WoW Classic launches next month, taking players back to the earliest days of Azeroth. But while the MMO’s long-term fans are aching to relive those halcyon days, it’s fair to say that World of Warcraft used to be a little fraught. Thankfully however, it looks like Blizzard is a little better-prepared this time around – especially when it comes to gold farming. In an interview with Eurogamer, lead software engineer Brian Birmingham said that the developer hopes that it will be able to keep the practice of gold farming – buying and selling in-game currency via a third-party ‘black market’ – “under control.” Currently, World of Warcraft allows players to buy gold via the Token System, but Birmingham confirms that this won’t be available in Classic. He does note, however, that “players have pointed out that since it’s a shared subscription, if you wanted to farm a bunch of gold in modern WoW and use that to re-up your subscription, that does get you another month of Classic WoW access as well.”