Quote Originally Posted by Flying Mullet View Post
All this does is encourage more bots to farm items and makes it easier for them to sell items, since they don't have to go through external websites to do it.
I think it would be more accurate to say that Blizzard wants to get a cut of something that's already been happening outside of their games. Now on the one hand, I can at least see this protecting those who do want to purchase items from getting scammed, but it also doesn't sit well with me, though I'm not sure I can put my finger on exactly why just yet. Off hand, I think this may do more to encourage some people to waste ungodly amounts of time in search of rare drops to sell for some cash, and I do not think games that are already basically a skinner box should be doing more to encourage addiction.