Players should have their gold removed.

[Shinra1]

Please don't move this thread to the proffs/economy sub forum because the point of this thread has a wider scope that I feel belongs in the general section.


The way it stands now every expansion players have a large amount of gold, possibly even gold capped on more than one character, ready to spend it on mounts/achievements/raid BoE epics etc...

The problem with this is that these players have it made because they can circumvent a large part of the game that is doing dailies (apexis/mop), grinding materials, and actually playing the game all because they already have the gold. I think a part of this is also unfair on new players and those of us who rarely go above 100k in the span of an expansion simply because we don't play enough and we don't really save the gold because raiding requires gold, repairs require gold, mounts require gold (more now than ever) and even garrisons require thousands of gold to upgrade.


A good idea would be for the devs to design a system whereby gold over a certain limir maybe 20k-30k is removed from all accounts in beginning of an expansion this would have to include items which can be stacked and sold for gold in the beginning of expansions since players are crafty and love circumventing the systems that Blizzard design.


This would be the ultimate gold sink. No longer would blizzard need to worry about the inflated economies and the ridiculous prices on some items on the AH.

I believe this would be a fun system all round. What are you thoughts?

[Deleted]

I believe this would be a fun system all round. What are you thoughts?

Peoples thoughts are what you expect they will be to you trolling post.

Hope you have the fun you wanted with it.

[Deleted]

no no and no

just because someone spends more time on gathering gold he should be punished?

if you don't have 100k+ gold you prob didn't focus on getting gold enough, it's not that hard
you don't get gold just by afking in stormwind spamming dungs or raiding twice a week

"that guy is better than most, lets remove him so everyone can have a fair game"

"that guy is richer than me! that should not be allowed"

"i should get the same things everyone else have! even though they've worked for it and i've not!"

[Laukkanen]

lol, no.

are you dumb?

Infracted.

[Madus]

Not sure if trolling or retarded.

Keep it civil please.

[Shinra1]

Peoples thoughts are what you expect they will be to you trolling post.

Hope you have the fun you wanted with it.

Do you think it's good that players instantly buy BoEs that cost upwards of 80k together with mounts circumventing all the grinding that the beginning of an expansion has been designed for?


Removing all that gold would put players on an equal footing, it would get rid of the ridiculous inflation and it would make the game more fun imo. What's the problem?

[deadman1]

This is a post made by someone with no gold. It's not our fault you can't make gold.

[Serissa]

Jealous much? Did someone outbid you on BMAH?

On topic: not gonna happen, sorry to disappoint you :P

[Deleted]

The AH BoEs are nothing but an early boost, and they're becoming increasingly irrelevant with the release of heroic and mythic highmaul.

This would also break the economy in a very real way.

[Deleted]

Do you think it's good that players instantly buy BoEs that cost upwards of 80k together with mounts circumventing all the grinding that the beginning of an expansion has been designed for?


Removing all that gold would put players on an equal footing, it would get rid of the ridiculous inflation and it would make the game more fun imo. What's the problem?

don't like it?
then go farm some gold, it's not hard

[greatmefisto]

I don't get it. They worked hard to obtain it. It is not their fault that other people have no time to gather such amounts.

[Shinra1]

I suspected that players would be averse to this idea mainly because Blizzard is taking their money but you need to realise that it's virtual it's not really yours and it means squat if you have the gold cap. For one thing the game would be more fun. Everyone is equal.

[Acelius]

Do you think it's good that players instantly buy BoEs that cost upwards of 80k together with mounts circumventing all the grinding that the beginning of an expansion has been designed for?

Why should a player be punished for having more time to play the game than you? Blizzard should cherish a player like that, not punish him.

For one thing the game would be more fun. Everyone is equal.

Lets remove gear and ratings all together because lel, everyone is equal, right?

[Karon]

Remove all gold and introduce a karma system. After each raid/lfd/whatever you can rate your mates and increasing their karma.


Nah just kidding i'm not dumb.

[Ichifails]

Considering I had ~120k before I hit level 60 on a new realm, at the end of Cata (changing sever and class for MoP), I'm pretty sure having gold has nothing to do with hoarding it over time.
Same way if you would take most of the rich people today and strip them of their name and possessions. They would make a lot more money than your average Joe in record time.

[Shinra1]

Why should a player be punished for having more time to play the game than you? Blizzard should cherish a player like that, not punish him.

Is it a punishment if it's a good thing for the game? You are being very single-minded and indeed many players in this thread are showcasing that very selfish mentality.

[NatePsy]

Nah, I'm keeping my gold. Just because you struggle to make gold, doesn't mean the rest of us should have to suffer because your jealousy spans to ridiculous ideas of removing their gold you can't obtain. I made all of my money through grinding and farming. Get out.

[deadman1]

Is it a punishment if it's a good thing for the game? You are being very single-minded and indeed many players in this thread are showcasing that very selfish mentality.

What is more selfish than punishing others because you can't get as much gold as them?

lol

[Acelius]

You are being very single-minded and indeed many players in this thread are showcasing that very selfish mentality.

You're the selfish one here dude.

[Nadiru]

I tell you what: You can wipe gold when you start implementing account-wide gold counts, achievements, and other things so people who decide making gold is what they do have some sort of reward for doing it, since they aren't going to get to keep it under your awful, awful system.