VERY BAD IDEA WoW Goes Free to Play

The Starter Edition has some restrictions in place much the same as the Trial Edition did. You can read the entire FAQ here- http://us.blizzard.com/support/article.xml?locale=en_US&articleId=20590

It's important to note the following restrictions:

- A level cap of 20.
- A maximum of 10 gold.
- Trade skills are capped at 100 ranks.
- Unable to trade via the Auction House, mailbox, or player-to-player.
- In-game access to public chat channels unavailable. Players are limited to communicating using only say, party, or whisper.
- Characters will be unable to create or join guilds.
- Characters are not able to send whispers to other characters unless they have been added to the characters' friends lists or have received a whisper from a character first.
- Characters will not be able to invite other players into a party.
- Characters will not be able to join parties with other characters above level 20.
- Voice chat disabled on Starter Edition accounts.
- Realms experiencing login queues will prioritize players who have full, paid accounts.
- Starter Edition accounts are not eligible for character transfers
- RealID features are disabled on all Starter Edition Accounts.

Please feel free to report anyone who is spamming trade chat or other channels by right-clicking on the player in question and reporting them. It's a quick and easy way to have them looked into.

We obviously want players who are legitimately trying out the game to feel as if they are getting as much of the game experience as possible, but are also cognizant that there are those that try to abuse these sorts of things. As you can see by the restrictions above, it should not be possible for these people to spam public channels.