Blizzard Disables Diablo 4 Trading Again, Threatens to Ban Anyone Who Uses Item Duplication Exploits

ign.com:

Blizzard has once again disabled Diablo 4 trading amid a new duplication exploit players were found to be using. In a post on the Blizzard forum, community manager filthierich said the developer is working on a fix for the issue.

“We’ve suspended player trading in Diablo 4 until further notice due to a duplication exploit,” filthierich said. “We are working on a fix to amend this issue and will update you once we’ve reinstated the ability to trade. We will continue to monitor this activity to ensure a healthy playing experience for all.”

Filthierich then issued a stark warning to those who are using item duplication exploits: “Any account that engages in gold and item duplication exploits will be actioned in accordance with our End User License Agreement. We thank you for reporting this exploit to us and your patience.”

This isn’t the first time Blizzard has been forced to disable Diablo 4 trading. In August, just two months after the record-breaking action RPG came out, Blizzard suspended Diablo 4 player trading due to a gold and item duplication exploit, and threatened players who used it with a ban.

The August exploit involved one player initiating a trade with a second player, dropping the items or gold in the trade slot, then forcing the Diablo 4 client to close. From there, the player would log back into the game, with the items or gold reappearing in the player’s inventory while also remaining in the other player’s inventory.

While Diablo 4 technically supports trading (players can trade Common, Magic, and Gold items along with Gold, Gems and Elixirs), it does not include an in-game auction house (Blizzard famously removed Diablo 3’s real-money auction house back in 2014 following a backlash). Instead, players have