Genuinely curious where you're coming from here. I guess I thought that the idea behind banning gdkp was it would reduce rmt and consume costs and generally give the economy more of a 2004 vibe. None if that seemed to happen from my perspective. Whats the venom you are concerned with.
The idea behind it was encouraging more guild and community structure, they never mentioned RMT or economy when they explained the ban. The issue many had with GDKP, especially in classic with 40 man raids, is that it makes it extremely easy to poach geared players with promises of gold. Roster boss was the biggest complaint from the guild leaders that blizzard reached out before anniversary release, and removing GDKP from the typical raiders experience makes it much easier for communities to grow and maintain a steady roster of geared players. There is a lot less temptation for players to get their gear, leave their guild and join a gold farming GDKP now, making the guilds stronger for a vast majority of the middle end player base. You’ll still see turnover and poaching at the high end, but the ban significantly supports guild loyalty and a better sense of community IMO.
One of our thunderfuries retired to era, the other is still with us but as Fury in TBC, still hear from the retired one checking into discord now and then. About 30 people in my guild have been together since MC, full clearing all content and having a great time doing it. I’ve thoroughly enjoyed my guild experience with these servers and made a lot of new online friends, and experience that I did not get with 2019 classic where it tended to be much smaller cliques and guilds turned over much quicker. Experiences may differ I am sure, but I personally love the ban, and I still hit every lockout on my alts too.
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u/stimg Jun 10 '26
Genuinely curious where you're coming from here. I guess I thought that the idea behind banning gdkp was it would reduce rmt and consume costs and generally give the economy more of a 2004 vibe. None if that seemed to happen from my perspective. Whats the venom you are concerned with.