player form against them and file class action suits. If game companies did it it could lead to government interference(as in more crappy taxes).
Personally I feel gold sellers are the worst thing that happened to MMOs, because is so freely circulated and some bozo spends 200 bucks on say 5000 gold they suddenly are willing to pay unreal prices for items that go for a whole lot less. Then people that sell these items fairly on the auction house think "Hey we can get more" so they charge more and gold farmers take advantage of this increase and start selling items for even more to get the GOLD back they sold!! Granted most of their gold comes from obliterating entire areas of stuff they're not even going to use for in game purposes.
Down with Gold Sellers!
really?
does blz sue it or a player sue it?
I've already quit WoW and sold my account illegally with some purchased gold on it and a botted set of lvl 70s with uber gear and flying mounts.
Thanks for the tip though!
- Phos