What should I do for gold?

[Azzie]

I don't think the buying of gold is against the ToS; lots of people do it all the time. Still, in buying it a person is indirectly supporting the activity that IS against the ToS. If people stopped buying it, the selling of gold will lose business and probably stop to some degree.


I personally don't really like the idea of spending real cash for virtual cash, but the fact that I'm running around Searing Gorge mining stuff all the time does give a some reason to wanna get gold a lot faster...

 

[Azzie]

oh and by the way...last night Ace of Beasts dropped in UBRS. It went to Timert.

The people in the raid said it sells for 3,000 gold.

So...I think a tad bit of luck in a rare or epic drop might be a better bet than profession collecting. But, so far I do not have anywhere near that kind of luck....

 

[Exo-Slayer]

I don't think they are doing much to people they catch buying gold except maybe a temp suspension and removing the offending items. A few quotes I can find after searching http://blue.cardplace.com/ a place you can search all blue posts.

hey, i want to know if buying gold of a website illegal?

Poster: Tseric at 2/11/2006 3:27:46 PM PST
Please carefully read the Terms of Service and the End-User License Agreement where it is stated that such behavior is in breach of contract and could result in the closing of your account.

As a reminder, per our policy posted here: http://www.blizzard.com/support/wowgm/?id=agm01889p
we are removing gold and items knowingly or unknowingly received from a compromised account. This includes characters who have been used to "launder" comprimised gold, and characters who have purchased the gold from a gold seller.

Please keep in mind that the purchase of gold for real life funds is against our TOS, and we will not be reimbursing either gold or cash for the items and gold lost due to this action.

It has come to our attention that certain individuals are selling Blizzard's in-game property for cash on auction sites such as eBay and on personal websites. The World of Warcraft Terms of Use clearly states that all of the content in World of Warcraft is the property of Blizzard, and Blizzard does not allow "in game" items to be sold for real money. Accordingly, Blizzard Entertainment will take any and all actions necessary to stop this behavior. Not only do we believe that it is illegal, but it also has the potential to damage the game economy and overall experience for the many thousands of others who play World of Warcraft for fun. In order to promote a fun and fair environment for all our customers, we are actively investigating those individuals who engage in this inappropriate activity and reserve the right to take legal action against these individuals to protect World of Warcraft for all those who "play by the rules." If you are found to be selling in-game property (such as coins, items, or characters), for real money, you will lose your characters and accounts, and Blizzard Entertainment reserves its right to pursue legal action against you as well.

We also want to remind potential buyers in the game to please refrain from buying in-game property with real money. We understand the temptation to purchase better items, but Blizzard, and not the seller, does own all in-game property. In addition, we feel that characters can find ample equipment and money within the game through their own adventuring and questing. Please understand that if you do purchase in-game property from sellers on eBay and personal sites, we may temporarily suspend your account, and at the very least, delete the offending items.

Thank you for understanding our position. Blizzard Entertainment is committed to maintaining the atmosphere of fair play and fun in World of Warcraft.

From what I see it seems that they don't actively search for people buying gold, but if they discover someone selling gold and track gold sold to your account they may delete the gold and suspend your account.

 

[Avesther]

If Blizzard was serious about cracking down on selling gold, all they have to do is type

purchase wow gold

into google and deal with the sponsored links (those that pay to have thier websites on the top of the search sites). But they don't, thereby perpetuating a fascade of allowing such activity.

I don't agree with it, I understand why they do it, but if Blizzard is serious, instead of closing accounts, they should be going after these sites.

 

[Avesther]

I'm getting kinda frustrated with gold and here's why:

Current money: 640g

Important purchases that I want to make:

Epic mount - 800g

Meh, gold sink, got to spend it.

Demonslayer for epic quest - 20-30g

Thats not to bad, mind you, you could probably farm for it. And if you don't get it by the time you get 30g from farming for it, just buy it.

Pots for epic quest - 20-30g

I have no problem donating the required herbs to Goblit if she is willing to make the pots for you.

Demonslaying enchant for epic quest: ~10g

I think I have all the mats for this.

Black dragoncales for armor- 73(shoulders and legs) or 133(if I get the cheset too) @ 1-2g apiece

Samuraij may be willing to give you a deal on these.

Auxilary purchases that I would like to make:
16 slot bags - 15-20g apiece

Seen these down to 5g. I got all my 16slotters from adventuring. And that is every bank slot is a 16 slotter plus every inventory spot as well. I have since replaced two, one with an 18 slotter another with a 24slot enchanting bag.

More bank slots

Expensive, but handy.

A lot of my time online lately has been spent farming gold, but it goes really slowly and is sucking the majority of the fun out of the game. Thusly in spite of any previous feelings I may have had, I'm considering buying 500g online. So what should I do? Should I keep farming or just buy it? I'm a miner / engineer, and I do most of my farming by running around searing gorge and harvesting as selling minerals.

Dark Iron, Arcanite Crystals, Thorium I suspect these all have highly lucrative markets.

I know what its like trying to make a required cash flow. All the herbs I pick pretty much go straight to the guild coffers. Almost all my farming time is totally donated to the guild. So I have to find other sources of cash flow.

Edit: option 2 should read: Keep farming, but use a brilliant high profit method that you'll detail below

Do something that gets you both money and rep while you are doing it. Killing twilight cultists in Silithus gains you rep with the cenerian circle for faction rewards, plus they drop cash. Farming furbogs in Winterspring and Felwood gain you rep with the timbermaw and the drop runecloth and major health potions.

 

[Tek7 (Legacy)]

If Blizzard can shut down bnetd via legal action, I think they can afford to tackle a few large gold selling companies. While bnetd allowed players to play pirated copies of Blizzard games, it also provided a much-needed alternative to Battle.net, which was then a terrible service, circa 2000. bnetd, while it was being developed, was free to download and use. Gold selling, on the other hand, serves no helpful purpose; it further punishes casual players and helps ruin WoW's economy.

 

[Berean Todd]

Gold selling, on the other hand, serves no helpful purpose; it further punishes casual players and helps ruin WoW's economy.

I disagree personally, I think it extremely helps the casual gamer. Someone who doesn't have 50 hours a week to sink into farming gold can drop $25 and pick up a sizeable chunk of in game cash to keep him actually doing something enjoyable as opposed to pushing for gold.

 

[Tek7 (Legacy)]

I disagree personally, I think it extremely helps the casual gamer. Someone who doesn't have 50 hours a week to sink into farming gold can drop $25 and pick up a sizeable chunk of in game cash to keep him actually doing something enjoyable as opposed to pushing for gold.

Perhaps, but as a person living on a very tight budget, it's frustrating to see people with more wealth and income gain unfair advantages over players who can't afford to buy gold or devote countless hours to mind-numbing farming.

The "real world" is full of such injustice, and now we're introducting it into a virtual world. Doesn't that bother anyone else?

And maybe the fact that it takes so long doing so many boring things to make money should be a red flag. Maybe Blizzard just did a poor job designing some aspects of the game.

 

[Tek7 (Legacy)]

On a lighter note, I purchased another Cat Carrier (White Kitten) earlier today and put it up for 25g starting bid, 50g buyout. I took a break from the game, went out for a snack with my wife, and came back to find this in my mailbox:



w00t!

 

[michaelpi]

awsome tek i love getting rare things and selling them so much