I will admit. A long time ago, I used to buy gold on occasion. Eventually, around Wrath, I became a goblin.
The whole point of the WoW token was to cut down on real money trading but there are two problems with the WoW token that people still prefer buying gold.
1- You can only buy a maximum of 20 WoW tokens per week.
This
LIMITS the amount of gold. There is some
COMPLEXITY to the situation when certain people and guilds need a
METHOD of gathering large amounts of gold to get
PIECES of gear or raid consumables when they participate in activities that require millions of gold.
[You don't believe me? We have proof that this is the case.](
https://twitter.com/ScripeWoW/status...52868115128322)
2- You need to sell those tokens on the AH.
My buddy buys tokens on occasion. It takes anywhere from 1-5 hours to sell a WoW token. These gold sellers used to deliver gold within 10 minutes. I suspect they still deliver that fast but I'm not going to bother looking it up.
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You mean like a $15-$20 subscription fee? Something that almost no other MMO currently on the market has anymore?