How much gold is enough?

How much cash do you have

  • 0-500 gold

    Votes: 3 13.6%

  • 501-1,000

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • 1,001-2,000

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • 2,001-4,000

    Votes: 3 13.6%

  • 4,001-7,000

    Votes: 2 9.1%

  • 7,001-10,000

    Votes: 1 4.5%

  • 10,001-20,000

    Votes: 1 4.5%

  • 20,000- Tree type money

    Votes: 10 45.5%

  • > Treebank

    Votes: 5 22.7%

  • Camm Option- I have more the Tree, but never tell anyone what I have because they ask for gold.

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Total voters
    22
It's an interesting question. IMO, one of WoW's biggest accomplishments relative to the few other MMO's I've dabbled in is to have established a pretty stable economy. Gold is always worth something ... they manage to keep the right balance of how much money you can earn vs. consumably items you NEED to buy on a frequent basis vs. repair bills and so on. They throw in the 5k gold flying costs that a) make those things feel like more of an accomplishment but b) suck gold out of the economy, preventing rampant inflation. Which is especially impressive given that there are gold farmers and the people who buy from them just pouring currency into the economy.

Having said that, there definitely is some inflation in the game. Knocking out 10 dailies in an hour and getting 100-150 gold is really no problem. Grays off mobs are a few gold apiece.

I suspect that prices will be crazy the first few weeks after Cata goes live. There will be rare BoEs ... either because they're drops or because only a few crafters have gotten the recipe and mats to craft them, and so on. Those lucky few who get those things will be able to charge exorbitant prices because there are, no doubt, "rich" players who are willing to buy their way to BiS goodies as early as possible. (unfortunately, a lot of those "rich" players probably paid $ for their gold). The last few months, prices for iLevel 264 BoEs has been 5-10k apiece, and in some cases higher (although such transactions dropped bigtime after 4.0.1). I wouldn't be surprised at all to see BiS BoE items to go on the AH for 10-20K or more initially. With that, you almost need an unlimited pocketbook. But I doubt many people see having 100k gold as their primary gearing strategy.

IMO ... the game is easier when you always have 1k+ gold on hand. While on one hand, it's less rewarding when you spend it because you havent' had to work for it(I remember the thrill of getting my initial lvl 40 mount ... which cost, what, 100g ... after 4.0.1. I paid 5k for flying master and it was about as exciting as buying the next level of Gift of the Wild). But that much gives you the ability to generally do what you need to do. More than that is really a playing strategy ... investing in a cash balance rather than, say, rep or justice points or whatever.
 
i keep minimum amounts on my 80's and my bank, and if it drops below the minimum i make more gold! if i am at my minimum i don't worry about making more gold.
 
Wow, there's some severe income inequality in the guild -- no middle class! Reco, I think you need to come up with some wealth transfer legislation. KK?
 
Strategizing my gold income sounds wayyyy too much IRL for me, haha.

Typically (from my experiences) if you raid regularly and don't wipe all that much you'll make a decent amount of gold. Additionally, your professions help too.

The only reason I have 2,000-4,000 gold right now is I want Klangdon to get his epic flying... so I've been questing for gold to get that accomplished - also quite lucrative.
 
A wise man once said "It takes money to make money"! Farm gold now so you can ride the Cataclysm cash cow when it comes to town! YEE HAW!
 
Using the data in the poll makes me think that Cata is going to bring hyperinflation for new BoE items, mats, recipes, etc. Whereas iLevel 264s that went for 5-10k, iLevel 278s (or whatever) will go for 20-30k. An awfully lot of cash stockpiled up right now. You get a rare BoE and sell it, you win the lottery. But then you'll just spend it on other BoEs. Unless repair bills or spells or some new equivalent of 5k gold epic flying ends up being present, I have no idea what's going to suck down the balances of all these 20k gold folks.

I hope WoW's central bank knows what it's doing...
 
Each expansion has had a great deal of inflation.

Vanilla: 300g was a good place to be.
BC: 5000g was a good place to be.
Wotlk: 20kg is a good place to be.

We'll see what cata does.
 
I can actually believe that.

Not as an "average" but as what would constitute a "wealthy" toon.
 
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