Hi!! I care about my gold. What do you guys think is the best thing to invest on before the gold squish? Im thinking about hoarding primos or mats. But everyone must be thinking the same thing. The supply of primos and some particular mats would go high and im scared the price would go super low inevitably.
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Member
what's the best thing to invest on before the gold squish?
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Archivist of Azeroth
I will for for blacksmith materials myself.. The price hardly ever changes.. they're slow to get rid of after the gold squash though.
If you want something with insane supply and demand, try Eternals.. especially Eternal Fire.
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Member
Probably my constituency plan until that day comes:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnvGWHbPtZ0
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Member
it's actually going to be rather bad after the squish because if most people put their gold somewhere else, everyone will have a load of valuables and noone will have any gold... so it's going to be more of a "mm I'll trade you my BoE item and some misc materials for your craft BoE item" scene for a long time until people get gold back and things start shifting back toward the gold for item side
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Member
the best thing is to take some time off, focus on irl work, take a vacation
and come back after the ****storm's over
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Member
That's exactly what i am doing and i assume it's the best way to face this ****ty squish...
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Member
I would spread a lot of money over a bunch of different areas. Things like Eternal Fire would be great but the market will be flooded with them. I would look into things like buying materials that you can use to craft new items and make a profit off of. These will let your money grow the most. I would buy tons of items on the AH before and then after a week or so start selling your items. You will retain at least 75% of your gold, which is better than 50%.
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Member
realistically speaking though, if you dont wanna take some time off, just gather w/e you can to make your current toons self sufficient for a few months.
AH may experience turbulence for quite a while after the changes take place
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Member
Step 1 - Make your characters self sufficient with mats
Step 2 - Buy all the stuff you put off buying (mounts, pets, fun stuff!)
Step 3 - Don't care about your gold number. It's virtual currency, and unless you spend it, hoarding it does nothing. Why have 500k gold, and not spend it on anything? What's the point? Just to say you have 500k gold for the LULZ? Put that money back into the economy, and maybe we wouldn't be in this position.
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Member
thing is though, there's nothing wrong with the economy at it's current state. this whole fiasco is about getting more donation money
Edited: September 21, 2016 Reason: grammar
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Banned
Consumables.
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Member
I actually beg to differ... the fact that there are very little profession mats on the AH at lower levels shows the economy is being driven by max level characters. That being said, anyone who is not 80... is not a part of the economy, so every price on the AH is dependent that the buyer is also 80.
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Member
the low quantity of vanilla and TBC era mats are the result of panic buying and last minute profession lvling after the upcoming changes are announced. they are also affected by changes in the drop rate/spawn rate after the new core was introduced. which is why stuff like greater planar essence are more rare than titanium ore these days.
lvl 80 mats will always constitute the major part of the AH simply because the demand is much higher, especially compared to legacy mats that are only used when lvling.
also when it comes to farming mats, max lvl toons will always be more efficent than low lvl players. just try farming TBC primals with a 60-70 char when a squadron of lvl 80s are floating above your head
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Member
I'm talking about prices for those mats being relative to 80s buying/selling rather than someone of the equal level of said material. For example, the price of tough leather is way higher than a normal level 40 could afford, or should have to pay. Why? Because the economy for it, is being driven by max level characters who have thousands of gold to spare. Not by level 40s who are acquiring those materials while leveling and selling excess on the AH. Sure, it's great for sellers, but really tough on buyers, unless you can compete with the mass amounts of gold that people have acquired over time.
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Member
not with the changes we're gonna have, 7x xp but only 1x profession? high level player will be forced to farm low lvl mats and compete with low lvl players
you know what would actually lower the AH prices? up the damn spawn rates of all the low lvl mats, including greens for disenchants etc...
ICC boes used to sell for tens of thousands, but with the upped drop rate, prices are dropping to the thousands and hundreds.
but ofc such convenience for the players would never happen now
