I spend a lot of time with small business owners, and that's essentially what we all believe in. Every business has problems, and the truth is things rarely stay the same. When change happens, as it inevitably does, those who change with them survive. Those who don't change--die out.
I only bot as a hobby, and even breaking the ToS in this way, I would still only buy gold through the token system for my main account to guarantee security and peace of mind. Though I'm still the kind of person who would never buy gold outside of the token, so the token invites "new" buyers, as well as "new" sellers to the market.
The fact that people keep crying that the token system will fail, because people will so foolishly risk their account to save 5 dollars by going against the ToS proves that that the black market for gold will continue to live on. There are a lot of people who are penny smart and dollar dumb. Willing to go to extremes to save a little money, but will easily overpay in the long run. Still, I think the token will be a great way to help encourage people to bot, or buy gold, because it puts the concept in the public eye. Now that people know that Blizzard supports the exchange of gold for currency--those on the fence can be swayed.
The token system is exactly why I got into botting. I wanted to test, and gamble with the concept. I wanted to see if I could start up a dummy account and keep it alive strickly on gold gained through botting. So far I've earned 30,000 gold in like 2 weeks. I know it's not a lot, but the goal is just to survive, and lay low while I experiment. Rest assured my gold-seller friends, that I will never sell gold beyond buying tokens! And I'm perfectly kosher if the token prices do rise again. The difference between making 22k and 32k for a bot is almost nil.
