to follow up, while blizzard has "cracked" down on real money exchanges a few favored guilds can still pull it off. the method is to charge a large amount of go

to follow up, while blizzard has "cracked" down on real money exchanges a few favored guilds can still pull it off. the method is to charge a large amount of gold in game. this of course if paid out in gold bought from blizzard nets them a lot of real money so it benefits the company. example, recent highest difficulty full carries, where your character basically just dies at the start of each encounter so you don't screw up the mechanics, was going for more than ten million gold. With blizzard tokens returning about 110k/200k US/EU in gold that adds up unless the player has amassed that. There are end runs on the in game gold with very scripted in game conversations and money exchanged outside of game. usually the reward is better gear but many do it for the achievements; these have become a cancer in my opinion in the gaming world; to special items like mounts and titles only obtainable to those who can do the content and do it in a timely manner.