Blizzard official announcement: Participating in the gold group will directly ban your account permanently! Is this the grave of Warcraft or its rebirth?

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Blizzard issued a blue post explaining that participating in the gold group will directly ban accounts

Yesterday Blizzard released the latest blue post, giving a detailed introduction to the content of the second phase of the Discovery Season. Although there is one point There is not much text, but it has triggered the most heated discussion among players, and that is the rule about "banning gold groups". In response to player feedback, Blizzard community manager Kaivax once again issued a blue post today to explain this rule in detail.

Blizzard first determined that in the second stage of the exploration season, it will no longer support and allow players to use gold groups for group activities.

Regarding the specific regulations, Blizzard explains in detail as follows:

What exactly is a gold group or GDKP group?

We define gold raids as any raid or dungeon activity that exchanges money for items. Please note that we have multiple gold detection methods that work both inside and outside of a dungeon or raid.

What are the penalties for participating in GDKP during the Discovery Season?

Account actions include suspension and permanent account closure.

When will this policy be implemented specifically?

We will release this policy in conjunction with the release of Season of Discovery Phase 2 on February 8, 2024 at 1:00 PM PST.

Will this policy change affect World of Warcraft Permanent 60, hardcore servers, Wrath of the Lich King Classic, or any other version of World of Warcraft other than Season of Exploration?

Won't. Currently this policy only affects "World of Warcraft Classic: Season of Exploration".

Are there any changes to the policy regarding what advertising is allowed in the Trading or Seeking Teaming channels for Season of Discovery?

Yes. To coincide with this policy update in Season of Exploration, promotion of gold groups in the trading or team-seeking channels, or any other in-game channel, is no longer allowed.

Blizzard explains the definition of gold group and the reason for banning gold group

Blizzard said that the definition of gold group is essentially that players play in dungeons or The organizational method of using gold coins to purchase loot in a team copy, without using other rules or the roll rules that come with the game. The way it works is that after an item drops, team members use gold coins to bid among themselves, and the one with the highest price wins. In the end, all gold coins will be evenly distributed to all team members.

To be fair, gold groups are good for some people who don’t want to be limited to guilds, but this method is essentially transactional, but the game should be social. We are unwilling to prevent any organization of players to play together, but we are worried that the golden group will cause harm to guilds and game organizations, which is contrary to our good memories of the early World of Warcraft. Moreover, gold groups promote a lot of illegal activities, and both RMT and script bots harm the game because gold groups create a large demand for gold coins.

The ban on gold groups can be said to be the biggest change since the release of the World of Warcraft Exploration Season. Although it is not a change in the content of the game, it will be the most far-reaching rule that affects the game. At present, the exploration season is still in the leveling stage, and all the content is phased. Even if the group base does not require a gold group, most people may be able to accept it.

But when the game reaches level 60, it may be difficult to organize a 40-person group, such as MC, BWL or even Naxx, if gold groups cannot be used. At least for players who are used to playing gold groups in nostalgic servers, it is difficult to imagine.

Everything has two sides. The Golden Group has indeed encouraged RMT behavior and script robots, but on the other hand, it has also played a positive role in maintaining the popularity of the classic server. Xiao O also played in the DKP guild when he was in the level 60 nostalgic server, but his alt account could only play in gold groups outside.

Some players said that there are policies and countermeasures, and the final result of Blizzard's ban on gold groups may also be to promote transactions between players with real money. Especially the final level 60 raid mentioned above, because rules like DKP are not everyone’s cup of tea. For equipment that is particularly difficult to drop or has particularly strong attributes, it is obviously unreasonable to use roll points to allocate it.

So, are you optimistic about Blizzard’s policy? In the next stage, what kind of distribution method will you choose to participate in the team?

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