Why the level 58 boost is bad for the game #stoptheboost

[Khørus-venoxis]

Before i start i should explain what i ment with valid. Its a reason i can relate if i flex my empathiemuscle. Not the other ones that are crab und show a shortsight of thinking. Furthermoore they were only linked to the impact of the boost for boting and selling gold. From a moral standpoint i did not found a valid reason for the boost, but that not surprising, we both know that belives and values not change easily regardless how strange they may be

The valid points i saw where in a talk with Sorzza who is a pro-booster but has real logical reasons why and can outline them.
I will post some bits of the confersation where we tried to understand our differences:

@Sorzza-heartstriker

I would like to challenge the notion that people will buy gold just because it’s cheaper. WoW Gold, for most people, is not a RL commodity that can be easily transfered, stored, resold…it’s a very specific exchange medium, useful only for very limited purposes. There is no real point to amassing it (what does one buy after getting epic flying and maybe a few gear pieces?). So my point of view is that demand for gold doesn’t really go up when the price goes down as would be the case with, say, stocks. The demand goes up when people need gold.

@Sorzza-heartstriker

I would also challenge that notion, because the gold isn’t actually in the market-flow just because a bot farmed it. It gets into the market when its sold to a player and used ingame. And as pointed out above, this is dependent on demand.

@Sorzza-heartstriker

So, with my argument placing an emphasis on demand, what does the demand side look like?

Well, TBC will be a huge gold sink INITIALLY for sure…crafting preraid gear, epic flying, BoE trading…but after that, the demand is actually lower than during classic. Consumables are much more sane, what with well farmable lotus and battle/guardian-restrictions in place, leveling is easier, insane BoEs like Blademasters that are required throughout the expansions lifetime don’t exist, and GDKP runs will be far less popular and less expensive with lower raidsizes, increased raid difficulty and a much better loot/peopleInRaid ratio. Plus, TBC has a very good goto method for making gold anyway (dailyquests).

This made me think that is is possible that the boost could not be as bad for the eco as is initally thought, because he had a valid point here.
Overall goldcost is lower, the high consumesprices should be lower and everyone will have - by default more gold - just natural via dailys.
Dont get me wrong, i think boosting will create alot of (invinsable)bots and this will ensure that goldselling is at its potentional maxium when it comes to sales, but maybe it is not as bad as i thought.
I think we disagree in the actual outcome, but i can say because of this valid point i have now a different more ambievalent view on the topic when it come to economic impact of boosting.
This is a plus in my book at least