World of Warcraft Money - Surviving the Credit Crunch

Every time I grab a few hours away from the family for a little harmless escapism I end up with the same problem - World of Warcraft money is just as elusive as the real stuff. It can end up spoiling the game for you - endless grinding to gain gold is not escapism it's too much like real life.

So how can you gain more money in World of Warcraft?

Well you could of course use one of the many gold buying services - I have noticed the prices are plummeting so the competition must be increasing a lot. But to be honest I'd advised against it - apart from the obvious risks to losing your account (yes it could happen), buy encouraging this behaviour you are damaging the fabric and economy of the game. The problem is the economy on each server is so accurate that artificial imbalances affect everyone - the gold farmers who do this for a business have huge resources under their control. The prices in the Auction house can actually be affected by market forces - anyone with enough gold at their disposal and the right technique can alter the prices of the market.

But this is only one way that problems are caused the simple fact that there is so much real money involved here means that the quicker they can obtain gold - the more money they can make. World of Warcraft money is actually attracting people who are using viruses, trojans and keyloggers delivered through a variety of web pages and other methods to hack peoples accounts (and empty their inventories). Anyway I don't want to go all gaming purist on you - it is only a game after all but the downside of buying gold doesn't really seem worth it especially the banning possibility.

So what else can you to make some World of Warcraft money quickly

Well the best tip I have ever had is extremely simple - create an low level Alt and leave him at a convenient location by the Auction House - you can then mail him stuff to sell and use him as a sort of virtual piggy bank. It saves a huge amount of time running back and forth and all the aggravation that causes.

There are lots of other ways to make lots of money really quickly in World of Warcraft and they can be found in the best Gold making guides. However in many of these guides you'll find copied and pasted forum posts and half legible gibberish.

Well lucky for you if I am at my computer and there is a bottle of Australian Shiraz anywhere nearby I am liable to buy most anything to do with World of Warcraft so I've ended up buying most of them. They vary greatly - there are some fairly decent ones and some appalling ones written I suspect from the confines of a kindergarten.

One of even asked me for my account name and logon details ! Anyway if you'd like to read about which two I thought were the best check out my web page below.