How much gold at 40?

[p***@standardregister.com]

I'm just curious how much gold you had when you hit 40. I'm talking
about without donations from a higher level main. I played WoW a
couple years ago and quit and then just started up again with a fresh
account. My new warlock just hit 40 last weekend. It seems like the
economy is vastly different these days.

[Mark (newsgroups)]

Post by p***@standardregister.com
I'm just curious how much gold you had when you hit 40. I'm talking
about without donations from a higher level main. I played WoW a
couple years ago and quit and then just started up again with a fresh
account. My new warlock just hit 40 last weekend. It seems like the
economy is vastly different these days.

I started in January. When I hit 40 I had roughly 100 gold. I did get a
50s donation when I first started as well as a few bags from high
friends, but that was it. That character was a hunter though so I didn't
spend much on upgrading equipment as I leveled. I also had Herbalism and
Mining as my professions so the ore especially in the lower levels
helped make money. Herbalism started getting better only a bit later.
I'm not level 60 with just over 500 gold to my name. I'm not going to
bother farming specifically for my epic mount, my thinking is that the
gold will come soon enough if I just continue playing.

[lcpltom]

Post by p***@standardregister.com
I'm just curious how much gold you had when you hit 40. I'm talking
about without donations from a higher level main. I played WoW a
couple years ago and quit and then just started up again with a fresh
account. My new warlock just hit 40 last weekend. It seems like the
economy is vastly different these days.

Of course the economy has changed. 10 more levels have been added.
New enchants, blacksmithing, tailoring, leatherworking, alchemy, and
(to a lesser degree) engineering abilities have been added. All the
old stuff isn't in as much demand as it was before. But the one thing
you can always count on is high level players who drop an old
profession and power level a new on by buying stuff on the AH.

When I re-rolled on a PVP server, my main took skinning and herbalism,
and sold everything on the AH. I would keep cloth to make bandages
until I ran out of skillups for that particular cloth. Then the cloth
got sold on the AH too. All BoE drops got at least 1 run on the AH,
then vendored. Everything got looted off the bodies and vendored. As
soon as I had enough money, I bought all 16 slot bags so I could hold
more vendor trash, as well as the good stuff.

By level 40, I had over 100g, more than enough to buy a mount, except
I was a warlock, so all I paid was 2 silver.

By level 60 I had enough gold to do my epic mount quest, which I did,
and which cost more than if I paid the 540g for training and bought a
mount. But I wanted the Dreadsteed.

By level 65 I had enough for my first flying mount, which of couse I
can't get till 70 anyway. But at least I already have the money for
it. 68, halfway to 69 and I have about 1500g between my main and my
AH/bank character.

[Tim C.]

... buy a mount, .... so all I paid was 2 silver.

"kill, I wanna kill"

[lcpltom]

Post by Tim C.

... buy a mount, .... so all I paid was 2 silver.

"kill, I wanna kill"
--
Tim C.

If it makes you feel better, the gold I spent on buying the mats for
theh Dreadsteed cost me more than if I had outright bought the skill
and a mount. Factor in the 2 hours spent farming drops from the
Owlbeasts in Winterspring, a Scholo run, and a DM west run, buying the
mount seems like a better idea. But since I wanted the Dreadsteed
over the other mounts, I had to do it.

Besides, nothing is stopping you from rolling a warlock or a paladin
and getting a 2 silver mount at level 40.

[Tim C.]

Post by p***@standardregister.com
I'm just curious how much gold you had when you hit 40. I'm talking
about without donations from a higher level main. I played WoW a
couple years ago and quit and then just started up again with a fresh
account. My new warlock just hit 40 last weekend. It seems like the
economy is vastly different these days.

iirc I had about 50gold. A friend lent me the extra dosh to get a horse.

[FullGUI]

Post by p***@standardregister.com
I'm just curious how much gold you had when you hit 40. I'm talking
about without donations from a higher level main. I played WoW a
couple years ago and quit and then just started up again with a fresh
account. My new warlock just hit 40 last weekend. It seems like the
economy is vastly different these days.

I remember having 75 at 40 and spending about 3 hours going through
SFK by my lonesome, over and over for stuff to AH because I refused to
level past 40 with out my mount... On my last run Shadowfang dropped
which more than paid for it. :)

[Azareus]

Post by p***@standardregister.com
I'm just curious how much gold you had when you hit 40.

