Impact of the Brutosaur on the WoW Token - Wowhead Economy Weekly Wrap-Up 349

Live Posted 3 days ago by SamadanPlaysWoW

SamadanThere's a New Brutosaur in Town! introduction of a new version of the BrutosaurThe Reins of the Trader's Guilded Brutosaurwowanalytica.com
They are still on the "capped" incline Rate, the graph is no where near smoothing out.
Speaking of EU Prices, it wouldn't surprise me if the Token reaches 500k (445k currently) today, marking it as an all time high.

Higest before was like 470k on the BFA announcement iirc.

So everyone wants to buy the new mount but tokens are getting bought instantly. Here is a macro that will give you a fighting chance to get them.

/script C_WowTokenPublic.BuyToken()

Go to the ah token section and just spam it until it says internal auction error then you have to wait one minute to try again. Don't bother clicking okay on the out of stock check back later prompt it doesn't matter. Just spam the macro until you can click yes to buying a token and then keep the mouse where the yes button is so you can instantly buy one if it comes up.If you are not fast enough to click yes and someone else buys it before you then your gold will be in the mail. Just keep at it untill you can get the 6 tokens needed to buy the mount. It took me about 10 minutes to buy the 6 tokens for the mount. Happy token hunting my fellow goblins.

Update: If it stops working try relogging.
Drizzling Rose

I updated @SamadanPlaysWoW s old Brutosaur before Extinction Sheet, if you dont have it and plan to pay with gold this is a wonderful way to track your progress, if you do this, and post about it, please let me know, id love to see everyone's quests <3https://t.co/T6BXt6yruo

— Drizzling Rose (@DrizzlingRose) October 25, 2024Inscription WeirdnessKaychack Herb Prices Crashing?
This is why your herb prices are tanking

Those weren't even the cheapest. Just happened to be a screenshot I got. Just look at those quantities. It just takes a handful of alchemist to thaumaturge those into herbs on mass scale.

I don't think it's really leather price dropping, leather prices have been depressed for a while. I think it's actually alchemists coming online to be able to do the thaumaturgy at both r1 and r2.

FWIW, I transmuted about 20k stormcharged leather today.... and there's clearly tens of thousands more.

The first day I was able to R1>R2 I was making 30-45% margins. Then most of the profits evaporated. But for some reason this weekend leather was just a few gold cheaper... but more importantly, in huge quantities. So ended up sitll making 10-15%.
All mats are going down, that's how the expansion goes, it's not just thaum mats. R1/R2 have also converged so there is not much of a difference now in being able to thaum r1 into r2.

There are actually times when r1 is higher price than r2 mats now. Supply/demand has dropped off at this point as most people have higher gear for their content and aren't needing to enchant/gem/gear as much as in the beginning

Expansion release (and major content updates to lesser extent) always have this slow drop in prices, until 2-8 weeks later prices tank when massively. I always make sure whatever I craft, I sell immediately. So hope that was the lesson you learned. Not every expansion have prices stayed this high even for this long. Ofc we haven't even fully tanked yet, think we'll still drop by over half before year's end.
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Comment by HanatosThe worst move ever made by blizzard nglComment by OlderSchool457I mean, who DOESN'T have $95 U.S. and 50 Alts, all at the WoW Gold Limit?
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(Sarcasm)Comment by MyaumeowAs disgusting as amount of Fails during TWW. Money is money. F making the game not buggy mess or get some dev that use brain. Pile of L moments.Comment by Poromaniaas my main goal was to get gold cap t o hopefully snipe brutosaut, this was immediate buy, for only two millions, transfered most of my gold, and then paid like 10 euros for rest of it and i am happyComment by potexet522I mean, who DOESN'T have $95 U.S. and 50 Alts, all at the WoW Gold Limit?
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(Sarcasm)Comment by TigerAceRayThe worst move ever made by blizzard nglComment by KestevavildThe worst move ever made by blizzard nglComment by Lorce11Thought this would also talk some about the dip in token prices after that peak, really surprised me in EU it even went a lot lower than it was before the Brutosaur.

