World of Warcraft gives the auction house a complete overhaul. We reveal what changes are set to occur to improve business.
Anyone who deals with the auction house in World of Warcraft a lot – whether as a buyer or seller – has experienced a lot of frustration. The auction house has aged poorly over the years. It is slow, and the flood of “1-item offers” for crafting materials, of which you often need several dozen, significantly dampens the trading experience. Blizzard has recognized this and will give the auction house a complete overhaul with Patch 8.3 Visions of N’Zoth.
What was the problem? The currently active auction house is technically undeveloped and has faced several issues. With the quantity of items and transactions, search queries can take several seconds to up to a minute. That’s time players spend waiting. Once they find their item, it may be the case that the player has to click through many pages, all filled with “1-item auctions.” Those who prefer to buy 100 Anchor herb in a stack do not want to buy 100 individual auctions but rather go straight for the large stack. However, those are usually buried on the last pages.
Offers will be consolidated: In the future, the auction house will automatically consolidate all crafting materials into stacks. These will then be displayed on the right side. For example, if there are 136 auctions for rune cloth at 10 silver each, the auction house will consolidate them into a single item. On the left side, you can then enter how many units you want to buy. This makes it possible to buy only a fraction of a “stack” or acquire multiple individual auctions simultaneously.
As a seller, this is also not a problem: If only a part of the offered items is sold, you will receive the earned gold, and the unsold remainder of the items will be returned by mail.
By the way: Crafting materials will no longer be “biddable.” They will only be available for immediate purchase.
All information about Patch 8.3 can be found in our comprehensive overview.
No reason to undercut: Particularly annoying in World of Warcraft was always that vendors continuously undercut each other with their offers. If an item was worth 10 gold early in the morning, the value dropped to about 5 gold in the evening because so many offers were added. That will soon be a thing of the past.
With Patch 8.3, there is no reason to undercut your competitors anymore. The auction house sells at equal-priced auctions those that were listed last first. So if Player A placed their Anchor herb in the auction house 10 hours ago (and it hasn’t been purchased yet) and Player B placed their Anchor herb 5 minutes ago, Player B will sell their Anchor herb first.
This small change removes any incentive to constantly undercut other players.
Further improvements are planned: In addition, the auction house has more improvements and simplifications. For instance, you can create your own favorites list to quickly find items that you purchase frequently. If desired, the auction house can also be searched specifically for upgrades, meaning any items that would be a clear improvement for the character.
What do you think of this overhaul of the auction house? Is it a good thing for many annoying aspects to disappear? Or is Blizzard ruining trade among players?
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