WoW Classic's gold farming activities are "controlled"

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WoW Classic's gold farming activities are "controlled"

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Mar 16, 2021

Bren Lyles

WoW, Classic has been launched this month to bring players back to the early days of Azeroth. However, although MMO's long-term fans are eager to revisit those quiet days, it can be said that "World of Warcraft" has been a bit worrying. Fortunately, the Blizzard looks a little better - especially when it comes to gold farming.

In an interview with Eurogamer, chief software engineer Brian Birmingham said that developers want to be able to maintain the practice of gold farming - buying and selling game currency through a third-party "black market" - "controlled."

Currently, World of Warcraft allows players to purchase gold through the token system, but Birmingham confirmed that this is not available in Classic. However, he did notice that "the player has pointed out that because it is a shared subscription, you can plant a bunch of WOW Classic Gold in modern Warcraft and use it to re-subscribe.

When asked if Blizzard is expecting more questions about gold farming, Birmingham said "as long as one is on the keyboard and they are running and doing things", there should be no problem.

Instead, the question arises "when someone has some kind of automated program to play games for them." Birmingham pointed out that this practice violates the game's terms of service, but it should be easier to combat this behavior now. When WoW was launched in 2004: "We have better detection algorithms and techniques than before, so we hope this is enough to get the gold planting under control."

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