From my experience so many years ago I found that by far the best and easiest way to farm gold was to target the Twink Economy, Perfect Deviate Scales, Potions, On-Use items/equipment etc etc…
In the last few weeks, I’ve found it to nearly be a waste of time and bank space but I’m starting to see it take a turn and my investments have begun to show fruit but I am still HODL for the time being to those BoEs and valuable crafting materials in hopes it continues the upward trend. I think I am going to hold out a bit longer in hopes of an even better return yet but am on the fence as I can easily make a 300% turnaround on a good number of items that I poached from players who either didn’t care or didn’t know better. I’m hopeful that it will continue to rise as there are more level 60 players getting bored and rerolling for Twink alts but don’t know yet. I almost feel like the best time to strike would be the week BEFORE Phase 2 hits but not afterward as the market very well may end up saturated at that point.
So, what does the Twink market and economy look like where you are? Do you have folks who want the stuff yet? Are the prices still rock bottom or have you also seen a rise in value for your server? Thoughts?
There are no twinks until they release bgs…
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Oh there are plenty they even make videos , just google ‘twink videos’ and you will find them.
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There’s no point in twinking now, especially since there aren’t a bunch of 60s yet. Once BGs open up I expect to see a lot of twinks, I’m going to make one or two and I’ll be running people through instances for gear as a paid service.
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Now is the time when you want to invest in boe twink items while the economy is deflated. It might take a few months, but demand for these items will grow as people level more, level their alts, etc. Most people barely even have main characters at a level appropriate for twinking, nevermind twink alts yet
I don’t see twinking taking off yet. In the first place most players are barely affording their first mount, let alone all the gold needed for a BiS twink item for their bg character when battlegrounds aren’t even out yet.
I’d definitely hold on to some stuff. Once people actually have money and a reason to spend it then you’ll probably see a bigger return
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You know you can’t turn exp off though.
Yep, but twinks were a thing long before the xp turn off. They were more fun after we could turn off xp though.
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I meant, if you’re running people for gear as a paid service. Sorry I just assumed you meant doing it on your twink.
60 clears dungeon of trash, then invites a lowbie in for the boss kills.
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This is why I chose enchantment as a profession… twinks buy lots of chants!
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This was part of the fun. You had to plan ahead. And get help… a lot of help.
There wont be twinks for a while. Just use those BoEs to levek if you can.
Some items like Shadowfang are already going for a lot of gold, because if you can afford it, now is the time to stock up on very rare boe’s because there are so many people leveling therefore there’s a greater chance of them showing up on the AH. 5 months or so from now it’ll be very hard to come across certain items.
Everyones busy leveling still and there aren’t even many 60’s to begin with. Personally I chose a hunter first solely for making gold to save up for when I start twinking.
I started twinking in burning crusade, and many people know we won’t be able to disable exp. You gotta do it old school which requires ALOT of planning and exp management and a little luck on drops. Thankfully most of the BIS items are BOE for most classes.
The only thing that might kill twinking before it starts is a lack of cross server bg’s. Because if a certain minority on these forums get their way, the only truly active bracket will be max level without them and even then depending on server we’ll see some crappy queue times, and faction balance will make it even worse. You’ll see 2 hour wsg queues just because you’re horde, or alliance depending on faction sizes, and you can forget about anything prior to 60 popping. I’ll probably quit if we don’t get battlegroups.
So hopefully we’ll get the cross server bg’s, battlegroups worked out just fine before. Most of the twink community chose a battlegroup and then various major twink guilds chose particular servers. The 19 competitive scene was pretty big back in bc and wotlk. 29’s and 49’s were very active as well.
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Well I googled twink videos while at work and now I need to find a new job.
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as a vanilla twink here.
you had to plan your route to obtain gear from dung to quest way ahead before reaching due to no “exp turn off”.
that’s discovering all zones you want to go pvp on. from Barrens - Ash - STV (Arena area) and obtaining the trinket and turning in at lvl 18.
but as before, obtain the gear now before the prices sky rocket.
Well, me too. Let’s find a new job together… ^^
BGs are months away.
what are you twinking for?
This is what an instant gratification idiot does and misses out on hundreds of gold to pay for their epic mount
Yes, everyone is selling twink gear for fast cash as the market hasn’t matured and won’t for quiet some time.
You can pick up bis twink gear for 1-5g now and sell it two months from now for 50-100g. But the value of gold right now is higher because there is less of it. Everyone is stingy until they get their 40 mount.
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