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Diablo IV Disables Player Trading Thanks To Gold And Item Dupe Exploit

Funtionality Still In Review

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Earlier today, Blizzard suspended player trading in Diablo IV thanks to an item and gold duplication exploit in the game. Despite the 1.1.2 patch today, trading is still disabled.

The Blue post was made to the Diablo IV forums early this morning, stating that trading with players is disabled while the team fixes the exploit. The exploit itself relied on players losing connection to the server, with the player who started the trade crashing after they dropped the items they are looking to duplicate into the trade window.

As a community manager pointed out on the post on the forums, such exploits are against the EULA and will result in bans.

"We’ve suspended player trading in Diablo IV until further notice due to a gold and item duplication exploit. We are working on a fix to amend this issue and will update you once we’ve reinstated the ability to trade. Once that is done, we will continue to monitor this activity to ensure a healthy playing experience for all. As always, any account that engages in gold and item duplication exploits will be actioned in accordance with our End User License Agreement."

Thankfully, if you found yourself in a trade with someone using the exploit, you yourself shouldn't be banned, according to the CM on the official Diablo IV subreddit.

"A point of clarification: players who accidentally traded with a player found using the exploit won't be actioned against."

This comes on the same day Diablo IV received its 1.1.2 patch, which placed players in the trade channel now by default. Bad timing for sure, as many players might have been looking forward to being able to trade more easily by being part of the channel by default now, but we'll have to wait until Blizzard works the kinks out here with the latest exploit first, it seems.


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Joseph Bradford

Joseph has been writing or podcasting about games in some form since about 2012. Having written for multiple major outlets such as IGN, Playboy, and more, Joseph started writing for MMORPG in 2015. When he's not writing or talking about games, you can typically find him hanging out with his 15-year old or playing Magic: The Gathering with his family. Also, don't get him started on why Balrogs *don't* have wings. You can find him on Twitter @LotrLore