With my main, around 90 gold.
With my alt (40 since yesterday) 408 g :-) With 10 g donation,
so... :-) Just because now I know how to use Auction House :-)

Az

[neithskye]

Post by p***@standardregister.com
I'm just curious how much gold you had when you hit 40.

On my former, heavily-populated server, all my toons played the AH and
had about 150 gold each by the time they hit 40.

On my current, young server, with a less active AH, my Hunter had
about 60 gold, and that was with saving and having bought two things
on the AH (some underwater breathing potions and a bow), as well as
turning in War Effort rewards like mad, and selling the items she
couldn't use. It was a long, tough slog, grinding that gold, and she
couldn't buy her mount until she was 42.

All my toons must do everything themself (no $/equipment donations
from big brother/sister), so I'm really glad my new baby Blood Elf is
a Paladin and gets a free mount at 40, since I couldn't imagine doing
that grind again any time soon. :-)

--
Jill

[Mark (newsgroups)]

Post by neithskye

Post by p***@standardregister.com
I'm just curious how much gold you had when you hit 40.

On my former, heavily-populated server, all my toons played the AH and
had about 150 gold each by the time they hit 40.
On my current, young server, with a less active AH, my Hunter had
about 60 gold, and that was with saving and having bought two things
on the AH (some underwater breathing potions and a bow), as well as
turning in War Effort rewards like mad, and selling the items she
couldn't use. It was a long, tough slog, grinding that gold, and she
couldn't buy her mount until she was 42.
All my toons must do everything themself (no $/equipment donations
from big brother/sister), so I'm really glad my new baby Blood Elf is
a Paladin and gets a free mount at 40, since I couldn't imagine doing
that grind again any time soon. :-)

Jill, don't take offence, but if you hate the grind, why the aversion to
helping new toons with gold from existing?

[neithskye]

Post by Mark (newsgroups)
Jill, don't take offence, but if you hate the grind, why the aversion to
helping new toons with gold from existing toons?

I care about my toons more if they worked for what they got, instead
of having everything handed to them.

My Paladin took up BSmithing, and pretty much everything he's wearing
he made himself. There's a sense of accomplishment in that, not to
mention that most stuff at his level (he's 13) is still white (i.e.,
has no pluses to stats), so when a green drops, it's exciting. Can he
use it? Is it an improvement?

Also, I feel I do a disservice to my toons if I twink them out. If
they can one-shot everything, they're not really learning their
skills. Some of the best learning experiences have clome from the
death/near-death experiences! "How could I have forgotten to use
[whatever] skill? Make a note for next time."

Plus, you know, I'll get to spend more time with him by grinding. :D
Male BEs absolutely crack me up. This is the first-ever male toon I've
played, and I created him simply for the reason that I find male BEs
so hilarious.

/flirt "Don't you wish your girlfriend was hot like me?"

--
Jill

[John Salerno]

Post by neithskye

Post by Mark (newsgroups)
Jill, don't take offence, but if you hate the grind, why the aversion to
helping new toons with gold from existing toons?

I care about my toons more if they worked for what they got, instead
of having everything handed to them.

I agree. I always start out on my own, but eventually I'll move money
over from alts that I don't play anymore, otherwise it's a waste.

[Mark (newsgroups)]

Post by John Salerno

Post by neithskye

Post by Mark (newsgroups)
Jill, don't take offence, but if you hate the grind, why the aversion to
helping new toons with gold from existing toons?

I care about my toons more if they worked for what they got, instead
of having everything handed to them.

I agree. I always start out on my own, but eventually I'll move money
over from alts that I don't play anymore, otherwise it's a waste.

I guess people just look at things differently. For me, my most precious
resource is time. I don't have enough of it ;-)

I've started 3 alts and in each case I send them enough cash to get
started and to buy some decent bags. Or I just send some cash and some
non soulbound decent sized bags. For me, running all the way back to
sell stuff to vendors because yours bags are full after 20 minutes of
play is _boring_. Having the extra bag space makes a world of difference
to my enjoyment of the game, and I don't think I feel any less attached
to my toons. That's the important thing, to enjoy the game.

