World-of-warcraft – How to transfer gold between factions

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I've got a character on Horde and now a brand new one on Alliance (same realm). Problem is that the Alliance-side economy doesn't seem to be as lucrative at lower levels as its Horde-side equivalents.

Now that Blizzard has apparently cut off bidding on your own items from the same account, is there any way that I can transfer gold between the two characters without using two different accounts or someone else as an intermediary?

Best Answer

The only way to do this without an intermediary is to make use of the Paid Faction Transfer option.

5 -Reputation Items

You have to be careful with this one, because some types of reputation grinding, (ie. Sporeggar) is not as easy to sell as, say, Hodir reputation… (btw. Relics of Ulduar is probably my number one selling item on most days… people are desperate to get exalted for the shoulder enchant there… )

4 -Enchanting Materials

You can focus on one or both types of markets, the leveling market, (read, mid-level, such as Greater Nether, Small and Large Brilliant Shards), or high-level, such as Cosmic Essences and Abyss Crystals. Stay away from lower level mats as their profit margins are low and they are easier to come by.

3 – Milling/Alchemy Goods

Still currently a flavor of the month type of skill set… many are taking their alts higher up into the Inscription tradeset, causing a need for many mid-level herbs, (i.e. netherbloom, briarthorn, mageroyal)… avoid lower and higher level herbs as they are easier to come by, (ie. lower levels are easier to pick, higher levels are easier to glut into the market).

2 -Basic Trade Goods

(i.e. leathers, clothes, herbs, ores and bars) This is the majority of where I do my business… remember to fill both short and full stack markets and wait for a good loading time, (i.e. early in the weekend, during the week as necessary)

1 – Middle Level Gems

(i.e. Citrine, Blue Sapphires, Star Rubies, Large Opals, etc)… due to the resurgence of jewelcrafting, many are either respecing their mains or skilling up their alts… there is a level of ignorance with these mid-level gems, (i.e. before Lich King, Citrine was lucky to sell for 1g a piece… now it easily sells for 11g on our server)… while a bit hard to come by, you will feel like you hit a homerun everytime you find these as they sell very quickly and almost always grab top-dollar.

Bottom 5 Markets

5 - Top Level Gear

Dabbling in level 80 gear has been, in my experience a “break-even” type of market in that the number of options available for purchase at lvl 80 is fairly limited due to progression available gear, as well as subject to the leveling of different tradeskills, (i.e. Blacksmithing, Leather-Working). It is hard to corner a market that has a very select group buying and a very large group selling.

4 – Pets

Some people swear by pet selling… and there is SOME gold there as long as you are willing to farm the pets and are also willing to undercut the competition… I hate farming pets, so UNLESS I find a CRAZY deal on a pet, I generally stay away from these. Sure, there are tons of people out there collecting these, but at the prohibitive cost of most of these, the buying is sporadic and slow at best, backing up the market… glut causes lower prices, increasing your chances of losing your profit margin in repeat AH postings.

3 – Glyphs

There are a TON of glyphs being sold online… cheap and available… but the problem here is the market is SO glutted right now with these types of articles it is nearly impossible to make any type of flip profit on the straight glyphs, (there are some that tell me that Inscribers can make a profit on these… however as a buy/sell flipper, I avoid these unless I find a CRAZY deal.

2 – Quest Items

Again, we are talking about a VERY limited number of players that would even NEED this type of item at any given time. Given the almost universal availability of quest items NEARBY a quest hub, running to a AH to pick up something laying on the group nearby is ridiculous and a sure-fire way to lose money… not to be confused with reputation items, (see above #5).

1 – Leveling Gear

Unless you have an Enchanter you are trying to level, stay away from speculative buying of gear under level 80… gear is so specific to each class, so you are limited WHO would be interested in a specific piece of gear… PLUS quest rewards usually are better than anything available through AH, and is “free” considering you are willing to put time into doing the quest, which most people are since you are LEVELING anyways…. PLUS leveling has become much faster nowadays, meaning that while people are needing to upgrade gear more often, they are less apt to spend top-dollar on gear that is going to be replaced in the next few days.

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World-of-warcraft – How would a gold farming company get the account and password

The most common methods these gold farming companies use to get account info are:

Phishing
- Most of these attacks, as you mention, come through emails. Always check the domain of the link (the actual URL you will be directed to, and not what is displayed in the text of the link!) on any emails you get relating to WoW (or any other game... or emails in general!). Also check for misspellings. It is amazing how intricate these scams can be, yet simple spell-check is apparently too difficult. Phishing attacks don't always come through email, though. Some websites are designed to phish for WoW account information as well. Be wary of any site that asks you to log in.
Key Loggers
- There are many malware apps and viruses out there that will install key loggers on your machine, which will then transmit your information to the farming companies. Keep your anti-virus definitions up to date, be wary of what sites you surf, and be careful of installing any suspicious WoW add-ons!.
Brute Force
- This seems much less likely, but if you have a weak password it might be possible.

The authenticator from Blizzard is supposed to be an excellent tool to protect your account.

Regarding your second question, yes, it most likely is illegal (there have been a number of cases around the world of people being successfully prosecuted for virtual theft), however, the chances of you successfully pursuing such a case within the context of a WoW account theft are almost non-existent. Most of the primary gold farming companies are located in countries where the government either honestly doesn't care, or actively protects their citizens in these endeavors.