04-19-2006, 08:55 PM
Ashock,Apr 20 2006, 02:09 AM Wrote:Yes, it was a compliment :D Your assessment was pretty much dead on.
As far as getting gold, it is no big deal. If some of the better items were accessible throguh the AH, I have no doubt that I would own them soon enough, but as you probably remember, they are not. Between what I have right now, my mount, my 2 blue swords and 2 blue items that are waiting for me (through the AH) and the lag accident that caused me to bid 50G on 5 Sup reds, I'd say I have about 800G at lvl 46. If I wanted to continue, I'd probably double my money by lvl 50 or earlier, but I see now that except a few semi-decent items, the AH is really not going to cut it, so I will stop actively trying to make money there. I could write a guide to the AH (to go along with the other AH guides out there (that mostly suck), but really... who cares about the AH. What is the point to try to get some money together, if a few trips to some of the end-game instances will yield better items than one could get through the AH...
-A
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Purchasable items are roughly as powerful as those which you'll get from the late game small group instances. If anything the best AH items are better; there are several craftable epics and a few raid Bind on Equips that can be often found on the AH. What you won't get is the range and variety; even with the best purchasable gear there are still a lot of desirable dropped or quested items.