The Lawbringer: The lessons of globalization and gold farming

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1-21-2011 @ 1:59PM

Kevin Fitzgerald said...

No offense, but I believe those are some terrible ideas. As long as you can't hear the spammer, then your experience isn't harmed. Let Blizzard worry about the farmers, and you just play the game.

Allowing players the authority abuse your hypothetical kick system gives players the right to sue Blizzard. They pay their monthly dues for access, and allowing players to deny them access is a very poor and potentially illegal decision.

The purpose of a business is to make a profit. If Blizzard banned every account, or refused to return gear and gold to every account that purchased gold, players would quit. Guilds would lose contributors, and raid scheduled would be messed up. Blizzard doesn't want to upset the community because it lowers the quality of the experience.

Gold farmers hurt WoW. They probably drive 1/1000 WoW players from playing. But if Blizzard took action against anyone that bought gold, it would probably drive away 1/100 WoW players.

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