[John Salerno]

Post by Mark (newsgroups)
I guess people just look at things differently. For me, my most precious
resource is time. I don't have enough of it ;-)
I've started 3 alts and in each case I send them enough cash to get
started and to buy some decent bags. Or I just send some cash and some
non soulbound decent sized bags. For me, running all the way back to
sell stuff to vendors because yours bags are full after 20 minutes of
play is _boring_. Having the extra bag space makes a world of difference
to my enjoyment of the game, and I don't think I feel any less attached
to my toons. That's the important thing, to enjoy the game.

After playing for about 8 months, I fully understand this point of view
too. At first it was nice to start with a single bag and work your way
up, but eventually you just want to do away with the trivial inconveniences.

When I first got Cartographer I turned off the option to show the full
map of unexplored areas, because I thought "Hey, that's part of the game
to open it up myself!", but no, that didn't last long. I had been to
these areas so many times before that it just didn't make sense anymore
to start out with it all covered up. Yes, you can say that this
particular character doesn't know the areas yet, but geez..... :)

[Darin Johnson]

Post by Mark (newsgroups)
For me, running all the way back to
sell stuff to vendors because yours bags are full after 20 minutes of
play is _boring_.

Having a full set of 8-slot bags let me do about 45
minutes to an hour before coming back to town, at least
at the lower levels. That's a lot of time. And in the
low level zones I find I am back in town before then
anyway. Ie, say this is Goldshire or Westfall; the
run back to a vendor from anywhere in the zone is
quick, and chances are you will finish one quest and
run near a vendor on the way to a different quest.

Though a few times in Westfall when I was doing the
Westfall stew and goretusk liver pie and some mining,
I was running a bit short of space sooner than
normal... Darkshore is a long run to town, but there
are a couple of vendors further south. Loch Modan
has remote vendors also (hunting lodge). The Barrens
has three shopping centers.

When I got to slightly higher areas, I started adding
ten-slot bags, now that they're more affordable.
And so forth.

It's also helpful to start running back to a vendor
when the bags are nearly full, and you will finish
filling them on the way back. Then turn in a quest,
get some training, pick up any new quests, and head
back out.

--
Darin Johnson

[Xymmie]

Post by neithskye

Post by Mark (newsgroups)
Jill, don't take offence, but if you hate the grind, why the aversion to
helping new toons with gold from existing toons?

I care about my toons more if they worked for what they got, instead
of having everything handed to them.

That makes sense to me, really.

Just curious: Do you mail usable drops from one toon to another, or do you
feel this way about gold, only?

I mailed gold from my bank alts to my main when she was flat broke after
buying the mount at L40, and I give each new alt one gold at the beginning
to help with early training. Otherwise they're on their own except....if I
happen across an item (weapon, armor, lower level pots), I'll mail it to the
alt that can use it rather than sell it at the AH or vendor it.

Can one alt buy from another in the AH? If so, do you go that far?

Post by neithskye
My Paladin took up BSmithing, and pretty much everything he's wearing
he made himself. There's a sense of accomplishment in that, not to
mention that most stuff at his level (he's 13) is still white (i.e.,
has no pluses to stats), so when a green drops, it's exciting. Can he
use it? Is it an improvement?
Also, I feel I do a disservice to my toons if I twink them out. If
they can one-shot everything, they're not really learning their
skills. Some of the best learning experiences have clome from the
death/near-death experiences! "How could I have forgotten to use
[whatever] skill? Make a note for next time."

This is one of the very things that makes me prefer soloing! If I'm ganged
up on by [some] random mobs, I appreciate another player pulling one or
another away from me. But if my L15 mage is battling a L14-15 mob, and
another toon hangs around killing everything -for- me, I don't learn
anything about how to handle my toon.

Post by neithskye
Plus, you know, I'll get to spend more time with him by grinding. :D
Male BEs absolutely crack me up. This is the first-ever male toon I've
played, and I created him simply for the reason that I find male BEs
so hilarious.
/flirt "Don't you wish your girlfriend was hot like me?"

rofl

Xymmie

Post by neithskye
--
Jill

[Urbin]

Post by Xymmie
Can one alt buy from another in the AH? If so, do you go that far?

Don't know about buying, but you can't bid on items listed by another toon
of the same account (to stop you pushing the bid price). I don't see how
using the buyout could be abused but they might just disallow it as well.

