Trying to help a friend buy their mount? Or maybe you’re paying a guildmate for profession materials? Apparently, even innocent gold transactions could land you in hot water in WoW Forever.
Players have been reporting account suspensions and bans for alleged Real Money Trading (RMT), despite insisting they’ve never bought or sold gold.
Banned for Helping a Friend?
One player on Blizzard forums reported they were banned for RMT, despite claiming they only “transferred gold and items through the in-game mailbox between my own characters on the SAME WoW account.”
Another player, @The_NF1 on X, reports their 5-man levelling group were punished after members pooled their gold together to help buy mounts, dual talent specialisation, and profession materials. After tweeting Blizzard, asking for a real human to review their cases, their bans were lifted, and Blizzard apologised for their error. You can read the whole story on below.
Blizzard forums and social media are awash with similar cases, with some players already unbanned, but many still facing restrictions.
Trade Warnings Put Players on Alert
Blizzard have also introduced a new warning message when trading gold in Forever. The message advises players to be wary of accepting gold from unknown or suspicious sources, warning they could face account closure if found to be involved in RMT.
Understandably, Blizzard are keen to tackle gold buying and selling. However, players have no way of knowing where someone else’s gold originally came from.
Last month, Blizzard reported they’d banned nearly 4,000 accounts for RMT. It’s great to see Blizzard protecting Forever’s economy from the offset. However, fighting RMT is one thing, but making legitimate players afraid to trade with their friends is quite another.
Of course, we cannot verify the transaction histories or evidence behind these reports. However, Blizzard’s own apologies for wrongful bans suggest its detection systems have some serious kinks to work out!
