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World of Warcraft has introduced a new pet that can be purchased on the WoW store and then traded online through the game.
Users will be able to buy the new Guardian Cub for $10, then sell the pet on the MMO’s auction house for in-game money, Rock Paper Shotgun reports.
Blizzard has stated that this introduces a new way of purchasing companion pets:
“Since the introduction of the Pet Store, many players have been asking for ways to get the companions we offer there without having to spend real-world cash. By making the Guardian Cub tradable (much like the BoE mounts from the World of Warcraft Trading Card Game), players interested in the new pet will have fun, alternative in-game ways to get one. In addition to trading the pet, players can give the Guardian Cub as a gift to another character for a special occasion; guild leaders can use them to reward members for a job well done; and so on. We also hope this change will help reduce the number of incidents of scamming via trading for invalid pet codes.”
This is the first time Blizzard has introduced real-world money trading schemes into World of Warcraft. However we’re soon to see a similar method used in the upcoming Diablo III which will include real-world currency auction houses as a method to deter gold farming.
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World of Warcraft
- Platform(s): macOS, PC
- Genre(s): Fantasy, Massively Multiplayer, Massively Multiplayer Online, RPG
