Blizzard will 'very aggressively' punish gold buyers in WoW: Forever

Senior game designer Josh Greenfield said Blizzard will "very aggressively punish gold buyers" in World of Warcraft: Forever to protect the in-game economy. He admitted the studio has been too lenient on real-money trading and warned that offenders risk permanent account bans.

• Blizzard promises to 'very aggressively' punish real-money gold buyers
• Greenfield admitted the studio has been too lenient on RMT offenders
• Violators face permanent bans rather than temporary suspensions
• Blizzard keeps supply and demand tuning knobs for the economy