I just sold my first AH items and there is 1 hour delay for money to get mailed. This wasn't thing until patch 2.2, is there any explanation for this?
I just sold my first AH items and there is 1 hour delay for money to get mailed. This wasn't thing until patch 2.2, is there any explanation for this?
Last edited by mmocfd1b0ab5a3; 2019-09-06 at 03:32 PM.
There's a 1 hour delay on all mail, even between characters on the same account.
It was implemented as a measure to combat gold selling. As gold selling is still technically a thing, they probably left it in for similar reasons.
Never believe you have seen the peak of human stupidity and ignorance, or you will constantly be surprised by the new levels the reach almost every day
They were very clear that some changes post-Vanilla would stay in that they felt were good, necessary, or important. Backend stuff, exploit avoidance, etc. The AH mail thing was probably included as one of those they felt worth keeping. It's the way it is. It shouldn't impact the Vanilla play experience in any way.
This policy curbs incentive and they wouldn't do it if they didn't see an effect disincentivizing potential buyers. Players buying gold do it because they need it now and because it introduces an uncomfortable waiting period where you don't know if you've just been scammed or not - it happens and neither party engaging in this behavior are the smartest or known for their patience. Sucks others have to suffer for this and their choices tho, however such is the way of most band-aid solutions.
If you knew the candle was fire then the meal was cooked a long time ago.
...a 1 hour delay on mail is not going to stop gold selling
fucking lol
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Having to wait 1 hour is not going to stop someone from buying gold. Nobody on this earth is going to say "OH MY GOD I WILL NOT BUY GOLD BECAUSE I NEED TO WAIT 1 HOUR FOR IT TO BE DELIVERED REEEEEEEEEEEEE", no, that's fucking dumb.
Furthermore, most gold sellers transfer gold by purchasing an auction anyway, like taking some worthless item and putting it up on the AH for 300+ gold. There's no "you don't know if you've been scammed" involved with that.
Last edited by anon5123; 2019-09-08 at 01:47 PM.
It's pretty funny to me that most of the mail delays are clearly hacked in, though. The mail icon appears for about .5 seconds, then disappears as the server remembers "Wait a minute, that's not supposed to be instant here..."
If you genuinely care about this shit, you have a problem and have gotta go outside some point in your life. That shit is wack