Cheers
Urbin

[Marilee]

Post by Xymmie

Post by neithskye

Post by Mark (newsgroups)
Jill, don't take offence, but if you hate the grind, why the aversion to
helping new toons with gold from existing toons?

I care about my toons more if they worked for what they got, instead
of having everything handed to them.

That makes sense to me, really.
Just curious: Do you mail usable drops from one toon to another, or do
you feel this way about gold, only?

And by "usable drop", I mean gray or white items that a low level can use
that are a bit better than the really lousy stuff they're wearing right now.
(I am embarrassed to admit that I didn't know what "twink" meant until
today. I didn't realize it referred to low level characters with high end
equipment. **None** of my alts have blues.)

Xymmie

Post by Xymmie
I mailed gold from my bank alts to my main when she was flat broke after
buying the mount at L40, and I give each new alt one gold at the beginning
to help with early training. Otherwise they're on their own except....if
I happen across an item (weapon, armor, lower level pots), I'll mail it to
the alt that can use it rather than sell it at the AH or vendor it.
Can one alt buy from another in the AH? If so, do you go that far?

Post by neithskye
My Paladin took up BSmithing, and pretty much everything he's wearing
he made himself. There's a sense of accomplishment in that, not to
mention that most stuff at his level (he's 13) is still white (i.e.,
has no pluses to stats), so when a green drops, it's exciting. Can he
use it? Is it an improvement?
Also, I feel I do a disservice to my toons if I twink them out. If
they can one-shot everything, they're not really learning their
skills. Some of the best learning experiences have clome from the
death/near-death experiences! "How could I have forgotten to use
[whatever] skill? Make a note for next time."

This is one of the very things that makes me prefer soloing! If I'm
ganged up on by [some] random mobs, I appreciate another player pulling
one or another away from me. But if my L15 mage is battling a L14-15 mob,
and another toon hangs around killing everything -for- me, I don't learn
anything about how to handle my toon.

Post by neithskye
Plus, you know, I'll get to spend more time with him by grinding. :D
Male BEs absolutely crack me up. This is the first-ever male toon I've
played, and I created him simply for the reason that I find male BEs
so hilarious.
/flirt "Don't you wish your girlfriend was hot like me?"

rofl
Xymmie

Post by neithskye
--
Jill

[neithskye]

Post by Xymmie
Just curious: Do you mail usable drops from one toon to another, or do you
feel this way about gold, only?

On this particluar server, so far I only have the 2 toons - my lvl 70
Hunter and my lvl 14 Paladin (plus two bank/storage alts).

My Hunter, bless her poor heart, had some awesome luck with the War
Effort supplies (it took my young server from the time my Hunter was
lvl 21 to lvl 68 to collect everything :D) and got several Blue
weapons (not Bows, of course) from that, and has been finding the most
awesome drops in the Outlands (not Bows, or anything mail with
+agility or anything, of course), such as Cloth or Plate armor with
+Healing/+Spell Crit chance, etc., wands, swords, etc.

But the longer I play, the more "hardcore" I get. For now I want to
see how far my Paladin can get just by using stuff he finds/makes. I
won't even allow him an AH purchase for now. I really want him to find
stuff for himself. (He's lvl 14 and hasn't died yet, so it's not like
he's doing poorly).

In the meantime, I had to create a second storage alt to hold my
Outlands drops as my first one, with Netherweave cloth bags, was
totally full. So I won't give any of this stuff to my other toons, I
won't sell it, although I have given a lot away to my guild, my Hunter
can't use it, yet I keep amassing it. Now how much sense does that
make? :P

--
Jill

[Darin Johnson]

Post by neithskye
I care about my toons more if they worked for what they got, instead
of having everything handed to them.

I do the same thing. I'll share trade materials,
some bags, and maybe a tiny bit of silver. But
no co-mingling of accounts; no one gets "free"
gear from someone else's trade skills without
sending money, goods, or services the other way
(I've even sent items COD to myself).
I've restarted a few characters before level 20,
and mailed back the bags, key gear, and some money
to the new player, usually enough to bid on a silk
bag but not much more.

Part of it is that dumping a ton of gold on a new
character feels like cheating. Partly because it's
unfair to other new players; rich twinks screw up
the newbie economy. Ie, all the advice of "get a
wand as soon as possible" is pointless to a real
newbie who probably won't be able to afford one
before finding one or getting one in a quest, because
of the screwed up economy on the auction house.
Also, I dislike twinks and don't want to play one.

