
Blizzard has suspended player trading in Diablo 4 in the face of a duplication exploit currently threatening the game's in-game economy, and the developer has threatened bans for players who partake of these illicit gains. It's unclear when the function will resume.
Trading items in Diablo 4 occurs in a morally grey area, supported by Blizzard but facilitated by the community. Only a marginally better idea than Diablo 3's disastrous in-game real-money Auction House, it requires inviting a stranger into your party and some mutual trust. These dirty digital deals are arranged on forums or through Discord, adhere to an arcane code of conduct, and scams are commonplace. That was all seemingly fine, but a duplication exploit that allows cunning criminals to amass billions in gold, like the one that took trading offline back in August, is a step too far, and Blizzard is fed up.
The developer ominously reminded players that "any account that engages in gold and item duplication exploits will be actioned in accordance with our End User License Agreement." It later clarified that "players who accidentally traded with a player found using the exploit won't be actioned against."
We'll undoubtedly be using the term "actioned" in future threats, which Blizzard defines in this context as being able to "suspend or revoke your license to use the Platform, or parts, components and single features thereof, if you violate, or assist others in violating, the license limitations set forth below." So, it's banned, or at least suspended.
Have you been making any grubby deals behind Blizzard's back? Do you live in fear of a digital audit of your Diablo 4 account and the worrying discrepancies it might return? Commit outright fraud in the comments section below.
[source us.forums.blizzard.com, via ign.com]
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This is just blatantly against the rules. Lol
Ruins the spirit of the game, is financially dubious due to rampant scamming, and if you're caught...you will be banned.
But I guess you can buy a new copy with the money you made selling Diablo 4 legendaries you duplicated. At least they're gonna be able to fix it, unlike poor Bethesda not knowing how to stop players getting into the QA Smoke test room lmao
I disliked the real money auction house in d3 and cheered when it was removed. Its a shame when moraly dubious cretins (not the devs 🤣) ruin the game for those of us who really enjoy playing diablo 4. A pox on them all...
Only blizzard is allowed to scam others, thank you very much.
Microsoft is already blowing it.
It still baffles me how a multi billion dollar company still can't get trading to work in their games.
I just reinstalled the game last night for the first time in months and the first thing I read this morning is that the trading system is used for scams.
Nice.
Habbo Hotel had the same problem 20+ years ago. How has nobody figured out a way to fix it yet?
Don't forget...we couldn't possibly have had a traditional single player offline mode,only way to keep all those cheaters & scammers at bay is online only!!😂🙄
>makes crappy game design
>gamers exploit such bad design
"noooo you can't you cant have fun with the game, its your fault, not ours, go buy 20 dollar cosmetics"
blizzard is pathetic and only a shadow of what it once was
Activision Blizzard is the only one to ripoff you with its battle pass and ripp you off even harder with Overwatch 2 which is free to play. 🤣
OMG!!! Someone sold someone non-existing items for non-existing money... Burn those witches!!! 🤦🤦🤦
Seriously! Why do Blizzard care about this at all??? Don't they have anything to work at???
I just want to play the game single player only, I don't care about trading, buying mtx, or the shared world, just make it offline on console and I'll buy the game 😕
@LordOfTurnips Seriously, and the idea that they would ban someone using the system they themselves created is ridiculous. How bout make a non-exploitable system instead of banning people for taking advantage of their failure.
Lol this game is a disaster but people rushed to gobble it up when it launched, not learning that modern Blizzard sucks.
Now you got your just desserts. 😂
Can't believe the idiots listened to the masses and put trading in game. Any SANE person knows the first minute it's up n running some ^&*ker will exploit/glitch it for personal gain. It should have NEVER been added!
Let alone, the game is pure trash, I can't believe people are still playing it...
Toodles!
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