Blizzard has closed more than 2,100 World of Warcraft: Forever beta accounts that bought gold, along with almost 1,600 accounts involved in selling gold or botting, Josh Greenfield said on the latest episode of the WoW: Forever Podcast, Wowhead reported.
Wowhead noted that Blizzard has taken an aggressive stance against real-money trading since WoW: Forever was announced, including an earlier statement that it would act against the accounts of gold buyers and not only sellers.
We've actually closed over 2,100 gold buying accounts (accounts that have bought gold on the Beta) and we have closed almost 1,600 gold selling or botting accounts on the beta. And this is a thing that we're going to continue to work towards and continue to improve over time.
Greenfield said Blizzard's position had not changed and that it would not tolerate gold buying. He also said a future update will add a confirmation prompt when players trade, which will carry the message "Be sure you know where your Gold is coming from," and that a similar warning will appear when accepting a trade or mail.
He said Blizzard did not want to "create an aura of fear" and had become good at telling legitimate trades, such as tipping another player for a portal or paying for crafting, apart from transactions involving bought gold. According to Greenfield, the warning is due to arrive "pretty soon."
