Diablo Immortal Player Using World of Warcraft Gold to Fight Back Against 'Cash Whales'
The last year has not been kind to Blizzard Entertainment on the PR front, and the release of Diablo Immortal isn't doing the company any favors thanks to its costly microtransactions rivaling games like Star Wars Battlefront 2 or GTA Online. Players are spending thousands of dollars to unlock the game's Legendary Gems and upgrade their characters enough to progress in any meaningful fashion, along with standing a chance in fights against other players. However, one player is taken this system and is turning it on its head thanks to their stockpile of World of Warcraft currency, which they are converting to general Blizzard currency for use in the new game.
Diablo Immortal is the latest entry in Blizzard's long-running Diablo series, set in the dark fantasy world of Sanctuary and plays home to hosts of heroes, angels, and demons. Immortal is set between Diablo 2 and Diablo 3 and sees players join series regular Deckard Cain on quest to find the shattered pieces of the Worldstone before disaster befalls Sanctuary. Players will also do battle with the forces of Skarn, a former lieutenant of the series' titular villain, who is the mastermind behind the threat facing Sanctuary.
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The player mentioned above, who is taking advantage of their World of Warcraft gold stockpile in Immortal, goes by the handle Naecabon according to GamesRadar. Naecabon spoke about this in a lengthy Reddit post under the username daymeeuhn, where they talked about converting the roughly 600 million Warcraft gold they saved up to purchase $50,000 World of Warcraft tokens to use in the MMO's auction house, which can then be turned in for $15 toward their Blizzard Balance. Naecabon said that when they
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