WoW Economy Weekly Wrap-Up: Hotfixes, Multiboxing, Market Analysis & Community Updates

posted 2017/10/07 at 10:15 AM by Gumdrops

check out the previous articles right here on wowhead.comGumdrops/r/woweconomy subredditDiscord serverTradeSkillMasterdiscussed by Order Hall maintainer /u/JumilithWell that's terribly disappointing so far. I'm still one armor piece off from my main's 950 set and it sounds like I won't be moving my team past the Krokuul level halls.

On the subject of Krokuul Halls, here's my day 23 gold sheet, last posted to Reddit at day 8.

Krokuul Gold Sheet

Noteable is the day 21 anomaly in which four characters posted all four Krokuul gold missions in a single 24 hour period. Mixed with other halls, the nine Hall team generated 62,028g that day.

Current total gold earned: 714,418.
Projected gold for the 7.3 60 day record: ~1,800,000.
Total gold for the 7.2 60 day record: ~690,000

The gold range for a Krokuul mission: 2097g to 2575g, with an average of ~2300. (This assumes 200%)

The Order Resources costs for Krokuul are:
Step into the Abyss (100)(24hrs)
Scaling the Crags (200)(12hrs)
Justice Has Come (400)(6hrs)
Foul Machinations (500)(8hrs)

Blizzard

Class Halls

Players no longer need to complete “The Seat of the Triumvirate” in the Argus storyline to unlock “The Ruins of Oronaar”, which allows further follower and mission progression.
Follower equipment that improves item level is more likely to appear from Argus missions, once “The Ruins of Oronaar” has been completed.
The final tier of Argus missions are now less difficult, reward more Veiled Argunite, and reward more bonus Gold.

Game Director Ion Hazzikostas speaks in more detail on the change in the recent Developer Q&A tooCarefully Hidden MuffinFeasel the Muffin Thief

Blizzard

Items

Carefully Hidden Muffins are now Bind-on-Acquire.

class trialsaccess to a weekly quest that they can complete for a raw gold rewardEvidently the developers agree and have made the quest inaccessible to Class Trial characters./u/Konsticorp poses some questionsFirst, I want to state that, from my experience, multiboxing clearly provides an advantage. This is most evident with gathering (nodes since Legion allow ten hits per), but also presents itself with world quests and, for some, trash farming. However, is this advantage truly unfair? The practice is permitted by Blizzard (multiboxing, not botting, please note the distinction) and can be performed by anyone with a fast enough computer and desire/ability to initially finance it (copies of Legion and monthly subs).

Second, do multiboxers truly ruin the economy? For myself, I don't farm materials (herbs/ores) and simply dump them on the AH. When I am not lazy I farm raw mats to feed the professions I have, such as inscription or jewelcrafting. However, even if I am dumping the materials on the AH, how would that be ruining the economy? Most goblins, I believe, will tell you that profit is not made (in most markets) because their products are rare or unique, profit is made because they are able to undercut their competitors at the right time and at a right frequency. Just because I am able to undercut someone's listing with 200 stacks of starlight rose doesn't mean those stacks will sell if someone undercuts me by a copper.

Finally, can multiboxers be considered goblins? This relates back to the first question and whether you believe there is an advantage to multiboxing and, significantly, if it provides an unfair advantage. I think my practice of multibox farming contributed, roughly, ten percent of my overall wealth. The rest has been buying low and selling high, and undercutting. Does that ten percent from the multiboxing advantage eliminate me from being considered a goblin?/u/monkeyman51 explainsI think it would be fair to claim that it's an unfair advantage if not everyone has the ability to 'exploit' it without breaking the rules. Really the only reasonable counter I can think of is, "But my computer can barely play as it is, I can't run the game twice." But that is an argument off 'fairness' beyond the scope of a video game and it's fake money./u/livingroomnerd countersMultiboxers also spend 5 times as much as a regular player, in perspective the input-output ratio is really similar. The advantages I have as multiboxer is BOE RNG, (unless I don't understand probabilities correctly) I as a player have more chance to get a BOE than a single player.
If I was to funnel all that gold to 1 account, that would be unfair. But since it is spent to play all 5 accounts (enchants, flasks, tokens) basically every toon is paying for his own stuff, just like a normal player would.
Also another advantage is being able to wipe WQ's and rares faster than anyone alone. Which in matter of gold per hour could show up for general drops. (i love farming cloth in Suramar)/u/Hellortha argues that the developers have been quite accommodating with features that help multiboxers tooThey've implemented many things for Multiboxers, such as the interact Keybind, assist macros, click to move.
(Also sharing Hierloom/Mounts/Transmogs/Quests)
Sure normal people can use them, but how many people actually use these aside from Multiboxers? I didn't even know 2/3 of them existed until I started.
If Blizz deems something unacceptable they will deal with it... that's why they removed /Follow from BG's because they understood Multiboxers could be a pain for other players there./u/dragonmase considers other advantages available and concludes "if you can't beat them, join them"As a player who multiboxes, I myself do think multiboxing is inherently unfair. However, it has been confirmed time and again to be allowed by blizz, and one has to make a substantial investment before it pays itself off. Which is why I made the step into multiboxing. You basically x5 your income if you multibox farm, so obviously it is unfair if you compare it to a single farmer.