Post by neithskye
so when a green drops, it's exciting. Can he
use it? Is it an improvement?

Yeah, I was in an instance once and asked if
I could "need" a green drop. A couple of
others in the group expressed surprise that
anyone would even want that trash. Of course
the attitude of "omfg, your gear sux dude!"
doesn't do anything to endear me to twinks
or l33ts.

If I find a good item, I appreciate it. I
don't feel that way if it's just handed to me.
I even feel guilty sometimes if I buy something
on the auction house. I'm still in single-player
mode at times, and have to remind myself that
the gear is balanced for players who treat the
game as a competition.

--
Darin Johnson

[John Salerno]

Post by p***@standardregister.com
I'm just curious how much gold you had when you hit 40. I'm talking
about without donations from a higher level main. I played WoW a
couple years ago and quit and then just started up again with a fresh
account. My new warlock just hit 40 last weekend. It seems like the
economy is vastly different these days.

With my very first character I had only around 10-15g as I neared 40,
then I got serious on the AH and sold a lot of wool and made over 100g
before I hit 40. Now that I know how to use the AH, I make around
400-500g around 40, but I also spend gold too.

I had one character who *really* played the AH and had 200g by 20.

[Remelak]

Post by p***@standardregister.com
I'm just curious how much gold you had when you hit 40. I'm talking
about without donations from a higher level main. I played WoW a
couple years ago and quit and then just started up again with a fresh
account. My new warlock just hit 40 last weekend. It seems like the
economy is vastly different these days.

I can't quite answer the question for at 40, but I'm on a farily low
population server, and I'm at about 53 gold at level 31. I do have an
alt that is skinning/mining strictly to make some money, but I've only
sent 10g to my main from this alt. I fully expect to have the money I
need for my mount at lvl 40.

-Rem

Remelak - Human Priest (lvl 31)
Ullr - NE Warrior (lvl 22)
Nielleye - NE Druid (lvl 16)
Meschever - Gnome Mage (lvl 14)

[Catriona R]

Post by p***@standardregister.com
I'm just curious how much gold you had when you hit 40. I'm talking
about without donations from a higher level main. I played WoW a
couple years ago and quit and then just started up again with a fresh
account. My new warlock just hit 40 last weekend. It seems like the
economy is vastly different these days.

Hmm my main had about 100g I think.. all my characters that have reached 40
so far had 90-100+, with the exceptions of my mage (tailor/enchanter, not
cheap to maintain!) and paladin (who I knew was getting a free mount so I
didn't bother trying to save money). My young warlock who is 31 currently
has 200g, though... that's down to insane prices on mining stuff, and some
good luck with a couple of blue drops :-)

[DJB]

Post by p***@standardregister.com
I'm just curious how much gold you had when you hit 40. I'm talking
about without donations from a higher level main. I played WoW a
couple years ago and quit and then just started up again with a fresh
account. My new warlock just hit 40 last weekend. It seems like the
economy is vastly different these days.

Here's a tip...as soon as you're able to (under l10) get silk packs
(10 slot bags) at the AH for about 50sp each. By level 20 you should
be buying netherweave/mooncloth bags for around 5gp/piece.

The $ you make in selling vendor trash greys will offset the cost of
the bags very quickly, allow you to stay in the field longer and grind
more $. My current alt is a paladin (level 25) and i've got about 50gp
on me already, no extra effort. A banker alt who you mail all the high-
value mats and greens to sell is important, with auctioneer being up-
to-date as well.

[Darin Johnson]

Post by DJB
Here's a tip...as soon as you're able to (under l10) get silk packs
(10 slot bags) at the AH for about 50sp each.

I often start bidding on these early; finding the
ones with the lowest price. It takes several days
before I win an auction, but it's worth it. I can
often get it for much lower than that (30s).

Post by DJB
By level 20 you should
be buying netherweave/mooncloth bags for around 5gp/piece.

I bought my first at level 47. Those bags are
*expensive*. 5g isn't so bad, but it sells for
more than that usually on my servers(7-10g I think).
And I only did this on the hunter, since he's the
only guy that really needed the bag space.
My paladin also got one because he's got tons of
money; he's never run out of bag space though.
Unlike 10 or 12 slot bags, the makers of the
higher level bags never forget to raise the default
bid price, so no chance at bargains.

