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

Entry period: Now until Friday, October 13th at 11:59 PM Pacific.here

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Comment by AznaelI almost never buy anything at the AH..
The most costful I ever bought item would probably still be Herborist thingy golem, as I really needed one :DComment by TurowaiCurrently, I think my most expensive purchases on AH are also for gametime... ie, Wowtokens.
Since the change to allowing tokens to be exchangeable for battlenet balance (and be able to buy other games and services), the price has rocketed (I swear blizz has artificially increased the price on purpose...) to well over 250k >.<

other than wowtokens, I think most expensive was probably the steelbound harness mount for 55k. I've bought other expensive stuff too, but I tend to shy away from super expensive stuff (if I can make it myself for cheaper, I certainly will :D )Comment by BonestooormMost expensive thing I bought was a Darkmoon Rabbit. Tried to camp for some months, until I gave up and decided to just buy it off the AH, costing me about 300k, but it was worth it. Gotta catch 'em all! :DComment by christianjloWell, some many years ago I bought from AH Spectral Tiger Mount for 350000, I think this is my biggest purchase from AH.Comment by DryadgoddessThe most expensive AH purchase I've made would be the Sky Golem at 40k.Comment by ldeneI only things i really buy from the AH are the tokens and battle pets, if we discount the tokens, the most expensive item i bought was Ethereal Soul-Trader battle pet for around 75k - i'd only every buy the tcg pets, if it can drop or be crafted, then i'll grind and craft on my alts.Comment by bmcgoughflOne of my mostexpensive AH purchases, if I remember right, was a weapon for my shaman way back during WOTLK, I think. It's funny looking back, because it was only like 12 or 15k...now I make more than that daily, without even trying!Comment by AelielSpectral Tiger Cub and Ethereal Soul-Trader, about 75k each. I tend to shy away from big expenses.Comment by silvercupI don't remember the most expensive item i've bought on AH so i'm just gonna say the WoW Token.Comment by DthehunterWell the most expensive item I bought on the Action House were wow tokens. Needed them to buy destiny 2!Comment by GrabovskyBesides wow tokens, most expensive thing ive ever bought was the sand drake. I tend to sell things, not buy from the AH.Comment by Nithael014Actually I don't buy many things in the AH, I think I my highest expenses were with Flasks of Seventh Demon if the total amount is considered. I intend in doing my most expensive purchase though - I've been saving for a Swift Spectral Tiger and I want one asap! Still got to find a seller.Comment by DoTArchonI'm still fairly new to the game and haven't really dived into the gold-making aspect too much, but I'm really enjoying these articles and I've been a lot more careful about what BOE items I vendor these days (before this series started I censored all BOE items) :D Most expensive thing I've bought was the Steelbound Harness after the price started coming down. I got lucky and got one for a bit less than it would have cost to get all the mats for it.Comment by NirdanaI bought some trash boots with gem and leech. But to be honest, i wanted to complete a transmog set.Comment by jjanchanMy most expensive AH purchase was probably a bunch of TCG mounts. When I had purchased them, the gold cap had been 1 million, so I was able to pick up a bunch of them including the Swift Spectral Tiger for 70-250k each.

I had essentially guild transferred to a high pop server with my gold, purchased the mounts, then transferred back.

These days those mounts go for over a million each!Comment by CarcozaBought Mimiron's Head from BMAH for gold cap amount before the amount was increased, 999 999g. That's my most expensive purchase :)Comment by emrie01I was a beginner alright!

I bought "Blue Dragonscale Leggings" for 100k when trying to buy Blue Dragonscale, and didn't pay enough attention.Comment by DurwinGamingMy most expensive purchase would probably be my Jeweled Onyx Panther. Saw one posted for around 10k less than the normal price, and decided it would be a nice addition to my collection.Comment by dwain1771I purchased once an entire "Deteriorating plate" set. Spent quite a bit on it too, not sure why. I wore it to a raid in Kara when it was current content, and I told the RL "I'm ready to tank!". I was gkicked...he didn't appreciate the joke, or the amount of money spent. I turned around and put it back on the AH, lol, and someone actually bought it for 1k apiece! I was floored, lol.Comment by jamie0503Well the most expensive item i've bought on the AH must be the game token cuz i'm a broke ass mofo

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