However, I would draw an analogy to goblins starting another licence for an AH alt. Now this activity is widely accepted by the goblin community. It also gives unfair advantage for non-licence users, who can't park a character at AH 24/7 and play at thee same time. But most people accept it as well, because it requires effort, investment, and also not many people actually do it.

TSM users is another example - TSM is like air to goblins, and no serious goblin can do without one. Learning it and using it gives one a great unfair advantage to normal players using the default auction house, and things like sniping would be impossible.

Where does this get us? The world is never fair, and effort will be rewarded, whether in the real world, or the virtual world. There no point in arguing about unfairness in economics, where as long as it is legal, businesses and individuals who find the most efficient way to conduct their business will always come out ahead out of the other 1000s in the marketplace. After all, the fundamental concept of economics lie in the term "Comparative Advantage", and anyone who does not have the relevant 'advantage' will cry foul and call it being unfair.

My conclusion? I think multiboxing is unfair. But it is also legal. And when you can't beat them, join them, to be efficient with your time/farm ratio.@GumdropsEUTR4XGaming

Contextualize activities in-game, are we at the start of an expansion or is it drawing to a close?
What are players most likely going to be doing in the coming days, weeks?
What should I be preparing for based on the answers to the previous questions?
What can I do myself to profit from these opportunities?
Keep up to date with patch notes. Follow @WarcraftDevs on Twitter for the latest news.

SamadanPlaysWoWspotlight from last weekTradeSkillMaster API Documentation#tradeskillmaster channel on the /r/woweconomy & TSM Discord serverIf you're curious to know more, you can register your interest and sign up to be notified.The Undermine JournalEnigmaticClarity explains why it's not importantAll I sell is pets and mounts on five realms, and in my experience 95% of people who buy pets could care less about breed or level. The vast majority of the market is "gotta catch 'em all!", not pet battle min/maxers. Pet battling is too mundane for most people to care about it in much depth. I used to try to price different breeds and levels differently, but it didn't take long to realize it wasn't worth the time and storage. The number of people who really, really want that rare S/S Darkmoon Rabbit is so small that it isn't worth it to wait for those buyers. I firmly believe that almost everyone ignores breed, and they only look at level as a slight bonus.

The TSM guys decided to ignore the whole breed/level thing in their handling of pets, and that was the right call. Warcraftpets.com is a great pet-centric site, and they, too, mostly ignore breed/spec. They show it in the detailed info on a pet, but it doesn't factor into their comparative pet collecting registry at all.Erorus expanded upon the Top Sellers feature on the site to show rankings based on various stats and values
Here's what the fields mean. All numbers include both item and pet auctions. When I say "this auction house", I mean all the auctions posted on this realm (and connected realms).

This seller has 353 auctions posted right now. When ranked with other sellers in this auction house, they are 18th in highest number of auctions currently posted.
The sum of all the buyouts (plus bids on auctions with no buyout set) for this seller's current auctions is 8,322,667g. When ranked with other sellers in this auction house, they are 4th in highest total asking price.
The sum total of this auction house's market price for all the items & pets (multiplied by auction quantity) currently posted by this seller is 8,259,552g. When ranked with other sellers in this auction house, they are 4th in highest total market price.
The sum total of this region's median market price for all the items & pets (multiplied by auction quantity) currently posted by this seller is 3,672,293g. When ranked with other sellers in this auction house, they are 4th in highest total region price.