Basically, you're just paying for convenience here.
And the cost of netherweave is high enough I think
to offset the convenience, whereas silk bags are
much more affordable at level 20. Most players will
find 5g to be prohibitively expensive at level 20;
those who don't won't really need advice on how
to make money.

After 20 though, the money comes much faster; by
level 25 you may easily double what you had at 20.
Ie, you're doing instances at 20, and have more
stuff to sell at auction (or you run them earlier
if you're a twink or don't mind being babysat
by a high level). You want good bags in an
instance, but you don't need enormous ones.
Just make sure you always head back to town and
sell/bank stuff before starting an intance!
10-slot bags are more than enough for Deadmines,
Wailing Caverns, Stockades, etc.

(As a caveat, if you're a hunter or warlock, you
may need the extra bag space just from carrying
around arrows/shards. So the netherweave bags
may indeed be worth in in that case.)

Post by DJB
The $ you make in selling vendor trash greys will offset the cost of
the bags very quickly, allow you to stay in the field longer and grind
more $.

Someone needs to run some numbers on this. I can't
believe that you would "quickly" earn back 5-10g from
having 2-4 extra bag slots that hold your lowest valued
gray items. Maybe in 8-10 levels I could see it.

At level 20 and such, I was not grinding. I was
doing quests. And I was *constantly* running back
to town to turn in quests or train (2 or 3 quests
at once for efficiency). I didn't run back to town
because the bags were full.

--
Darin Johnson

[Darin Johnson]

My two characters above level 40 easily had enough
money for a mount. The first had about 120g I think.
I think he also had roughly 10g in training costs
as well :-( The second had no troubles at all.

My paladin, who does not need to buy a mount, is
level 38 and has about 220g I think. I was
shooting for having enough to buy 3 mounts but
I've been slacking.

If you're at 35+ and don't have enough for a mount
yet, then just run a few low level instances solo
a few times until you get the money (auction off
*all* the greens and cloth). Or do some grinding
of trade skills (mining, skinning, etc). Or both.
It shouldn't take that long to get enough.

--
Darin Johnson

[Trooper]

Post by p***@standardregister.com
I'm just curious how much gold you had when you hit 40. I'm talking
about without donations from a higher level main. I played WoW a
couple years ago and quit and then just started up again with a fresh
account. My new warlock just hit 40 last weekend. It seems like the
economy is vastly different these days.

First character a couple of years back had about 60g at 40.
Current character has 250ish at 37, should be around 300g at 40,
including having a bought a full set of mail gear for when 40 dings...
Hunter with mining and jewelcrafting, haven't leveled the JC at all
really, mining and cloth has got me 300g alone.

[Zamboni]

Post by p***@standardregister.com
I'm just curious how much gold you had when you hit 40. I'm talking
about without donations from a higher level main. I played WoW a
couple years ago and quit and then just started up again with a fresh
account. My new warlock just hit 40 last weekend. It seems like the
economy is vastly different these days.

My character had over 1000 gold at 40, but about 950 of that came from
auction house manipulations. He was also a warlock, so the mount was
only some silver, removing the need to build up a reserve supply of
gold. My other characters play with what they find, however. The
enchanter eats any extra greens, so there's not much twinking going
on. Uncle Moneybags may send them some silver if they catch themselves
short, but the AH play money is largely kept in a separate pool.
--
Zamboni

[p***@standardregister.com]

Post by Zamboni

Post by p***@standardregister.com
I'm just curious how much gold you had when you hit 40. I'm talking
about without donations from a higher level main. I played WoW a
couple years ago and quit and then just started up again with a fresh
account. My new warlock just hit 40 last weekend. It seems like the
economy is vastly different these days.

My character had over 1000 gold at 40, but about 950 of that came from
auction house manipulations. He was also a warlock, so the mount was
only some silver, removing the need to build up a reserve supply of
gold. My other characters play with what they find, however. The
enchanter eats any extra greens, so there's not much twinking going
on. Uncle Moneybags may send them some silver if they catch themselves
short, but the AH play money is largely kept in a separate pool.
--
Zamboni

What exactly do you mean by auction house manipulations? I do buy low
and relist at market price when I find the opportunity, but nowhere
near on a scale to get 1000 gold. That's incredible.

