The Impact of Cross Realm Trading in 10.1.5 - Wowhead Economy Weekly Wrap-Up 284
Hello! Welcome to the 284th edition of the WoW Economy Weekly Wrap-up! A major piece of economy news hit this week in that trade restrictions are being relaxed even more in 10.1.5. The implications of this are huge and so this week we discuss what it means and how it changes the face of gold making. We also have a look at the new (old) transmog coming in 10.1.5 and some prospecting spreadsheets for WotLK Classic! My name is Samadan and I'll be your guide through the World of Gold Making!
Cross Realm TradingThe past few days have been a flurry of speculation and talk around the recently announced relaxation of cross realm trading rules.
Players will now be able to trade items and gold directly to characters on other realms in their region. Previously this was limited to things like conjured items or eligible raid/dungeon loot, but all those cross-realm restrictions will now be lifted. Play with your friends and trade whatever you want to whoever you want!This is an incredibly important change and another step towards opening up quality of life improvements that let players play with players, no matter their faction and realm choices. The overall responses seem overwhelmingly positive and it's easy to see why. Ion Hazzikostas has been quoted many times before talking about wanting WoW to feel all connected together regardless of server. We talked about it way back in Blog 216 when 9.2.5 was on the horizon and there was an interview with Ion on ForTheWin.. The intention is certainly to open up the world to everyone, so it feels a lot more cohesive without arbitrary restrictions based on old ideas. Back in the beginning, each server had it's own economy and population and then further split by factions with only a
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