Category pagesClick the star next to your favorite realms. Up to 20 will appear in a dropdown when you mouse over realm selection.stop by the official forums on Stormspire and leave a comment/r/woweconomy subredditDiscord serverstreaming live on Twitch@GumdropsEUNote: this giveaway has ended. The winner is Varinn!To enter: leave a comment below (minimum 1-2 sentences) with your most expensive AH purchase.

Prize: 90 days of gametime

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Comment by ClehiyI usually don't buy large ticket items on the AH, but back in the day (well before TSM) I was looking for one of the crafted Katanas that blacksmiths can make. There were a couple on the AH from the same crafter who had reasonable starting price bids but ridiculously high buyouts. I intended to bid but was distracted and, as you can probably guess, hit buyout instead. After the purchase I had 7g to my name but a pretty sword.Comment by laritoWell for me its the Sandstorm Drake . I bought it for 45k gold back in the day , I like to farm my things on my own . That is my story :(Comment by gpbjI don't usually buy expensive items on the auction house. My most expensive purchase was likely a Depleted-Kyparium Rocket for just south of 100k.Comment by SiegmundFretzgauMost expensive thing would probably be the trading card rhino for my hunter. I love that it's rare and looks like no other mount.Comment by FluffygrenceI dont really buy alot from the auction house these days, but i think the most expensive item is Hatespark the Tiny pet for about 200k, I also spend most of the gold on the BMAH on the Unlclaimed boxes for around 200k-300k each to have a chance to get some rare mounts to my mount collection.Comment by FinegorkoI bought 5k Chaos Crystal for 1kk and 175k Arkhana for 1,5kk and then crafted from a Enchant Ring - Binding of Mastery to Obliterum. With this method I received a 2kk profit! It was unbelievable for me. Then I bought Reins of the Spectral Tiger for my friend because I like the other mount Cindermane Charger.Comment by sarkku113Not counting wowtokens, my highest bid was 7K and highest sold 15K. I usually just sell extra stuff, that I habe no use. Pets are a steady supply of small cash.Comment by AeronthBefore the WoW tokens appeared in the auction house, my most expensive purchase was probably the Vial of the Sands 2 seater mount. There are still many expensive mounts and pets waiting for me right now and I could buy a few of them finally if I didn't need to spend most of my gold on the monthly token. :)Comment by nicku85Well the most expensive item I bought on the Action House were wow tokens.Comment by derjarjarbinksMy biggest purchase at the time was the Meknigeer's chopper for 8k. I was a noob who started in WOLTK and i wanted it so bad, so I farmed endlessly to get it. And i have no idea how to make gold. :DComment by ShivhaI really enjoy posts. Best was the one with human mistakes. Once I purchased by mistake some leg mail with buyout 89k. Frustraiting, but we have to move on :)Comment by PelontirMy most expensive AH purchases are TCG pets, paying up to 200k for them atm. Should have bought them some years ago I guess, but oh well: better late then never :-)Comment by CodeineCrazyI dont really care about fancy mounts/pets so I never really spend more than 20k on the AH, for a BoE or something like that. Thats ofcourse excluding the WoW token ¯\_(ツ)_/¯Comment by robbiedehandmost expensive must have been priest T3 chest it was the last i needed for my priest and not a single one showed for over a year (WoD) ended up on 720kComment by AnimeLeechthe single most expensive item i've ever purchased was "cord of pilfered rosaries" titanforged ilvl 940. bought it for 250k, and after many weeks, finally resold for 332k. that was the scariest investment i made so far i think. sooooo glad it sold. >.<Comment by DaillemandThanks to a mistake i bought 15 eggs for an achievement cooking for 520k... (current price 15s each..)Comment by ariehMy most expensive buy from auction house, I believe, was a pair of 930 haste versa boots for my Prot Pali 5days into ToS. Carried me for over a month, so gold well spent I thinkComment by hannermontannerMy first big sell on the AH was just after the crafted legendaries were released. I managed to sell it for 91k. I've never had so much loose change before so I splurged for the first time in my WoW lifetime and bought a Sapphire Panther. Now I'm only missing Ruby and Onyx, but I still regard my Sapphire panther very highly. :)Comment by TequimaOther than 900K+ for a BMAH no-longer-obtainable mount & a toy, I've dropped 800K+ buying no-longer-obtainable primal leather to craft one of the Zul'Gurub sets for transmog (and still a few leather short as they got too greedy & I couldn't afford to buy the rest).Comment by GlitchkingMy most expensive AH buy was Vial of the Sands, which cost about 60 000g at the time.

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