Wtf happened to NA WoW tokens?

[Icecreamcake]

It went from 35k to 43.9k in around 8 hours, did something happened to the system?

[Seditian]

Most likely people coming back for 6.2.3 that quickly buy a token.

[Icecreamcake]

It's saying there are no tokens available for purchase

That would explain the rapid increase in price

[xskarma]

It went from 35k to 43.9k in around 8 hours, did something happened to the system?

Err, that's pretty suspicious, actually. You'd think Blizz would have made the system in a way that it can't be gamed, but this certainly looks fishy.

[Deleted]

Welcome to EU, where the token flies between 60-64k, have fun.

[Eleccybubb]

Welcome to EU, where the token flies between 60-64k, have fun.

It's 172k in Taiwan.

[Wyrt]

All those bots Blizzard banned 6 months ago returned today.

[Hyve]

Err, that's pretty suspicious, actually. You'd think Blizz would have made the system in a way that it can't be gamed, but this certainly looks fishy.

Or it could be that a lot of people are returning? Maybe?

[MouseD]

Between new patch coming out this Tuesday and all the banned cheaters coming back as their 6 months ban is up ...they are buying them up, that's if their accounts were not stripped of their gold and Conquest points.

[valky94]

The more tokens there are on the AH the lower the price, its the basic principle of the demand and supply system, the rarer something is (read as: the less of it exsists) the higher the price

[druenos]

It's 172k in Taiwan.

I just wouldn't buy them for 172k gold, the time it takes to aquire that amount of gold is more to me than £9.99 is worth so I would buy the sub with real cash, hell 64k in the EU is pretty much near my limit. Actually you can buy game cards off E-bay for £15 so at least that brings the price down a bit.

[Lochton]

It went from 35k to 43.9k in around 8 hours, did something happened to the system?

Hah! Suffer!


Sincerely, an EU player


(EU token 60k+)

[Deleted]

supply and demand nothing more

someone has to pay $$ for that token for another to buy it with gold. It could be that # of tokens went down and # of people buying due to 6.2.3 went up.

[Sills]

There have been 2 sharp increases in demand over the last two weeks

1) BlizzCon hype train
2) Patch 6.2.3 / Bots unbanned

Either one of these would cause increases in the amount of tokens purchased, and if people didn't throw more tokens up for sale quickly the price would soar as it has. Having both of them occur without an appropriate number of tokens added to the AH causes the massive price spike you mentioned OP. Looks like the price has only been trending up over the last few months, but it's really shot up the last few weeks. Except this to continue unless people start flooding the AH with tokens again.

I wonder if the people who cared about making gold this way (by selling tokens) have stopped. This late in the expansion there are fewer things to purchase with gold, s they can't be bothered to put tokens on the AH again. There's nothing to do with the gold they already have, so why bother spending more $$$ to make more gold? Just a thought I had.

[MrExcelion]

I felt like the token wasn't high enough to begin with (20k), and I think more players than ever are running 25h Cata raids to avoid paying a sub

[lolbubble]

It went from 35k to 43.9k in around 8 hours, did something happened to the system?

Yes, the system has been compromised.

[Jagorath]

Hah! Suffer!


Sincerely, an EU player


(EU token 60k+)

I'm pretty sure EU prices will blow up too, just you wait.

[Lochton]

I'm pretty sure EU prices will blow up too, just you wait.

Too late, they've already blown up months ago by being above 50k. Luckily, purchased enough before this whole thing became a problem, covered for the next 2 years by token.

[Cinnamohn]

Once upon a time, Ion Hazzikostas told us that the price of the WoW token directly correlated with the value of our hard-earned gold, hence why the gold from garrisons was nerfed in 6.2. Look where we've come since that statement..

[Vzz]

Or it could be that a lot of people are returning? Maybe?

Returning for what? To harvest the same content for next 10 months?