World of Warcraft: Forever adds temporary economy holds for suspected gold buyers

Blizzard has introduced a Temporary Economy Hold for World of Warcraft: Forever accounts suspected of involvement in real-money trading. Players under the hold lose access to trade, mail, guild banks, and the Auction House. A community manager said the system is new and may produce false positives, but it will not leave permanent marks unless RMT is later confirmed.

Blizzard's Temporary Economy Hold targets accounts suspected of buying or receiving illicit gold in World of Warcraft: Forever. While active, affected players cannot use trade, mail, guild banks, or the Auction House. Community manager Kaivax described the measure as new and warned that false positives may occur during tuning, though a hold alone does not create permanent account strikes unless RMT intent is later established.

The system fits Blizzard's broader efforts to manage an MMO economy designed to persist without expansion resets. MMO economies naturally inflate as enemies drop vendor trash and gathering nodes generate currency, while repair bills, flight paths, mounts, and expensive reagent vendors act as counterweights. The article notes Star Wars: The Old Republic suffered extreme prices, and WoW: Forever will launch without a subscription time token.

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