Hey, i just want to write what i think about gold market and what is currently working against us so we can maybe figure out some solution. First i have notice that many people are using RU accounts but after few days i figured out that US don't have access to RU accounts and price there is even worse. I also bought few RU accounts and today 2/5 of those account was locked (blizzard didn't accept my EU cc), and here comes interesting part. Few months ago i used that same cc to buy 5 accounts and RAF them together, 3/5 was ok, but other 2 was declined every time. I was using my cc to activate those 2 accounts every day, and after i activate them i was able to RAF those 5 accounts next 10-15 hours and than again they lock those 2 accounts. I was doing this like 5-6 days and figured out that i was able to get to level 90 without paying anything to blizzard for those 2 accounts, because they decline my payment every time. This was actually good for me, i didnt risk too much, after i was done with leveling i left those 2 accounts locked and few days later i added regular game key and i got fresh 30 days of game time. Last night when i was checking /who stonecore druid i figured out that they are all level 90, so i think they are maybe using trial accounts to farm instance, and all money they make is gold from mobs and trash that they sell to vendor (they can do all this with trial account). I think they are using trial accounts because they are all level 90 in stonecore, ok someone will say there are some 90+ druids there, but that can be some other person that was reading HB forums and thinking "ok lets make some fast cash like china guys do and buy WoD accounts for that". So if we see 90+ in instance, that is probably some random botter that failed and others level 90 are most likely abusing trial accounts. All you need to do is to buy account with legit cc and spam that same cc, your accounts will be locked every day, but they will not be banned, if you add that same cc again you will be able to play again. So lets say i start 50 accounts, 10x5 RAF groups and add same cc to them all, i will start leveling them, and get to level 50 first day without problems, they get locked, tomorrow i add cc again and continue to level 70 and so on, when im leve 90 i spam stonecore, when i think i have enough money on my account OR i just got order from customer that wants to buy 300k gold all i need to do is to buy 1 legit game key and to add on account that have enough gold and to trade customer, trial restrictions are instantly lifted off when you add regular key so that is first moment where you actually pay anything to blizzard and you can trade customer without problems. Before that you just "wasted" you'r time but you didn't commit any real cash in that and you will probably not get suspension before you account is actually promoted to regular account (paid with game key from any store). This is just my theory, but i really think that someone is abusing trial accounts more than fraud cc-s. And why not, we all have problems to create gold, but when we create gold we have problems how to keep that gold safe before we lose account. Just by using trial account you are able to play for free, spam stonecore without any need to got to AH and sell there and when you need to sell gold you just need to add 1 BC that you maybe bought for 5$ 1 year ago when they where cheap (even if they cost 15$ its still cheap if you will sell gold and make profit). Please tell me if you think that this is not possible, i want to hear what other people think about this also.
Trial accounts don't come with level 90 boost, and if you armory these druids you'll see that they're wearing the boost starter set, which is not available in any other way. So it's not that. Also:
My theory is not too much has changed exploits are rampant as always and plenty of 90s boosted with stolen cc's saves a lot of time and money that would have been invested. The biggest factor however is what you are willing to sell gold for. If we weren't so eager to trade gold for shitty prices then gold price would skyrocket. If every gold farmer collectively boycotted selling gold to anyone and decided to hoarde it themselves for items and whatnot I guarantee the price would go way up. Imagine all those lvl 1s you sell to with the responsibility of gathering millions of gold per day without the assistance of their gold suppliers.
There was a major gold dupe that lasted for several weeks. Also there's a few exploits in the game client that people are abusing as well. So the gold floor is rising more than it should. Give it a month, the prices should stabilize.
