I'm all for mandatory authenticators. It won't cure all hacked accounts, but it will destroy the gold-sellers current economy. End-Users might be upset at the beginning, but after a few months most will adjust (with others screaming "I QUIT!" and still come back). Logging into an account from a friends house or other location will throw people for a loop unless they have the authenticator with them.
I'm also for Blizzard banning customers caught purchasing gold with real cash. I understand the fact that some people don't have time to earn in-game gold... but it just seems like cheating the system (and other people feel the same about us multiboxers). If a player doesn't have the time to earn gold/play the game... why should they have a method to obtain large masses of gold imo (just to blow on collectable pets & such).
Either way, the old fashion Chinese gold farmer will crop up in some other way like in-game /whispers & /trade to sell epics in large quantity. What I don't get... all the recent wow account hacks have had authenticators attached to them to lock out the original user. Where are all these authenticators coming from? To attach to an account, you have to enter the serial number on the back or such. If an organized group of hackers buys authenticators in bulk I don't see why Blizzard couldn't start tracking that (and even banning lot-numbers). At least there's tracks to be followed, however difficult it may appear.
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