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Statement On Purchasing Gold and Power Leveling Services

by Angelo on February 25th, 2008

Money makes the world go round. In the case of World of Warcraft, it’s gold. Whether it’s to pay for your repairs, your training, gear or that nice epic flying mount you always wanted, gold is important to keep you going. This why things like daily quests and the auction house are very handy for earning the gold for your needs.

However, some players prefer to take the short route and buy gold from the internet. These are the people Blizzard hates. At first I thought that this was just some rule they made up to keep the playing field level so that not one person has a clear advantage over the other and also so that the server economy wouldn’t get drastically affected. But after reading the statement on Purchasing Gold and Power Leveling Services that they released, I realized that there’s a more serious reason why they hunt down these people with such ferocity.

What many people don’t realize when buying gold is the large impact it has on the game economy, and also how the companies selling gold obtain it. Our developers, in-game support, and anti-hack teams work diligently to stop the exploits these companies use and help players who have become victims of their services. We regularly track the source of the gold these companies sell, and find that an alarmingly high amount comes from hacked accounts. These are the friends, relatives, and guildmates you may know who have gone through the experience of having characters, gold, and items stripped from them after visiting a website or opening a file containing a trojan virus. Our teams work to educate players and assist them in avoiding account compromise, but the fact remains that the players themselves are often these companies’ largest target as a source for gold, which the companies then turn around and sell to other players.

Knowing now that you could very well be hacked by the same people who you could be buying gold from should put some fear on players who are thinking of taking the short cut in game. For me, it was important that Blizzard came out with this statement so that players will really understand that their war against gold sellers and third party leveling services is really a serious matter.

We also want players to recognize that these companies often employ people to do their work through the use of disruptive hacks in the game, which can cause realm performance and stability issues. The companies essentially take time away from our development and in-game support efforts as we work to stop their exploits and assist players who have become their victims in recovering characters and items. They spam advertisements, use bots that make it hard for players to find the resources they need, and raise the cost of items through inflation.

Truly all players are affected by the work of these people. If anything, don’t you want those characters spamming these things in the major cities to go away? Help Blizzard fight their war and ultimately you will benefit.

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