Quote Originally Posted by Andreauk View Post
Not if the goldsellers sell the gold for a lot less than the WoW currency costs.

Games that already have this system in place still have farmers selling gold on websites.. so plenty still buying via that route for them to be in business.
It drastically reduces that volume of gold being bought through gold farm sites. Yes.. they will try and compete, but most players tend to go the "safe" route to get gold in games where that is an option. Even if it costs a tad more to buy it the legit way. So it helps a lot. I'm pretty sure Bliz has investigated this option thoroughly.