[Tixover]

Post by p***@standardregister.com

Post by Zamboni

Post by p***@standardregister.com
I'm just curious how much gold you had when you hit 40. I'm talking
about without donations from a higher level main. I played WoW a
couple years ago and quit and then just started up again with a fresh
account. My new warlock just hit 40 last weekend. It seems like the
economy is vastly different these days.

My character had over 1000 gold at 40, but about 950 of that came from
auction house manipulations. He was also a warlock, so the mount was
only some silver, removing the need to build up a reserve supply of
gold. My other characters play with what they find, however. The
enchanter eats any extra greens, so there's not much twinking going
on. Uncle Moneybags may send them some silver if they catch themselves
short, but the AH play money is largely kept in a separate pool.
--
Zamboni

What exactly do you mean by auction house manipulations? I do buy low
and relist at market price when I find the opportunity, but nowhere
near on a scale to get 1000 gold. That's incredible.

Manipulations can be profitable, but can also backfire - I do loads of
enchant material selling and occasionally, if something is in short
supply, I will buy the lot and relist it higher. It works as long as one
of the other mass DE'ers on the server (there are at least 4 others
alliance side that I know of) doesn't then come along and dump his stock
on at slightly less than mine.

For some reason Greater Eternal Essences seem to be one of the things
that this can work well with at the moment - I managed to shift about 50
last weekend at over 17g each while they "cost" about 5g to produce and
I probably paid 10-11g for the ones already there to clear the AH for mine.

T

[Phil Clark]

Post by p***@standardregister.com
I'm just curious how much gold you had when you hit 40. I'm talking
about without donations from a higher level main. I played WoW a
couple years ago and quit and then just started up again with a fresh
account. My new warlock just hit 40 last weekend. It seems like the
economy is vastly different these days.

I'm a couple bubbles from 40 and have about 145g and about 20-25g worth of
stuff currently in AH. This be my one and only toon

[Ola Forsström]

Post by p***@standardregister.com
I'm just curious how much gold you had when you hit 40. I'm talking
about without donations from a higher level main. I played WoW a
couple years ago and quit and then just started up again with a fresh
account. My new warlock just hit 40 last weekend. It seems like the
economy is vastly different these days.

My first toon (a rogue) was struggling to get enough money for her
mount at lvl 40. My most recent toon (a self-supported warlock)
had 95g at lvl 30 before upgrading to 16 slot bags and better
gear from AH.

[JohnR]

Post by p***@standardregister.com
I'm just curious how much gold you had when you hit 40. I'm talking
about without donations from a higher level main. I played WoW a
couple years ago and quit and then just started up again with a fresh
account. My new warlock just hit 40 last weekend. It seems like the
economy is vastly different these days.

My first character, my main, couldn't afford a mount until level 47 or
something. I grouped with the same people regularly and it used to be a
running joke, pun intended. This was well over 3 years ago.
My latest characters, warrior and paladin, both had enough gold to buy lvl
40, 60 and 70 mounts at the right time although the epic flying mounts will
have to wait a long time.

[f***@yahoo.com]

Post by p***@standardregister.com
I'm just curious how much gold you had when you hit 40. I'm talking
about without donations from a higher level main. I played WoW a
couple years ago and quit and then just started up again with a fresh
account. My new warlock just hit 40 last weekend. It seems like the
economy is vastly different these days.

I had about 20G at that point.

[Grogmeister]

Just over 400g, almost exclusively from mining. I got lucky and a couple of
level 19 blues dropped that I was able to sell for a ton. I owe a bunch to
twinks for that bit of gold. I'm level 48 now and have 900g. Prices in the
AH are insane, at least on Malygos.

Post by p***@standardregister.com
I'm just curious how much gold you had when you hit 40. I'm talking
about without donations from a higher level main. I played WoW a
couple years ago and quit and then just started up again with a fresh
account. My new warlock just hit 40 last weekend. It seems like the
economy is vastly different these days.

[p***@standardregister.com]

Post by Grogmeister
Just over 400g, almost exclusively from mining. I got lucky and a couple of
level 19 blues dropped that I was able to sell for a ton. I owe a bunch to
twinks for that bit of gold. I'm level 48 now and have 900g. Prices in the
AH are insane, at least on Malygos.

Same here, the vast majority of money comes from mining. Skinning
makes money consistently too, but the real money is in mining.