{"id":715,"date":"2006-10-27T21:10:10","date_gmt":"2006-10-28T01:10:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2006\/10\/27\/auctions-are-us-or-more-wow-fun\/"},"modified":"2006-10-27T21:10:10","modified_gmt":"2006-10-28T01:10:10","slug":"auctions-are-us-or-more-wow-fun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2006\/10\/27\/auctions-are-us-or-more-wow-fun\/","title":{"rendered":"Auctions are us (or more WoW fun)"},"content":{"rendered":"

I figured I would continue to write about my experiences with WoW; hopefully this is entertaining, if for no other reason than getting the perspective of a newbie.<\/p>\n

I gave my priest mining and herbalism professions because I figured a dwarf should mine for gold (or gems or something), and I had seen enough silverleaf and peacebloom that I figured picking herbs would be an easy way to make some money.\u00a0 Besides, it just seemed like gathering rocks and plants in between my travels would be more entertaining than crafting items.\u00a0 Of course I could be wrong, because I have been wrong about a lot of WoW things lately.<\/p>\n

I am almost afraid to write that I never thought that I would actually spend time in a game mining for gold, but things change.\u00a0 In fact, I swore that I would not waste my time mining for gold, but last weekend I spent a few hours just traveling looking for minerals and herbs as I was going from point A to point B.\u00a0 The end result was that I collected enough items to give the Auction House a try.<\/p>\n

If you have never used WoW\u2019s Auction House, it can be a little intimidating.\u00a0 Where do you start?\u00a0 How much should you list an item for and should you list a buy out price?\u00a0 What is a good deal?\u00a0 How are required deposits calculated and how are final auction expenses determined?\u00a0 And so on.\u00a0 I could probably find most of this in the manual, or on one of the many helpful sites I have come across, but I had not read anything about the Auction House other than some general information, so I did not really know what to expect.<\/p>\n

Of course you cannot learn with out trying, so for my first auctions last Saturday night, I figured I would list my items somewhere between what a vendor would give me and a little less than the suggested start price (in most cases 2-3sp for my goods).\u00a0 I did not search for items to see what the going rate was for the items I wanted to unload, which I later learned was a mistake; I should have did a quick search before putting my items up for bid.\u00a0 For my first haul, I received the following per item (full item stacks, medium length auction, includes final price after auction house expense) \u2013 peacebloom 2.30sp, earthroot 4.79sp, and copper bar 2.78sp.\u00a0 The earthroot and copper bar were priced much too low as I found out in my next round of auctions.<\/p>\n

Last Sunday night I setup a few more auctions, this time searching for the going rate, and also providing a reasonable buy out amount.\u00a0 By reasonable I mean that I put my prices right in line with current auctions, if not a little below.\u00a0 I received the following per item (full item stacks, medium length auctions, includes final price after auction house expense) \u2013 silverleaf 3.25sp, peacebloom (no bids), earthroot 24.55 (a 500% increase over the first auction), and copper bar 71.65 (a whopping 2,500% increase over the first auction).<\/p>\n

The bottom line is that in addition to the game mechanics, there is a whole economy to learn.\u00a0 It is really good stuff, and for low level characters, the Auction House can be a useful way to earn some quick coin.\u00a0 After all, why not mine or garden (or even skin, although I have not tried that one yet) while you are out questing?<\/p>\n

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