Most people buy WOW Gold On PBT Online MMOCarts.com I see everywhere places advertising World of Warcraft gold for sale and even some of my friends have recently started buying WoW gold. They say it is a whole lot safer than getting your character powerleveled and I shouldn't be worried about getting banned for it. My question is can I really get banned for buying WoW gold and if I can what is the odds of them banning my account? Purchasing gold is against the World of Warcraft Terms of Use (TOS). So there is a chance to get banned. What really matters is what can you do to avoid it. Is there a chance to get banned for no reason? Yes, it is really sad but without control over the bans Blizzard can do whatever they want. They are human to. They make mistakes. If their mistakes have no consequences, they will tend to do a lot of mistakes before getting caught. That means that Blizzard is outrageously taking advantage of that situation (I'm not sure that it's illegal to state that something that isn't illegal is illegal, in the US but in France it is) Most of the people who get banned or suspended saying they didn't exploit or buy wow gold (mmocarts.com ) aren't taken seriously but the gamers' community. Nobody is checking what Blizzard is doing when it comes to bans. They are free to do anything they want. That's BS and gamers shouldn't support it. Example: After a thorough investigation, we have found that a player of the account listed above participated in activities designed to gain an unfair advantage in the World of Warcraft economy. These activities violate the World of Warcraft Terms of Use. We ask that you take a moment to review these terms. WTF! They are saying nothing in that stupid email. That's a joke and most of the players accept it and take for granted that Blizzard is dedicated to ban cheaters. Are you sure about it? Well, we highly doubt it. Does it prove that you can be banned without a reason? Yes. Do we know more people who got banned for no reasons than gold buyers? Yes. Do people get banned when they buy world of warcraft gold from scamming website? YES. Some scammers are delivering the gold... Part of the job is to avoid to endanger your account FFS... Not sure if maybe I read that excerpt wrong but I only see mention of selling not buying .. I don't honestly see why they care. Banning people is really profitable FFS ! It's like taxation. Gold sellers are randomly paying a percentage of their income to Blizzard that way. They are generating a lot of revenue thanks to the bans. They can even use it to get a fake margin on the subs. (getting GMs, CSRs and lot of services on the charges related to "banning cheaters") The real situation is much more complex than it seems. They are banning for a reason and my guess is that it is to satisfy their shareholders not the players. They will tell us that RMT is a plague that is costing them a lot. Proof? My guess is that RMT makes them richer.
It really is better to be safe than sorry when it comes to buying cataclysm gold in World of Warcraft. As always you really need to take caution if you decide to and yes it can get your account banned. We don't know if most people buy gold but there are a lot of people buying. Why? Why shoud we care. They feel like they need it. Why are you playing WOW? Because it's fun? Well, i guess that WOW without gold isn't fun to most people...
Did I get banned or suspended for buying gold?
The Blizzard WoW ToS state they can suspend or terminate your account "for any reason or no reason." So, even though neither the ToS or EULA specifically mention buying gold, that doesn't mean they cannot suspend you for it. At the present time, they can do anything they want. EULAs are recognized everywhere on the web. Most website present them as THE LAW. That's wrong. EULAs are no laws. Buying gold isn't ILLEGAL BUT FORBIDDEN by Blizzard.
Reason for Action: Terms of Use Violation รข€“ Economy Exploitation
A player of the account? WTF they are forbidding to share accounts...
Unfair advantage? Gearing up to PVP spending 80 hours a week is fair? Fair to who? BS again. Anyway, it's meaningless.
Economy Exploitation? WTF ! That's a basis of capitalism... So buying low and sell high is forbidden? Farming when resources are scared too?
Why is Blizzard banning people?
From a player:
1) If they ban your account they lose $15 per month, might not seem like a large loss but over time and enough accounts lost and it adds up. Sure some people will buy the game again and pay for another account but as the expansions come out thats a lot to pony up to replace it. Most would move on. Blizzard knows this.
2) All you do with gold is throw it into the gold sink that is wow. It doesn't translate into any in real life and blizzard owns all your virtual property anyways.
3) To solve the problem would be to allow people to buy gold from them. It would cost them nothing and create more revenue.
I think that most people don't understand something quite simple:
banning an account => + $15 / cost ~ $0
banning 1,000,000 accounts a year => $15 M / cost : almost nothing (GMs and a few coders) (example we dunno how many accounts they ban for real)