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This will also be my first "gold making" post! Excited to get started so let's get to the topic.
Cross Realm Auction Houses? What's Your Opinion?
Is the CRAH a good or bad idea? What would you predict would happen to the auction economy? Does the notion excite or horrify you? Would a CRAH [b]e good or bad for WoW?
Ok, so apparently during a World of Warcraft Developer AMA, Tom Chilton said,
I hope Tom Chilton's idea of a "viable economy" is the same as mine.
I think the Cross Realm Auction House is a horrible idea.
For sellers this would mean WAY more competition. Any Goblin with a massive amount of gold to spend may be able to completely dominate a market for a while, but even then I can't see it lasting very long. I think everything would eventually tank to the point where Goblin's will be making very little, if any, profit on anything.
Think about the idiots that steeply undercut on your server alone. Market price 500g? They don't know/care. They'll post for 100g all day, every day and undercut by 1g+ every time they see someone undercut them. It would turn into the glyph market all over again.
Cross Realm Zones are already a problem for farmers. More so for the casual that farms just to make a little gold on the side, than the hardcore farmers. (Read: Botters)
Cross Faction profits would tank as well because there would be more supply in their everyday AH.
On a smaller server you can easily control markets and to some extent create demand. That kind of market manipulation would be gone with the CRAH. You could say goodbye to your niche markets
For a buyer though I could see this as a huge boon. Even more so if you happen to be on a low population realm. That's where the good aspects of the CRAH would end though.
TL;DR - Your profit margin might be so small your time would be better spent in a dungeon than at the AH.
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"... With regard to the auction house, I can imagine a future where we might decide to make auction houses cross-server. It's not something to jump into lightly, but there may be ways to design a cross-realm auction house that ensures a viable economy without getting "too big"."
I hope Tom Chilton's idea of a "viable economy" is the same as mine.
I think the Cross Realm Auction House is a horrible idea.
For sellers this would mean WAY more competition. Any Goblin with a massive amount of gold to spend may be able to completely dominate a market for a while, but even then I can't see it lasting very long. I think everything would eventually tank to the point where Goblin's will be making very little, if any, profit on anything.
Think about the idiots that steeply undercut on your server alone. Market price 500g? They don't know/care. They'll post for 100g all day, every day and undercut by 1g+ every time they see someone undercut them. It would turn into the glyph market all over again.
Cross Realm Zones are already a problem for farmers. More so for the casual that farms just to make a little gold on the side, than the hardcore farmers. (Read: Botters)
Cross Faction profits would tank as well because there would be more supply in their everyday AH.
On a smaller server you can easily control markets and to some extent create demand. That kind of market manipulation would be gone with the CRAH. You could say goodbye to your niche markets
For a buyer though I could see this as a huge boon. Even more so if you happen to be on a low population realm. That's where the good aspects of the CRAH would end though.
TL;DR - Your profit margin might be so small your time would be better spent in a dungeon than at the AH.
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