Recent World of Warcraft Account Actions

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If anyone wondered why the herb and ore prices have gone up.. Most of the bots are gone

We’ve recently taken action against thousands of World of Warcraft accounts that were found to be using third-party programs that automate gameplay, known as “bots.”

We’re committed to providing an equal and fair playing field for everyone in World of Warcraft, and will continue to take action against those found in violation of our Terms of Use. Cheating of any form will not be tolerated.

source 1 (us.battle.net)
source 2 (reddit/r/woweconomy)

At least on my realm, supply have reduced drastically, but the demand is still the same.
Starlight Rose is worth picking up again @150g each