Originally Posted by
harpott
theory behind botters & gold farmers
step1: create an insane gold sink in-game (think mystery orbs req for gnome/goblin rocket, repairs)
step2: people want that mount -> demand for gold created-> artificial economy churned.
result1: people who have the time to burn, spend more time farming that gold -> longer subs for blizz-> moar profit
result 2: people who dont -> look for ezy cash.
This in turn creates:
1) demand for botting programs (which must be supplemented by subs)
2) demand for gold farmers/sellers (which also require active subs)
conclusion:
-no incentive to remove farmers/ botters from game, esp when they're the ones padding your bottom line.
-if they truly meant it, blizz should remove such gold sinks and replace it with stuff that takes the same amount of time as it takes on avg to farm that certain amount of gold.
yes or no?