Comments on: WoW Auction House: Patch 3.1 – New Life

By: Boh

Boh — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 22:19:37 +0000

What do you think about the materials needed for the new BS, LW and T recipes? Titansteel bars, Arctic Fur etc.. I’ve had a feeling the prices will soar after the patch so I’ve stocked up on a couple of materials, but afraid to invest too much gold incase it doesn’t pan out.

Logically prices should rise with the increased demand, question is if the increase is enough to justify blowing 70-90% of my hard-earned cash on materials I normally never touch.

By: The Loot Council- Patch 3.1 Predictions « WoWenomics

The Loot Council- Patch 3.1 Predictions « WoWenomics — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 17:13:02 +0000

[...] MMO Auctioneer talks mostly about items they see as dropping in price come patch 3.1. I’d be interested to read a follow up post with more predictions based on their theories. [...]

By: Jon

Jon — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 14:02:34 +0000

I’ve only recently gotten into gear trading (bad timing on my part, I guess) and am by no means a large sums auctioneer, but I’ve definitely caught the day-trader bug (sitting at level 70-71 for over a month). I find the quickest gear sales for the best profit margins (2-10X markup) are in the level 40-55 twink gear (ie: Flurry Axe; Skullflame Shield; Hurricane). That being said, I make most of my consistent gold in trade mats. The individual sales aren’t much (20-80g each, usually) but turn that into 20+ consistent sales per week and it’s a nice steady income (not to mention you can usually snatch the mats for 25% of their market value to turn a quick profit).
As for high-end epics, anything level 60-75 is a dry hole in my experience and the only 80 epics I can afford to grab tend to be crafted items so the price typically drops the weekend after I get a hold of them

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 17:28:29 +0000

Two things:

1) where’s the second part?

2) I’ve pretty much dropped out of the speculation market for the time being. I’ve picked up a few glyphs here and there, but I’m making small but decent amounts of money selling food recipes cross-faction and poaching cheap Saronite ore for prospecting/DE

The prospect/DE market is actually going quite well even now. I’m finding Saronite Ore regularly for 15-18g per stack. People are still buying enchanting mats pretty regularly, so I have no trouble selling what stock I have. I’m holding onto the raw blue gems until 3.1 to cut and sell as new gear arrives. Using this strat, the enchanting mats are paying for the ore I buy (oftentimes still making me a profit), so the gems are pure profit when they get sold.

I plan to watch for some world drop cuts to pick up on my relatively new JC, but they are all hovering around 1200-1800g or so for the decent gems, right now, and I can’t see making my money back from those prices yet. I also need to focus on getting my reps up for more cuts (most notably Wyrmrest and Ebon Hold).

By: Sean

Sean — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 22:18:24 +0000

There will be a lot going on in 3.1 that will affect the economy. To note one example: the developers are changing the level requirements for a lot of old world enchants and substantially increasing the drop rate on BOP recipes that drop for all professions in Azeroth/Outlands’ instances. Should have largely negative effects on the market for twink enchants.

By: Tyson

Tyson — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 19:12:17 +0000

I stand corrected – [edited for accuracy]

By: Skrilla

Skrilla — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 19:01:10 +0000

Today’s not patch day.

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 18:35:08 +0000

Nice post! Firsties lame!