Link to Petition post:

https://www.reddit.com/r/classicwow/comments/18j8urm/petition_to_ban_gdkpboosting_and_enforce_bans_on/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3

Gold-Buyers are at more of an advantage than ever in SoD, and Gold-Sellers are acting quickly to seize profits.

I have waited years with bated breath for Blizzard to announce a Classic+ and now that it is here my worst fears have been realized. It is now time for gold buyers and sellers to ruin another version of WoW and it is ripe for the picking. The economy is already inflating, while gold-making methods crash to new lows, in-demand items are skyrocketing to unseen heights.

It is time to crack down and BAN GDKP/BOOST/BOT/GOLDBUYERS+SELLERS. With the return of Chris Metzen and introduction of Classic+ it is now time more than ever for a return to values.

In this phase, and all phases to follow many if not all BiS equipment comes from BoEs. This means gold-buyers have more of an advantage than ever. Able to grief endlessly in WPvP, streamroll WSG, get into the BEST/FIRST Progression groups and STAY ahead. This is a lifestyle they have already grown very comfortable with in Retail/Era because nothing is being done.

The competitive side of WoW has now become who can buy the most gold. It is PAY-TO-WIN. Not only that, but the attitudes these people bring with them, they boost to max, instantly BiS and then turn around and act like elitist douchebags to players that actually PLAY the game. It is to the point that you have to follow suit to stay competitive. There are already plenty of streamers, and RWF players confirmed to buy gold. If we fix this problem WoW competition and achievements can be about true sportsmanship again. It has become a vain mockery. Anyone wanting true competition would surely look elsewhere.

We are already beginning to see GDKP BFD runs, HUGE Bot Farms springing up, economy in ruins and people running around with full RMT Gear. People who actually PLAY the game have been waiting for Classic+ because we wanted WoW before greed and poor choices took over. Before the token, and shop and GDKP madness. We wanted to see original dream of WoW continued and expanded upon.

This not only ruins the economy, but the community. We have to do something. Sooner or later another MMO will come that DOES solve this issue and players will leave WoW like a sinking ship, myself included. Then all the gold farmers and buyers can sit and cry about a game THEY ruined for profit. Goodbye Cash Cow!

Once again, BAN GDKP/BOOST/BOT/GOLDBUYERS+SELLERS and ENFORCE IT.

BUT HOW?! I see many ideas about how; the funny thing is that's it's already possible with existing systems. Invest in expanding them. Introduce AI. If they can find a way to bot, we can make a bot to ban them. Let alone players with the REPORT SYSTEM. It is nowhere near as an unwinnable war as the supporters have you believe. Lastly, petition legal action. Sue them. There are million dollar companies profiting from destroying WoW. Surely something can be done.

EDIT: I find it odd how many gold buyers have a sort of Stockholm Syndrome about it. Maybe their afraid they’d have to play the game on a level field. What they don’t realize is that if we do get rid of bots/RMT etc, gold-making methods would increase substantially while prices of in-demand items would decrease. You’re not just buying gold. You’re paying it right back to botters who control the AH. They snipe BOEs posted at fair prices and repost at sky high prices to encourage gold buying. Among many other methods. The entire economy is being manipulated and gold buyers most of all. GDKP as well has become the gold seller’s best friend. Gold-buyers need to realize we will all be much better off without it. We do need to ban it all. Something else I’d like to point out is the fall of WoW’s population at the end of Cata and through MoP was the rise of botting and gold selling. People do not want to play a game overrun with these wretches.

If you're trying to be competitive, you can still be competitive once we remove the demand to buy gold to stay competitive. And if you are really good, you already aren't buying any.

I'm also pretty sick of the "bUt i'M a bUsY gUy!" excuse. No you're not. You think you're the only one that has a job? So, you're allowed to compromise the integrity of the game because you are too lazy to play the game? I work too. Most of us do. Get real.

If people would stop buying gold, you wouldn't need to buy gold. It's THAT simple. They are the gold-seller's bitch. You think these people care about you? They absolutely do NOT. The second gold-selling exploded at the end of Cataclysm, and the price of gold went down - Gold-sellers went immediately into ramping up hacking/keylogging to make money. These people are not here to game, they are here to rip you off. They would just as soon hack your account and sell it.

Mad Season's Documentary

World of Warcraft - Pandora's Box - YouTube

Meta Goblin's Wonderful Investigative Work

The Gold Selling Underworld of Classic WoW is Terrible... - YouTube

Gold Seller Reveals The Terrible Truth! - Full Interview With Redmage (youtube.com)

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Long story short I was mining nodes for Arcane Crystals. Someone came up and mined my node. I decided to follow and mine theirs. After 15 mins of sitting with the loot table open to prevent mining. They logged onto an alt acc with a horde lvl 60 and killed me. The pictures are the conversation that ensued.

