Tuesday, June 14, 2011

Breaking Games: World of Warcraft "Mobile Auction House"

Even though this isn't strictly "breaking" the game, this follows my same lines of thinking of using something already in the game to your advantage.

In World of Warcraft, there is a wonderful thing called the Auction House, or AH. Just like a real AH, you list items on there for sale, and other real players buy them with in game currency, and the AH takes a cut of what is made.

Well, this is all well and good, except the AHs are only located in major cities. This presents a hassle for players who are questing far away from the major hubs.

Fortunately, a simple solution exists that players can exploit. It's called a "Banking Toon", or simply "Bank". All you have to do is to make a level one character and have them walk to the nearest major city. Then, any time your main character gets an item he wants to sell on the AH, he simply mails this item to his bank. The bank then lists the item, and gets the profit. This has effectively turned any mailbox into a "Mobile Auction House".

   - Sapper Woody

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