Facepalm @ AH prices
Facepalm @ AH prices
As I said in the other thread on this, the system perpetuates itself.
I didn’t copy over with hundreds of thousands of gold — I copied over with about 1k. So if I need to buy anything at the AH, I have to sell something else for a crazy price to do so.
The only way to deal with it is to play the game yourself.
And don’t blame the sellers — it’s equally the fault of those of us buying things for that much. People certainly wouldn’t sell Titanium for a 1,000 a bar if there wasn’t some guy out there who would gladly pay it.
On the flipside, though, some things are much better than live. A lot of other stuff I’ve seen listed barely over buyout price. And also, I’ve encountered a ton of generous people happy to give or trade stuff. I’ve given away tons of cut gems and cloth, but have also gotten free gear, enchants and potions. I got tipped 2k gold the other day for cutting some guy gems that he provided.
I paid 50g at most for the glyphs I bought (85 silver for the cheapest ones!). Sure, some people are listing them for a billion gold, but just don’t buy from those people. Plenty of honest sellers listing them within reason.
The only things I’ve really seen selling for outrageous prices are in-demand crafting materials like frostweave cloth, cobalt, titanium, and mageroyal.
And anyway, I don’t think this has anything to do with people needing this much gold or wanting to buy epic flyers or whatever all these theories are. It’s just the result of having an extremely limited supply, coupled with having a low population that has drastically different quantities of money (those of us with “normal” amounts and those people who copied over their guild banks). You’d see it in any economic system as bizarre as this one.
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