WOW Token to Bnet EUROPE Live.

[Deleted]

can you actually do the whole process without being subscribed?

[Emerald Archer]

The problem is that it would require a spike of 53.8% in price just to break even (due to the difference in price between the 20 EUR cost and the 13 EUR return)

The US Spike was like, 300%. I think a 50% Spike for EU isn't out of this world.

[Banquetto]

The US Spike was like, 300%. I think a 50% Spike for EU isn't out of this world.

Wasn't 300% - before things went crazy the price was wobbling around 60k, the highest it got up to was 115k.

Big enough to make a profit if you timed it just right, but not much margin for error.

[Emerald Archer]

Wasn't 300% - before things went crazy the price was wobbling around 60k, the highest it got up to was 115k.

Big enough to make a profit if you timed it just right, but not much margin for error.

Fair, it was about a 100% spike, still a lot more than 50%.

[Deleted]

I'm getting internal error when trying to swap a token for bnet currency, anyone else experiencing this?
Hope its not because I use it on my lowlvl bankchar (have no active subscription atm).

[Geran]

Fair, it was about a 100% spike, still a lot more than 50%.

EU was around 115k before the announcement of balance and spiked to 200k, so ~75% increase, also in absolute valor it has always been expensiver EU than US. (percentage increase isn't the only thing to look at, from 1 to 3 is a 200% increase and from 3 to 6 a 100%, still i would prefer the 1 to 3 one)

[Deleted]

The token really costs EUR 20?

That's so funny, given how many people on this very forum say: "I've had enough, I'm not paying Blizzard any more money, I've quit my sub and am now paying with gold". Effectively those people now pay EUR 7 per month MORE than before )

[Nayami]

can you actually do the whole process without being subscribed?

When my sub runs out, I just log in and a window pops up asking if I want to renew my sub using gold. If you accept, it will buy a token for you from the AH and you can start playing again.

Not sure if you can convert tokens to battle.net balance without being subbed if that's what you meant. I don't think so though.

[Pann]

The token really costs EUR 20?

That's so funny, given how many people on this very forum say: "I've had enough, I'm not paying Blizzard any more money, I've quit my sub and am now paying with gold". Effectively those people now pay EUR 7 per month MORE than before )

No, they don't. The person that buys the token from Blizzard pays €20 more, the person that buys the token for gold pays nothing.

[Deleted]

No, they don't. The person that buys the token from Blizzard pays €20 more, the person that buys the token for gold pays nothing.

You missed the word "effectively" in the post you quoted.
He's actually right.

[Deleted]

Confirmed that you have to have an active sub in order to convert tokens to currency.
However, a GM can give you a free day so you can convert
Got lucio bundle for free, yay

[Pann]

You missed the word "effectively" in the post you quoted.
He's actually right.

No, I didn't and no he is not. It would be correct to say that Blizzard effectively receive €20 income instead of €15 for that sub but it is not correct that person paying for that sub with gold pays that to Blizzard.

[Deleted]

No, I didn't and no he is not. It would be correct to say that Blizzard effectively receive €20 income instead of €15 for that sub but it is not correct that person paying for that sub with gold pays that to Blizzard.

A bit like saying that when you pay by Credit Card, it's not actually you paying but Visa/Mastercard

[Pann]

A bit like saying that when you pay by Credit Card, it's not actually you paying but Visa/Mastercard

No, it really isn't.

[Ghrog]

The US Spike was like, 300%. I think a 50% Spike for EU isn't out of this world.

But that 100% spike had already happened and things are self correcting. I think the time to take advantage had already passed, but I could be wrong, after all the future is not yet written, but it'll probably tale a similarly disruptive event.

[Geran]

A bit like saying that when you pay by Credit Card, it's not actually you paying but Visa/Mastercard

You are just arguing for the sake of arguing. I refuse to think you don't know how credit companies work.

[Banquetto]

The token really costs EUR 20?

That's so funny, given how many people on this very forum say: "I've had enough, I'm not paying Blizzard any more money, I've quit my sub and am now paying with gold". Effectively those people now pay EUR 7 per month MORE than before )

You see that a few times on this forum it's true, but I think the actual number of people with such a juvenile attitude is only a very tiny portion of the playerbase.

[Emerald Archer]

But that 100% spike had already happened and things are self correcting. I think the time to take advantage had already passed, but I could be wrong, after all the future is not yet written, but it'll probably tale a similarly disruptive event.

The topic was whether a large enough spike would happen for EU and the likelyhood of it..

[Allybeboba]

Sell tokens > get lots of gold > Buy tokens with gold > Cash tokens in for real battle.net balance

Repeat whenever there's a spike

You can't make money. You can save it though if you are lucky enough to get some at a the lower price. And they sell some when they are at their peak.

[Teri]

I expect the token prices to settle more evenly in the coming weeks, and a 300k type spike seems very unlikely at this point unless an expansion or new service is announced.