Diablo Immortal players are facing massive 'orb debt' after Blizzard cracks down on resellers
A number of Diablo Immortal(opens in new tab) players are suddenly and unexpectedly facing crushing «orb debt» following what appears to be a massive revocation of Eternal Orbs purchased from resellers at cut-rate prices.
Eternal Orbs are an in-game currency in Diablo Immortal that can only be earned through the battle pass or with real-money purchases. They're important to serious players(opens in new tab), and they're not cheap, ranging in prices from $1 for a pack of 60 to $100 for 7,200. And that's not going to buy you a truckload of cool stuff: Ten Legendary Quests, which grant better drops from Diablo Immortal's loot boxes, cost 1,600 orbs, while a collector's cosmetic set goes for 1,500.
Understandably, some players wanted to avoid paying full price for their orbs, so they turned to third-party resellers offering orb bundles at sometimes significant discounts. Resellers typically acquire orbs by purchasing large numbers of them, generally with stolen credit cards, then offer them for sale through external websites. Some will actually log into your Diablo Immortal account (after you give them the login details) and purchase the orbs directly on your behalf, claiming to be doing so with unused gift cards(opens in new tab)—although, again, stolen credit cards are usually what's being used.
Earlier this week, however, things seemed to go very sideways, very quickly.
«Half the clan members (and I'd guess half the server) is reporting they're in massive eternal orbs debts (saw screenshots up to -600k),» redditor paleblood(opens in new tab) reported on Reddit (via PCGamesN(opens in new tab)). «This is the result of 3rd party purchases (7200 orbs for 10$ etc.) as there has been probably some mass coordinated refund wave
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