&gt;<i>Blizzard needs only buy the remaining 18 million tokens on their own auction house in exchange for virtual currency (which, conveniently, they can create out of thin air).</i><p>Hmm, you&#x27;re right.  I assumed it had to be a player to player transfer of the token.<p>I guess under said system they are walking the pay-to-win line, as you say.  They&#x27;ve been slowly making the game more and more accessible to casual gamers.  I&#x27;d bet these decisions are driven by the fact that the games user base is dwindling.