The token was in the game files before the game released and this was discussed months ago... The more experienced crowd was predicting this as a possibility, the more naive crowd was covering their eyes and whispering "no changes". My hope is that the NA game doesnt reach the threshold to validate adding the token, because if it does, the addition of the token is insignificant in contrast to shear quantity of players who must be botting and buying gold outside of the auto clicker game. The addition of a token acknowledges much larger issues in play but also acts as an excellent tool to combat certain behaviors. I am not 100% pro token, but I can understand the necessity in using it and applaud Blizz for making the tough decisions that the emotional playerbase cant understand.
Blizz has never been able to squish botting. I was linking bots 8 months ago during my initial argument for the token and even by showing people that bots exist within retail, the majority of users scoffed at the idea that bots would/could exist within Classic. The reality here is that gold is valuable in Classic and the barrier to entry to create an account in Classic is lower than retail (Classic only requires a sub) and the demographic of users who play Classic are older and have less time and more disposable income
Blizz has never been able to squish botting. I was linking bots 8 months ago during my initial argument for the token and even by showing people that bots exist within retail, the majority of users scoffed at the idea that bots would/could exist within Classic. The reality here is that gold is valuable in Classic and the barrier to entry to create an account in Classic is lower than retail (Classic only requires a sub) and the demographic of users who play Classic are older and have less time and more disposable income
This sounds familiar...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1pQd7YNHLc&t=6m32s
Yeah I dug up this thread because yeah, the wow token makes botting worse, not better ;)
I wonder if he ever gets tired of pulling that face on every single youtube thumbnail :lol:
Hey, the token debate!
I am in my little raid-logging bubble at the moment. So I just login, farm some manual crowd pummelers and do my profession cooldowns then log off until raid night(s). I am 8/8 BWL as of last week and getting pretty rapidly geared up as a Feral tank. BWL is easy, but still enjoyable to progress with friends.
I see stuff about gold selling, and have heard about token in China - but it has such minimal impact on my limited play schedule that I'm really not phased one way or another. I am really looking forward to ZG/Dragons/AQ/Naxx to come with a decent guild of RL mates and randoms auto clickers.
Hope everyone is doing well and still enjoying Classic. I wish I had a bit more time to level alts or grind gold for more consumes, but such is life :smile:
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It's probably not popular to say but the token is one thing I wouldn't have minded seeing in classic. Bots and gold farmers was inevitable and I would have rather had control of that with tokens than the spam I get in my inbox and everything else.