Blizzard adds Temporary Economy Hold to WoW: Forever to fight gold trading

Blizzard announced a Temporary Economy Hold system to curb real-money trading in the World of Warcraft: Forever beta. Suspected accounts lose access to trade, mail, guild banks and the Auction House during investigation; holds are lifted automatically if no violation is found, otherwise account actions follow. If successful, the system will roll out to all versions of WoW.

• Suspected accounts lose trade, mail, guild bank and Auction House access
• Holds are removed automatically if no RMT violation is confirmed
• Blizzard admits the new system may produce false positives
• The system will be deployed to all WoW versions if successful