Gold Farmers

I would never buy in-game gold for real money. It's just a waste of money to me. Because you know that you will not be playing the same game in 10 years.

 

I agree with you also when you buy from those types of places you increase your chances of being hacked plus it takes the fun out of the game in my opinion.

 

Same game in 10 years? WoW players would like to have a talk with you about that.

 

Meh. I've been in guilds with people who have bought gold before and I was always of the opinion that it's their money and their risk. Did anyone get hacked? On occasion, but Blizz restored their lost goodies and it was like it never happened.

However you look at it you're spending something (time, money, your sanity) when you play anyway. Those pretty pixels just happen to be worth more to some than others.

 

I actually don't have a problem with people who want to buy gold. That's their money and heck, everyone is already spending real money to play the game in the first place, so it's not like they can criticize one another for 'wasting' real money.

What I have a problem with are the actual gold farmers who end up screwing others over in order to farm the gold in the first place. And I'm really not fond of the idea of sweatshop style offices with people managing a bunch of accounts and bots. It greatly decreases the value of the gold in the first place and annoys the heck out of people who are trying to do things the legit way.

 

The problem with gold farmers is when people start buying from them not only are they stealing money from the company, but also they screw up the economy as well.

 

I've never bought or will ever buy gold because I considered it a waste of money, however I'm not against it. If anyone has the money and think it's worth it, it's their choice.
Also while I have no problem with gold sellers I do have a problem with people that use bots to farm the gold. As most of you already said they destroy the economy of the server and pretty much devaleues my hard earned gold as well.

 

I am indifferent to people buying gold from gold farming sites. It's their money. Furthermore, it doesn't affect the way I play the game. Sure, it may affect the Auction House in some way, but personally, I know enough about the game to play it efficiently without relying on the Auction House. I see the AH as a bonus to my gaming experience.

People put way too much emphasize on the idea that it destroys the server economy. Of the 8 years I've played the game, I haven't seen this happen yet and I'm saying this through the experience of over half a dozen servers I played regularly on. In the end, people need to realize that the virtual currency of WoW has no cap. It constantly increases the pool. I am still able to sell items on the AH at a price I am satisfied with. Like the economy out of virtual reality, if a day doesn't work for you, then try another day. If this hour doesn't work on that price, then try a different hour.

 

Well "destorying" might be a bit too harsh, but the reality is that they definitely have huge influence on the AH. A good example is when Mists of Pandaria came out and there was a patch soon after(usually after a patch bots dont work for few days) I was selling 1 cloak I was crafting for 1.5k gold and I would sell easily 4-5 of those daily without a problem. As soon as the bots started working the price went down to 150-200g which wasn't worth the time you spend getting the materials for it.
Also depending on the population on the realm some times the prices can drop to a point where you can make more profit selling what you have to a vendor lol.. It has happened quite a few times on Silvermoon EU, one of the highest populated EU realms.

 

I dislike any type of game that introduces this type of tactic, it removes the fun aspect of the game, the very fact that these pay to win games exist for that purpose as well really miffs me.

 

I would not want to buy it for real money. On the flipside in games like Runescape you can sell gold for real money.

 

Can you actually, the gold you pick up from the monsters and that can be sold for real money? That is the first I have heard of that hehe.

 

I've never done it, however I don't completely rule out doing it in the future.
One player put it in a nice way, he was buying gold and said "well I work long hours, I don't have the time to get it for myself. I don't mind buying a little to make me enjoy my gaming time more."

And I can completely understand that.

 

I have no problem with gold farming if it is farmed by an actual live human being who is operating within the rules of the game. I would never buy gold as I would farm it myself if I ever felt that I needed to. I am against bots doing the farming as they can get in the way of real players. I have an issue with gold sellers as my impression is that much of the gold being sold is the result of hijacked accounts.

 

Yes you can. Whether it's Runescape, WoW, TERA, Diablo etc... all games that you play with other people have huge market for buying/selling gold.

 

It's a good point about bots. Then again, seeing how much work is needed for a tiny bit of money, I doubt there are many people who do it themselves.

 

That is a fair enough remark, if it was another human player doing the farming then it is acceptable because at least they are putting in the work themselves, but if it's a bot they are using, it sort of destroys the point of the game.

 

You can make insane amount of gold without the use of bots if you really want to. For example there is a group of 5-6 people on my server who make daily 700-800k gold split between them it's over 100k daily. Even if you sell that gold to a reseller you can easily get 60-70$ for it.
What's more what they do to make that gold is actually relatively fun to do.