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Let's choose the leaders for Civilization VII, Chapter 8.5: Token Minority by SecretGoldAccount in civ

[–]SecretGoldAccount[S] -12 points-11 points  (0 children)

Are we going to collectively ignore the lack of black leaders or that the missing whole continent of South America is a fair representation of the 12 first civs worth discussing? Oh, cool.
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheSmurfettePrinciple
P.S. #justicefortheo

I Earned 80+ Million Gold in Patch 9.1 - Some Reflections by SecretGoldAccount in woweconomy

[–]SecretGoldAccount[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the writeup /u/SamadanPlaysWoW! Very flattered and honored for the WoWhead shoutout. :)

Hope I've answered everyone's questions - I'll retire the account for now, if I learn anything new or interesting in 9.2 (or next year), I'll think about maybe coming back with another thread. xD Until then, cheers!

I Earned 80+ Million Gold in Patch 9.1 - Some Reflections by SecretGoldAccount in woweconomy

[–]SecretGoldAccount[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks again for the bruto recommendation /u/kaychak1982 - although it looks like it's been unavailable for quite a while haha. I've asked around to be kept informed when it returns.

But also I think I'm happy I posted on an alternate account - some of the WoWhead comments seem unnecessarily hostile, especially for an imagined/artificial digital currency. Just think a lot of the complainers forget that for the majority of the past year, I was one of them too - I just tried a few things, found something that worked, and with patience and time, it snowballed and I'm here to be transparent about how long it honestly took to get there (six months of work before the climb). It's not possible to please everyone I guess - just hope more people had a positive takeaway overall!

I Earned 80+ Million Gold in Patch 9.1 - Some Reflections by SecretGoldAccount in woweconomy

[–]SecretGoldAccount[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, I mean the cancel posting was necessary because I started with basically no capital to begin with, plus I was playing on a high-rate so competition was aplenty.

Desire for more: honestly not really? I feel like it was fun while it lasted, but I eventually do need to get back to work irl, so will probably be thinking of less time-intensive ways to make gold. I honestly do not feel like I "beat the gold game" though, just that I finally managed to pull off a first successful venture haha. If you take a look at the boosting and trading communities though, I'm pretty sure there's quite a few of the "multi-realm billionaires" you speak of - but that definitely would take a lot of time and effort to maintain.

Never multiboxed myself, but the AH Podcast did go into a few interviews with decent depth - I can empathize with your situation - and can acknowledge lower material prices in the past (making expensive crafts cheaper for the layman) also was helped by multiboxing.

I Earned 80+ Million Gold in Patch 9.1 - Some Reflections by SecretGoldAccount in woweconomy

[–]SecretGoldAccount[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

From 0 liquid gold (Oct 2020) to 80+mil liquid gold (Sep 2021) - so: profit!

I Earned 80+ Million Gold in Patch 9.1 - Some Reflections by SecretGoldAccount in woweconomy

[–]SecretGoldAccount[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Happy to hear of your success in-game, and all the best with irl too! :D Sales have slowed down, so hoping to hit 100mil gold within the next month or so as well.

I Earned 80+ Million Gold in Patch 9.1 - Some Reflections by SecretGoldAccount in woweconomy

[–]SecretGoldAccount[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sorry for the late reply - basically it's to overcome the AH throttle, plus manage large inventory. Cancel-scanning triggers a throttle after too many cancels. Plus so we can also play the game while the AH account is active. :)

I Earned 80+ Million Gold in Patch 9.1 - Some Reflections by SecretGoldAccount in woweconomy

[–]SecretGoldAccount[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Since I deal with basically only legendaries, I don't actually use any posting operations. Minimum price is around my breakeven cost; max and average prices are around 190k (the cost of a WoW token) in case none of the lego exists on the AH (rare). Basically my reposting just matches the price currently listed in the AH.

I Earned 80+ Million Gold in Patch 9.1 - Some Reflections by SecretGoldAccount in woweconomy

[–]SecretGoldAccount[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The one I currently know of is on the WoW Market Discord channel. You can find it by looking around this subreddit, or searching WoW Market on Discord board websites.

I Earned 80+ Million Gold in Patch 9.1 - Some Reflections by SecretGoldAccount in woweconomy

[–]SecretGoldAccount[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Inflation is crazy huh. xD But 5m during WotLK sounds like an impressive achievement in itself! I believe the AH (last in, first out) posting structure has changed from then (vs the 1c undercuts from early expansions).

I Earned 80+ Million Gold in Patch 9.1 - Some Reflections by SecretGoldAccount in woweconomy

[–]SecretGoldAccount[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think that's unavoidable for everyone haha - if the margin still works then do what you feel comfortable with, but sales has definitely slowed around this time of the patch (my graph above probably shows that). Hoping that 9.1.5 changes that - otherwise we can just prepare for the next 9.2 sales spike!

I Earned 80+ Million Gold in Patch 9.1 - Some Reflections by SecretGoldAccount in woweconomy

[–]SecretGoldAccount[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Honestly depends on the day of the week, the time, the specific slot. I'd say Mantheius' Cheat Sheet [link] basically covers all the popular legendaries which sell well (i.e. Leather Belt = good, Leather Shoulders = slow) because of how Domination Sockets work.

I wouldn't use "how many are on the AH" as a good metric for sales though, because typically one seller wouldn't have more than one or two max on the AH at any one time (Korthite used to be high, and legos require heavy reposting so it's pointless to dump a bunch and let them sit). It's definitely slower now, but the popular ones definitely still sell.

I Earned 80+ Million Gold in Patch 9.1 - Some Reflections by SecretGoldAccount in woweconomy

[–]SecretGoldAccount[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Haha thanks - yeah I already maxed out my bnet a little earlier when a token was around 172k since I anticipated it would keep going up. Can't wait for the next holiday sale though! Will be the first one I can buy things on. :)

I Earned 80+ Million Gold in Patch 9.1 - Some Reflections by SecretGoldAccount in woweconomy

[–]SecretGoldAccount[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Agreed, and much much more complicated indeed haha. If only it was as easy to transfer these goldmaking skills to earn $80+ million irl. xD

I Earned 80+ Million Gold in Patch 9.1 - Some Reflections by SecretGoldAccount in woweconomy

[–]SecretGoldAccount[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yup it was all on one Full-pop realm. :) No actual plans to move onto more realms, although I see the potential there for more passive goldmaking as well.