| Neutral auction houses. On many servers they are | | | | real cheap, I'll buy them and ship them up to Stormwind |
| quiet and empty areas. My last trip to Winterspring I | | | | and I'll take say 20% of the take, so you end up with |
| was totally alone in the whole area. Winterspring has | | | | about seven and a half gold each for them. |
| always been one of my favourite places to level and | | | | Gromdol: Ok, i'll get down there. You be ready to buy |
| make WoW Gold. | | | | to second I post. I'll post for 1 copper a piece so we |
| I did some rep grinding for the Frostsabre. I was in the | | | | don't pay any AH tax, but you keep pressing refresh. I |
| area for a full two and a half hours and saw no-one. | | | | don't want someone else buying them for that price. |
| Likewise in Tanaris a few months ago, I saw a group | | | | In both cases the deal is done. However, It has taken |
| off to Zul'Farrak, and that was about it. | | | | ages. Trips to Neutral Auction Houses and back again |
| This tells me one thing - on most servers the value of | | | | with your high level characters. Wouldn't it be better if |
| positioning alt's at neutral auction houses is hugely | | | | you just had some level one toons posted at these |
| under-rated. I found out the value of doing this myself | | | | Neutral AH's? |
| a few months ago. And in this quick WoW Guide I will | | | | Your next comment is probably "But you can't get a |
| tell you how. | | | | level 1 to a neutral AH, they are in high level areas." |
| The guild I am in has about 40 members, most have | | | | Watch the videos at my blog for how to do this (they |
| level 80's in both factions, and like most guild mates we | | | | are speeded up so you will only need 3 or 4 minutes). |
| like to do each other favors from time to time. But of | | | | The link as at the bottom of this page. |
| course sometimes the favor involves getting | | | | So that's my question; |
| something from one faction, and giving it to a | | | | Why spend time Horde Leveling or Alliance Leveling |
| character on another. A conversation between two | | | | just to get down to Booty Bay? |
| horde characters might go like this. | | | | I pick Booty Bay because this is where you can get |
| Gromdol: Anyone got any Eternal Earth? | | | | level on characters to for the least hassle. Just over |
| Hagemony: Trukkil is a miner, I think she's got about 20, | | | | 30 minutes from rolling a new toon, to having them |
| and some crystallized as well. | | | | positioned and ready to go. Remember you can have |
| Gromdol: I'll pay the market for them, but there's only 1 | | | | up to ten characters PER SERVER, and up to 50 |
| on the AH at the moment. | | | | altogether, so don't fret about using one for this. |
| Hagemony: Ok, i'll need to log as Trukkil and post them | | | | Then just leave them there. You will get a lot of kudos |
| to an Alliance character though. | | | | from others. "OMG, how did you get here!!!" |
| Gromdol: I'll get my Alliance character to the AH in | | | | Not only that, if you have a wow guild mate you can |
| Booty Bay, and we'll have to do a quick swap. Put | | | | trust, then the whole idea of cross faction trading |
| them on for one copper and i'll buy them straight | | | | opens up. |
| away. | | | | Looking for big price differences between Horde and |
| As a result, both players have to take characters | | | | Alliance, buying up cheap stock, swapping faction and |
| down to Booty Bay. Probably a journey of between 5 | | | | re-marketing for a much higher price. |
| and 10 minutes. Then once the deal is done, repeat the | | | | With the toon's already positioned to do the deal, it can |
| process. Of course if they were in Kalimdor they could | | | | be done from start-to-finish in about 5 minutes. |
| consider going to Tanaris or Winterspring, but the | | | | The other option is to have two accounts yourself |
| process would be about the same. | | | | (remember, you can't buy from another character in |
| Ok, let's look at a second scenario, a much more | | | | your own account, no matter what faction they are. |
| exciting one. A Warcraft Advanced Gold Guide to | | | | Blizzard have made sure you have to team up to do |
| making gold at neutral auction houses | | | | this - or have two accounts). |
| Gromdol: Just took the Titanium Ore to the AH. Selling | | | | Anyway, watch the vids have see for yourself. There |
| for 4g a piece, I mean what's the point of that, that's | | | | are also videos on how to check for profitability, how |
| 50% down on the price I could get only a week ago. | | | | to use the AH properly and loads of other great vids |
| Hagemony: Man, that's sick. They are going for 9g a | | | | (all to cool music as well). All completely free and well |
| piece on the Alliance AH's. Can we get them across. I'll | | | | worth checking out. |
| get an Alliance down to Booty Bay, you stick them on | | | | Take care, I'll catch you later. |