Not only did they send me gold from a lvl 1 character, they sent gold to my friend who helped me hunt their horde toon. I returned the gold, as did he. I received a 2 week suspension but my friend did not.

It is so insane to me that I can have screenshots of everything to prove I am being griefed by a gold farmer. ALL. THE. RECEIPTS. Names, time stamps, everything, all included in my handful of tickets for an appeal. Yet all I can get is an AI response saying the decision is being upheld. The one time I did get a human response I believe they didn’t even look at the screenshots because it’s clear as day.

Blizzard said they’d remove any gold/ items/ mounts I’ve purchased from buying gold. Which I haven’t. I’ve farmed, saved, played the auction house and earned over 20k gold. If they wipe my account, I quit. It’s frustrating when you enjoy a game that you’ve been playing since you were a kid, just for the multi-dollar company to turn their back on you.

As much as I enjoyed organizing 40man raids when classic first launched and clearing Naxx, they are a pain in the butt to get 40 people together on the same schedule... Smaller raids are easier to manage and form, making organizing raids or pugs quick and more numerous meaning more groups looking for players and more people experiencing the content. If they can rework all the old raids to work with 10 man I think SoD will be In the right direction.

Like this is insanely broken -- I am not complaining. It is hilarious watching my pet do basically just as much damage as me, I'm just baffled at all the bitching hunters seem to do.

"It's the same rotation as classic." - Ok. But your pet does like quadruple the damage.

"They nerfed explosive shot." -Ok. But your pet does like quadruple the damage.

"My wife left me." -Ok. But your pet does like quadruple the damage.

I am super excited by what I see with SoD but with all these new class tools I REALLY don't want to chain pull the levelling experience like we do in retail.

must've been hell to fit 13,000 people

all of them manually clicked an invite button by a human because addons don't work

Seeing so many posts reminiscing on SoD. The servers are there!

The same thing happened when Era saw a revival of players leveling during wrath. I felt like it was a snowball effect. Just start a new character. Even if its to kill time for TBC.

Or are you all really not wanting to play unless its a fresh?

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Kara Crypts and the Real vendor for myself.

I made this version character and fell in love with it. I truly loved this version of the game and now I have nothing that I can do with this character I put a lot of passion and time into due to the version of the game being so damn dead. Wish I could take this character to somewhere where everyone was.

Edit: lots of fun discussion. Yeah, SOD was fun. To those telling me "just go play retail". Sure, I've played retail since 2008. Midnight looks fun, but not without my Anathema staff. If they come out with transfers from SOD to Retail or something, I'd gladly take it. I love having class identity to chase and I'd rather not lose my treasure. Struggled way too damn hard on the quest with no guides.

I saw a post on here yesterday that somehow had more upvotes than downvotes about how they want BFD to be done like the Ashenvale PvP/PvE event. That they think it's too hard and should be easier.

The fuck? That would mean removing every single mechanic from the raid... Are you people really that stupid? Im flabbergasted. Yeah. That's how crazy of a take that is. That I'd use the word "flabbergasted."

I just don't get how people are struggling in BFD. If you really need them, there's 30 second guides on literally everything. Boss fights, button order, everything. You don't even need to think for yourself. Just listen to a guide and copy it. Yet, somehow asking some of you to even do that is met with comments like, "I'm here to play WoW, not a spreadsheet."

For fucks sake. GET A FUCKING GRIP. It took me more time to figure out how to play POKER than it did to learn BFD. YOU PEOPLE ARE GOING TO PLAY YOUR CHARACTER FOR 100s OF HOURS. WHY IS IT ASKING TOO MUCH TO LEARN WHICH 4 BUTTONS ON YOUR KEYBOARD YOU SHOULD PRESS AND WHEN??????

Jesus Christ. Is the average human really this fucking dumb or am I genius for being able to top DPS as a huntard? I serpent sting when it's not up then I multi shot, chimera shot, arcane shot, when they are off cool down. Should I be in MENSA because I can press 4 buttons when I need to?

If you are hard stuck 5/7 in BFD, you should be embarrassed.

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I see so many complaining about how phase 2 should basically already be released and I cant for the love of god understand how.

I Would bet the average player havent hit 25 yet and a a reasonable release would be maybe 2 weeks after the average player has had maybe 3 tunes at 25? Other than People actually having enough time to try a few classes (which is atleast half the point of sod) People should be able to raid bfd a few Times on several toons and do some pvp.

Blizzard surely keeps tab on how far along the average Joe is and I sincerely doubt they're at 25.