Gold Sink Ideas (didn't read all 29 pages, so maybe some duplicates here):
- Increase auction house cuts on first two days after reset when people are most actively using AH
- Allow the purchase of character levels for ALTs via gold (once you have at least one 80, you can buy levels for your alts...maybe even proportionally to XP required so 79 to 80 costs more than 40 to 41, etc) --> Important distinction: don’t make it viable to purchase straight to 80 – only useful to “get over the hump” on the couple zones you are stuck at, or don’t want to repeat again, or to push to 80 when almost there, etc
- Allow players to use gold to learn flight path locations without having to travel there (particularly for alts again)
- Allow players to use gold to purchase a goodie bag like the one-time one we got previously where the reward can vary anywhere from a random blue item to emblems (or perhaps coins/points). I'm thinking of a cool-down of one week, and have a set list of prizes for the week and lowering the cost of the goodie bag as the better prizes are awarded (so very expensive on reset day, but gets cheaper as the week goes on when better prizes are awarded). Awards needs to be published so players know "what they're missing" by not playing.
- Allow players to use gold to create guilds without needing signatures (for private guild bank characters, etc)
- Create a vendor for unobtainable pets that sell for significant amount of gold for the collectors to spend on (even if offered in points store)
- Accounts that are stagnant for more than a week suffer a 1% gold penalty for being inactive each week until they sign on again
Generally, looking for ideas that don’t break the general spirit of “blizz-like” but still actually remove gold from the economy (not simply transferring to another toon). I don’t necessarily support allowing players to purchase raid-level gear, as it will immediately end that raids appeal to new alts/players. That being said, maybe having a vendor sell 80-level blue BOP items (for rather significant gold) after Ulduar is released is reasonable to me.