Wowhead Economy Weekly Wrap-Up 167 - Getting Ready for Patch 9.0.5

Live Publié 07/03/2021 à 13:02 par perculia

SamadanTSMYouTubeTwitchGetting Ready for 9.0.5announcement that 9.05 releases March 9th(US) and March 10th(EU)Legendary Base ItemsI've started to stock missives for the legendary changes... plan on reseting market on day of patch...ManthieusHow many Goblins are there anyway?Who is a casual player? Someone that plays less than me

Who is a hard core player? Someone that plays more than me

Who is a goblin? Someone that has more money than me

I don't think there's a good definition of what a goblin is, making this pretty hard to answer. People selling boosts probably wouldn't call themselves goblins, but the good ones are among the richest players. I know lots of people that have been playing for years, and have millions of gold just through playing the game, and never explicitly tried to make money.I’d guess 8% hardcore, 90% casual, 2% goblin...Mighty Caravan BrutosaurWebsites that analyze player profiles estimate that about 3% of people have the Long Boi. There are going to be a few "goblins" who never purchased it (and there are a few non-goblins who may have had the cash due to selling boosts etc. who did purchase it). But I think somewhere in the ballpark of 3-5% of the population is probably a good estimate.

In terms of the "typical" player. I think they might have ~200k give or take. My experience is that they will usually have enough to buy a token (or maybe even two), along with consumables and the occasional piece of legendary gear.While the longboi is a good indicator, it isn't a solid identifier. There are a lot of people that saved gold since Warlords, and just had the capital to drop.

Then you have the people who farmed just to get it once it was announced it would be removed.

I think the main point to note about "goblins" is that they specifically enjoy making money for the sake of doing so.The r/wow sub has 2,108,342 members and the r/woweconomy sub has 124,931 members, so that is around 6%. The amount of active subs in game will not match these numbers of course, but at least it is a general idea of what percentage of people are interested in the gold making aspect of the game that are active redditors. The number of actual subs that have active reddit accounts is not known, but you could estimate a percentage and conflate the stats however you wish from there.

This is the only metric I can think of to give a somewhat accurate number without actually defining what a goblin is and surveying people in relation to gold amounts and profits and time playing the AH and any other factors.

The r/competitivewow sub has approximately the same amount of members as r/woweconomy. So approximately 6% of the playerbase is hardcore enough, competitively, to join a dedicated subreddit. Seems about right. And 6% or so are into being "goblins". :DDo you consider yourself a "Goblin" and how much of your time in game is spent making gold? Is Multiboxing Banned?

"But, Blizzard banned multiboxing!"

No: https://t.co/BLJH7OJZQK

— Gumdrops (@GumdropsEU) March 1, 2021

Credit to Muricas in the WoW Economy Discord. blizzardbannedmultiboxing.com

WHAT DID THEY DO, THEN?
Blizzard banned the use of third-party input broadcasting software in World of Warcraft. This software was used to broadcast keystrokes to multiple game clients at a time.

Blizzard felt that this was being abused by bots and players automating gameplay and therefore banned its use. Multiboxing itself, or running more than one game at a time, was not banned and is still allowed.

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