In Blizzard's 2014 World of Warcraft in the New Year forum post it mentioned that it is contemplating allowing players to buy in-game game-time tokens and then sell them to other players for gold.




While I'm sure there will be much player reaction to this possibility, when looking at the WildStar C.R.E.D.D. system I couldn't find much to dislike about it. Read on past the jump for a recap of the WildStar C.R.E.D.D. system and what it could look like in World of Warcraft.

Blizzard pulled me back in with 7 free days of game time. So far I've updated my files and jumped into game. So far all I've had time to do is log in and poke around the new interface.

(In addition some of you who have been reading the blog may notice some visual changes to the blog. We're happy to say that Power Word: Gold is now a "responsive" site which means that it is is much more readable on tablets and smartphones as well as desktop.

With going responsive we've also streamlined the overall look of the site (we didn't accidentally all of our blogger widgets without backing them up. That definitely didn't happen. *cough*) and will continue to refine the look of the site somewhat here and there. If there was something you used to find on the site that you can't now be sure to let us know.

In addition the new layout may have some funkyness and images in past posts may not all be perfectly readable on smaller devices. We apologize as that's just the price we pay for going responsive.)

Below are some images and impressions including how my favorite addon Adibags handles the Reagent bank.

I was firing up WoW on a laptop that I hadn’t used in a while and since I had a bit of time on my hands while the game patched I decided to read the patch notes.

I’m glad I did because I read one of the most awesome patch notes I had in a while: We can finally mail our heirloom items to our characters on others servers.

And not just Connected Realms but any realm where we have a character on our account. Read on past the jump for details.

Episode 073 of The Power Word: Gold Podcast. We bring you the latest World of Warcraft gold-making tips, tricks and strategies.

In this week's episode your host Jim Younkin discusses the Timeless Isle's effects on the economy, Magnificent Hide prices, what to do at the end of the expansion and much more. And now… on with the show!

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Episode 072 of The Power Word: Gold Podcast. We bring you the latest World of Warcraft gold-making tips, tricks and strategies.

In this week's episode your host Jim Younkin discusses Patch 5.4, new daily cooldowns, PVP gear, transmog sales and much more. And now… on with the show!

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We were lucky enough to be able to interview Marco Koegler, Technical Director for World of Warcraft at Blizzard, on Episode 071 of The Power Word: Gold Podcast.

During the interview we discussed topic ranging from how Connected Relams will be chosen in Patch 5.4, how Connected Realms may affect the in-game economy, how Blizzard developers work with the in-game economy and a discussion of the default auction house interface.

Marco shared a lot of really great (and often very candid) insight into Blizzard's development process with much of it relating directly to gold-making. Thanks again to Marco for doing the interview. It was great.

Below is a transcript of the entire interview.

Episode 071 of The Power Word: Gold Podcast. We bring you the latest World of Warcraft gold-making tips, tricks and strategies.

In this week's episode your host Jim Younkin and special guest Marco Koegler, Technical Director for World of Warcraft at Blizzard, discuss Connected Realms coming in Patch 5.4, the possible effects of Connected Realms on the in-game economy, Marco's favorite ways of making gold and much more. And now… on with the show!

A full transcript of the podcast can be found here.

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Episode 070 of The Power Word: Gold Podcast. We bring you the latest World of Warcraft gold-making tips, tricks and strategies.

In this week's episode your host Jim Younkin and guest eSeven discuss Patch 5.4 changes, getting started in gold-making, TradeSkillMaster 2.0 and much more. And now… on with the show!

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Episode 069 of The Power Word: Gold Podcast. We bring you the latest World of Warcraft gold-making tips, tricks and strategies.

In this week's episode your host Jim Younkin and guest Nev discuss preparing for Patch 5.4, growing the seeds of gold-making, spreadsheets and much more. And now… on with the show!

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Episode 066 of The Power Word: Gold Podcast. We bring you the latest World of Warcraft gold-making tips, tricks and strategies.

In this week's episode your hosts Jim Younkin and Erogroth discuss the maximizing professions in Patch 5.4, what players spend gold on, gold-making for casual players and much more. And now on with the show!

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Episode 065 of The Power Word: Gold Podcast. We bring you the latest World of Warcraft gold-making tips, tricks and strategies.

In this week's episode your hosts Jim Younkin and Erogroth discuss the TradeSkillMaster 2.0 Beta, what Patch 5.4 Virtual Realms may mean to gold-making and much more. And now on with the show!

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MMO Champion has posted new data-mined information from the Patch 5.4 PTR. Read on past the jump for some new profession information Blacksmithing, Leatherworking, Tailoring and Enchanting.

What have I been doing since Patch 5.3 landed today? Posting a new market I'm experimenting with (85-89 Mists of Pandaria gear) and re-posting lots of Crafted Dreadful Gladiator gear of all types (Cloth, Leather, Mail and Plate).

I just get the impression that lots of people will be looking for PVP gear to try out the new PVP changes. I also think many people will have held of on leveling their alts until the 33% XP reduction for levels 85-90. Those people will be looking in the Auction House for leveling gear.

Some initial 85-89 sales. So far so good.

What have you been up to in Patch 5.3 so far?

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Episode 062 of The Power Word: Gold Podcast. We bring you the latest World of Warcraft gold-making tips, tricks and strategies.

In this week's episode your hosts Jim Younkin and Erogroth discuss their early gold-making experiences, Reborn weapon economics, how to adjust to slowing sales and much more. And now on with the show!

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Episode 061 of The Power Word: Gold Podcast. We bring you the latest World of Warcraft gold-making tips, tricks and strategies.

In this week's episode your hosts Jim Younkin and Erogroth discuss many of the upcoming Patch 5.3 changes, Children's Week, XP reduction, upcoming changes to Mining and Herbalism and much more. And now on with the show!

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A livestream viewer pointed me to a rather interesting 5.3 PTR patch note that I think is significant to the 77-80 Cataclysm item arket.

In 5.3 the are planning on adding vendors that will sell level 80 gear in the Cataclysm starting zones. Read on past the jump for the details.

Episode 057 of The Power Word: Gold Podcast. We bring you the latest World of Warcraft gold-making tips, tricks and strategies.

In this week's episode your host Jim Younkin and guest WowProfitz discuss what they've been doing in gold-making, Patch 5.2 Blacksmithing cooldowns, hardcore vs. casual gold-making and much more. And now on with the show!

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Episode 056 of The Power Word: Gold Podcast. We bring you the latest World of Warcraft gold-making tips, tricks and strategies.

In this week's episode your host Jim Younkin discusses new Tailoring and Leatherworking patterns introduced in 5.2, 5.2 gear sales, needing gold to make gold and much more. And now on with the show!

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Patch 5.2 has been out for a few days and so far my knowledge of the patch is still fairly limited. I have to confess that I didn't read up for this patch as I have for some others in recent memory.

I'm still not quite sure why I didn't take as much time as usual to try to extract all the "juicy bits" from the patch notes but here we are. What I wanted to talk about today was just some tidbits I've picked up about 5.2 in the last few days. Read on past the jump for more.