Personally, i had no plans of ever getting it, especially after seeing the prices spike so much. But the next day i realised i could get it for 'only' 1,7M or so, so figured why not ^^Comment by johntravolta342The worst move ever made by blizzard nglComment by say23

Why does it have $90 price tag in the first place? If gold and real money are the same thing because of token why not just release it for 2 mil gold? The reason is because it's not the same thing. This is absolutely the worst thing they ever did in this game for one reason. No store item should ever cost this much or offer more utility than regular in game items when we pay full game price and a monthly sub. Go full f2p and then go crazy with !@#$ like this.Comment by GreengrovegrannyThe worst move ever made by blizzard nglComment by CTEKKWell you can still snipe the original BFA saurus so literally nothing changed for each of youComment by SarthoriusThe worst move ever made by blizzard nglComment by KerathrasWhat is that graph purporting to show? The token never went up to 400,000. I never even reached 300,000 in the US.Comment by Blushadows...of course Blizzard would most desire people to pay gold for it, then they make $120 USD instead of the flat $90 USD price tag. The entire token exchange is a scam that's $5 in their favor to begin with.

Most arguments I've seen say that the cash shop price tag is too small due to it being equivalent to only 1-2 million gold vs a cash equivalent that would put it closer to the 5-million.

Might it not fall in merely three categories?
Did you get your AH Bruto for 5-million? Than be happy, you have it.
Did you NOT get your AH Bruto for 5-million? Than be happy, you can now get an AH mount considerably cheaper.
Did you get your Bruto before but want an AH/Mail mount now? Than be happy, you can have both.Comment by AlustrielWoW 20th anniversary special edition mount, hmmm. All I can offer to you folks is that while the in store cash purchase may be a bit of a turn off for many, as it costs pretty much that same as the epic expansion, ($90 US, I have to pay $135 CDN for mine) I believe that it was offered simply because it is a special "Mail" and "Auction House" mobile station to a great many players who appreciate having such a mount. It was not offered as an in store purchase to upset players, it is just something very unique and obviously a good investment for veteran players. The BfA version is pretty much off limits to the majority of players save for the goblin community as it seems to be capped on the BMAH in seconds when it occasionally is offered.

Not every one plays here to make gold to buy things and game time. Much to the disbelief of many players, in the early days of WoW, there was no such thing as a "wow-token", and black market gold farming ops were notorious and damaging to the game's economy and account security. I was there in the mid-Lich King expansion in early 2009, it was by far cheaper to play, easier to buy mats, and farm for nodes on gatherer's. I miss those days a great deal.

Now, I walk into the AH and see stuff I just won't buy because it slaps me in the face with the cost. I hop on my dual-gatherer and a few hours later I have what I need to get by for the week on my main and small party of alts. Mogs maybe harder to acquire, but are do-able and even recipes for crafting are still farmable for the most part if you truly want to invest your time into it.

When I see players complain about making a highly desirable feature in the game that they no longer can take advantage of, like buy it and then turn around and sell it to profit, I have to shake my head and ask, why? Seriously? It made sense to offer this mount as a cash purchase. It didn't ruin the goblin economic plan and it only took off a whole lot of tokens sitting in the void for player's gold.

I see that the gold to token graphs can and will over time make gold in earnest for those watching the market, and I am pleased to see that if I'm patient, I can make some gold, buying a token or three for cash and selling it to players like yourselves when it comes up more. I have no time to farm and sell and this is how I play Warcraft. Enjoy the adventure and reap the spoils. Thanks for your post Samadan, as always, it seems you have some very good topics. Of all the things I read on Wowhead.com, I really enjoy these post a lot. :)Comment by EndoshivaI mean, who DOESN'T have $95 U.S. and 50 Alts, all at the WoW Gold Limit?
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(Sarcasm)Comment by Dixa1i dont know where you all are getting your numbers.

the week before TWW launched on the emerald dream realm, a wow token was listed at 380,000 gold value on the wow store.

today it's 257k.

if the demand was actually higher than it was in the weeks leading up to TWW it would be near 380k or higher by now.

this is another nonsense article.Comment by Dixa1What is that graph purporting to show? The token never went up to 400,000. I never even reached 300,000 in the US.Comment by XebenatrosIt does not MATTER, weather this mount or it's previous version, costed 5 million in gold, or now 90$. No single mount, under any circumstance, should cost at best, more than 25$, if it costs more than that, it should be coming with extras, which this trash mount doesn't. If it had say, Repairs, Transmog, Mail & an Auction House, oh right, maybe if it could Fly too, I'd say maybe 45$ at best, but no.

90$ is a lot of money to be throwing around, I don't care how much gold people have, this is a subject on how much cash the damned thing costs, do whatever you want, if people are willing to pull their cards out for this, I won't be surprised when the cost of other things spike.

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