WOW token is getting nerfed

Community General Discussion
1

What do you guys think about this news? Will it improve the game at all?

4 Likes
2

Not a problem for the majority of players. Is this to combat botting?

5 Likes
3

ugh, i had a few drinks… can someone explain the article as if im 5?

4

If you have not payed for sub with money since 2017 you cannot buy sub with gold anymore.
If you have tokens already in your bags you can still use them for game time.
HOWEVER game time you get from old tokens does not qualify you to purchase new tokens after November 21st-

3 Likes
5

thank you, you done a great thing today. be proud!

6 Likes
6

Always glad to help a drunk Dwarf friend.

3 Likes
7

wait, you said druid omg you read my posts <3 aaaa ok for you i think its time i post as a druid.

edit: sorry i misread lol

2 Likes
8

For the vast majority of players who have bought gametime* with real money this will not affect them and is meant to combat new account botters.

Edit: Corrected post that it only applies to having bought atleast 30 days gametime with real money instead of other services, sorry, I was looking at another blog.

6 Likes
9

Very minor to nonexistent issue for players, but it’s to combat throw away accounts using easily farmed gold by gold sellers.

i.e. Gold Sellers will have to use real money for new accounts.

Win-win for Blizz

I used to pay all my game time with Tokens since its introduction till before my hiatus in the middle of Shadowlands. Would’ve probably impacted me… :stuck_out_tongue:

5 Likes
10

then why do they tell us this if it´s a minor thing?

11

In the US forum they are saying it’s a legal requirement.

1 Like
12

The bluepost is also on the forums:-

Continuing the discussion from Restriction on Purchase of WoW Token – November 2023:

2 Likes
13

I am hybrid customer, sometimes i pay with money sometimes with gold. Presumably gold value of the token will go down after nov21 which will positively affect us occasional token buyers.

3 Likes
14

Blizzard did that cause nobody was paying real money to get new expansion or new games ,bots was buying the gold from boosters then convert it to battle net balance and sell the games to their client.
After they get banned they would make a new account and keep doing it .
Atm after this update if a botter credit card and account gets banned , no more they can create a bot to sell the games and stuff.

3 Likes
15

I can’t explain how I’m happy about this change. Well in other words , bots will pay, they will actually pay ! :dracthyr_blob_dance_animated:

1 Like
16

I wonder if i bought a “180 days Game Time and Dreadwake Mount” with a BN balance back in September 2018…will I qualify for this “restriction”?

1 Like
17

No you will not, because you have spent some amount of real money since 2017.

18

How it can help combat botters? Botters always buying sub with real money with Turkish or Ukraine price (about 7-8 euro), and it is cheaper for them then buying it with wow token because they can make about 13-14 euros selling this gold on third-party websites instead of spending for token. And also anyway botters always use new accounts, not old accounts registered before 2017, so they can’t buy sub first time with token anyway even without this change.

3 Likes
19

Where does this say Mounts/Pets/Services? I only see 30 Days of Gametime

I am confused if i am affected by this or not.
Since the Token came out i did not pay for Gametime. And when they started to allow to convert this into Money i used this as well to get even cheaper Gametime since i bought 6 Months at once as well as other things like the new Expansions or some Faction Changes and what not. Does this count as spending “Money”?
Then i started playing Classic and only logged into Retail for some fast Gold for Gametime. But since i did not buy Dragonflight i stopped around the Time the PrePatch came out.
And then i bought a 50€ Giftcard at a Store here to buy Gametime later since my Time and Balance got low. But then they announced Classic Token and i started buying those.
Now i had ~50,xx€ on my Account and bought a 30€ Faction Change. Does this now really count towards me spending real Money to i am not affected by this?
And what if i now take my 20,xx€ to buy 2 Months of Gametime for 25,98€. Since at least 0,xx€ are from buying Token in Retail. Does this affect this as well? Since not the whole Amount would have been payed with “real” Money.

It is all so confusing.

1 Like
20

so leta say one guy only buys game time with gold through tokens cant do this anymore? he needs to boy at least 1 month with some euros? is that correct? rip to all gold goblins

1 Like