300k needed for a WoW Token?

[Bigspanky-area-52-1447558]

@Brewa-hyjal

Once again explaining how WoW tokens work:

• Some people buy tokens with dollars, to get gold. Others buy tokens in-game with gold, to get game time.
• If there are more people buying tokens with dollars (to get gold) than there are people buying tokens off the AH with gold, the gold price goes DOWN.
• If there are more people buying tokens off the AH with gold than there are people buying tokens with dollars, the gold price goes UP.

At the start of every expansion, the gold price goes DOWN.
As each expansion goes along, the gold price goes UP.

And to add onto this, they just put a sale on character services. So people with an absolute surplus of gold are buying tokens off the AH to convert them to blizzard account balance, in order to get those services essentially for free. Or at least without using actual currency.

The price will prob stay around 300k for the sale. Drop after the sale ends down to 220kish. And stay there till 10.2. Then they will drop to 150-180k ish for the start of 10.2. Then 4 months in it will go back to 220kish.

[Caithyra-bleeding-hollow]

Buy high sell low.

[Celindas-turalyon (Celindas)]

@Eternosus-galakrond

I keeping imaging someone in a suit and tie raising a hand in a staff meeting and asking “why are we trying to keep the non-paying customers?”

Actually Blizzard made 5.00 more for each person who purchased tokens to pay for their sub. One would think Blizzard would end the self inflicting injuries.

[Cayna-hyjal]

But they make $20 each when tokens are bought with cash and more people are likely to do that when they get more gold per dollar.

[Foxmulder-the-venture-co]

@Gundai-malganis

I am all for mission tables to return.

they’re called dragon races, u actually have to go do them though

[Cayna-hyjal]

Don’t get as much gold.

[Terranox-stonemaul (Terranox)]

It used to be both… in shadowlands it was like that too with all the weeklies.

[Opalunaiya-bleeding-hollow]

@Gundai-malganis

WoW needs more gold sinks.

I think 300k gold for a month of gametime is more than enough gold sinks in the game.

[Vhx-black-dragonflight]

Well, this time it seems to be moving to the new zone – probably to keep players in it. Expect the same in 10.2 with it’s new weekly.

[Foxmulder-the-venture-co]

@Cayna-hyjal

Don’t get as much gold.

10 alts, plus w/e many races u get a day or week, pretty nice amount of gold

[Silvaniaa-aggramar]

do you mean this bag with 520g?
I’m waiting afk for a call to arms with pala and have a chance of 1-4 flasks. they usually go for 1700-1800g because there are too many bots for ah or people who farm ah from morning to night as their main job.

in europe i can even search garbage cans for returnable bottles with my bike. so i have money extremely much faster for 1 month sub… (without exaggerating)

[Justaverage-nerzhul]

well, ever since the endless crying about trade chat (which nobody really uses, btw) they removed Huokan. Now I just pay for my sub with money like a normal person. And when I need gold, i also have to buy a token. I am very happy that i get 300k. i wouldn’t mind it being a million lol

[Kamerion-emerald-dream (Kamerion)]

330k gold now for the token

[Breadisfunny-turalyon (Breadisfunny)]

why would anyone buy the token then? i can get 1k gold by doing a couple legion raids.

[Sentenzå-sargeras]

That’s how it works. You aren’t playing for free. Someone else was paying for you. If the guy who bought 3 WoW tokens a month quits, he is quitting 3 other players because he was paying for their sub. Who is selected to quit is up to market economics. The price goes up when there’s competition to remain in the decreasing number of musical chairs.

[Sentenzå-sargeras]

@Cayna-hyjal

more people are likely to do that when they get more gold per dollar.

Indeed. It is one of the self-correcting mechanisms of this system which works so well.

If Bob bought 3 tokens a month and quit, 3 non-paying players are out to dry. If there are 10 people are fighting over 7 tokens, that drives the price up. If the price goes up, Andy, Charlie, and Dillion may step up to fill that demand by spending their real money and allowing those 3 non-paying players who couldn’t grab one of the 7 tokens to keep playing, as long as the non-paying players are willing to give up their gold.

[Royjenkins-ashkandi]

wow token should have been for exclusively for Warcraft , nothing worse than a Diablo expansion driving up the cost for Warcraft players that want nothing to do with their other games.

[Ithethin-barthilas]

2 months ago you had Diablo 4, now you have the Call of Duty pre-purchase,
people are dumping gold for tokens for BNET balance to buy the games, hence the price increase now.
It will drop again until a new shiny object comes up on the Blizz store.

[Jackalswind-eonar]

In Shadowlands, I can come up with 300k in a month with two toons for 4 hours a day doing Covenants, Korthia, the Maw, and Zereth Mortis. At current prices that’s not worth the squeeze anymore. I liked it when it was closer on the worse side of 200k because I could produce produce one more Token than just breaking even.

So I’m letting my goldfarming field lie fallow for now in Retail. Hopefully I won’t have to mortgage my ranch there lol.

[Siameren-lightnings-blade]

@Gundai-malganis

WoW needs more gold sinks.

You’re complaining about not being able to make gold and that buying a token is too expensive.

Then you ask for a way to spend a lot if gold?