AH Cartels & Rare Drop Farms - Wowhead Economy Weekly Wrap-Up 318
Hello! Welcome to the 318th edition of the WoW Economy Weekly Wrap-up!
This week we discuss if there are such things as Auction House Cartels and the effects of the Region Wide Auction House. We also have a look at farms for rare spawns and instances, discussing where to go and what addons to use. Finally, we have some great tips for outdoor world farms in Season of Discovery!
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Is There an AH Cartel?
An interesting observation by u/Nagype after watching the Cosmic Ink Market wondering if there are cartels of bots controlling the market?
Anyone watching closely the Cosmic Ink markets in EU during reset day?
If you do, I guess you know about those guys how immediately drop the price from 199.99g to 129.99g with a wall of 500 pieces of Cosmic Ink at 5-10g differences in a descending order in like 5 minutes. No undercutting or price action was going on for hours now at the market, someone reset the price to 199.99g and they immeditely started doing this. Who are they?
Whilst an interesting idea, anything on the Region Wide Auction House is going to be subject to the masses of people in one place. You are going to see what might be «odd» behaviour, but it is unlikely to be a mass effort by a select few trying to control a market.
There are a lot of possibilities, honestly. While there are «cartels» and «AH Bots», those are more boogeymen. Most of it comes from the fact that the new profession system and region-wide AH forces a focus on volume sales at rock bottom prices. It could be anything. Someone who took the time to make or buy the inks at a price they're willing to go low on, someone who got a great deal on materials, someone who doesn't see a future in the market and is trying to divest and doesn't want to take a year to do it, someone tired of the same AH games and willing to push the price stupid low just to get out of the market… There are a lot of options, Read more on wowhead.com
