[Icecrown] PvE Boosting

[jmsvanbuskirk]

If you're tired of the spamming then just /ignore them. They make separate toons to spam so it really doesn't matter if you do.

You really don't make a colossal amount of gold after the split. It's split evenly between all raiders and it's the same 10 or 25 man. If multiple players go in on an LoD it's just a little extra (they split the cost) and then they divide the loot between each other depending on their class/spec. Most runs you do are bane runs because they're more affordable and it's easier to make a group on the spot.

But ya end of the day you're running several raids to even hit the 20 coin mark in gold worth. I think I was getting 5 - 8k a run depending on the economy? That's not very much real life money at all for that many hours invested. So I don't think it's something Warmane would be very concerned about and definitely not something you guys should even care about.

[Obnoxious]

I don't think most people are inherently against boosting itself, myself included. Boosting has always existed in some form, whether it's helping out guildmates, friends or random players. In a lot of cases, it's just players using their extra time to help others while earning a bit of gold on the side. That part isn't really the issue for me.

What's really frustrating and I think this is where much of the community frustration comes from is the constant spam advertising in global, trade, and general chats. You often see level 20 characters sitting AFK in cities, endlessly posting boost ads every few seconds. Many of them don't respond to whispers, which raises some red flags. Personally I think it's botting, but they're using an addon so they get away with it.

That kind of spam clutters communication channels and makes it harder for players to find groups or interact with the community in a meaningful way. It's less about boosting itself and more about how it's being promoted in disruptive, low-effort ways.

In short: boost if you want, help others, earn some gold - that's cool. But the way some of it's being advertised crosses a line and affects the rest of the player base more than people realize.

What are you talking about? You created the topic almost a week ago and have been going on about how boosting is used for RMT'g Coins and whatever, going as far as to say I'm "turning a blind eye" for dismissing your conspiracy theory, and now when no one gave you the time of the day for that you turn around and make it up as just whining about chat spam? Yeah, no, this is done then. People advertising boosting runs are a minority compared to all other stuff being repeated in Global or other channels. Those channels aren't going to be screened by GMs or people punished for spamming beyond current measures. Use /ignore or a different channel.