Boycott the Gold Farmers?

Next Generation is running an editorial penned by former PC Gamer Editor-In-Chief Gary Whitta, wherein he calls on gamers to shut down gold farmers. From the article: "PCG's refusal to accept their advertising is a bold first step toward suffocating these reprobates. But it won't do the job completely: there will always be less-scrupulous outlets who won't be so picky about where their ad dollars come from. The only way to really cut off gold farmers at the knees is not by refusing to take their money, but by refusing to give it to them. And that responsibility falls to you, the community of players they target."

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Re:Competitive feature of the game?

[SatanicPuppy]

For the most part, they're not getting cheap gold by tricks, they're legitimately going out and mining minerals, picking herbs, grinding mobs and instances, and selling the loot on the open auction house. It's the exact way I make all my money in the game.

The difference is, they then turn around and sell the proceeds to people who don't want to do that much work. That's just the devil of human nature. You're always going to have people who're lazy, who want things to be easy, and don't mind throwing down 30 bucks so they don't have to do hours of grinding.