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Oligopoly is a millionaire in various MMO economies and is the founder/web administrator of WarcraftEcon.net and Diablo3Professions.com. He has years of experience in MMO economies and knows a significant amount of information on how they work in order to profit from them. Through various interactions, discussions, interviews, and research, Oligopoly has learned about all aspects of MMO economic theory. So we are capable of giving you advice, bringing you news about the Warcraft economy, teach you about the auction house, create guides, and present strategies on making insane amounts of gold.

Launched in October 2008, Warcraft Econ is one the longest running gold blog and resources out there. Information in this blog is completely free. Ever wonder how people achieve 5000 gold? 10,000? 1,000,000? There are plenty of terrible gold making guides out there. Any one knows they can farm things and do dailies. I give advice mostly centered on crafting and playing the auction house. This takes way less time to do than farming and brings in a whole lot more gold and frees up your time to do other things. Just farming elementals or doing dailies bring in at best 130-150g an hour after vendor trash and repairs. For a gold guide to claim 300g/hour is fairly low by my standards. The purpose of this information is to make gold in a quick and efficient way, not farming mindlessly. This blog is designed to be fairly technical and specific rather than providing general information and ranting about random things. We have also added economy relevant patch notes and hotfixes to keep you up to date. Eventually you will build your wealth and be able to afford anything you want in the game. After achieving 10,000g back in Burning Crusade, I ended my farming days on things like primals and materials. All I had to do was buy whatever I needed with out thinking twice about it. Then I continued to make even more gold that I could ever need. Now that’s financial freedom in WoW. My definition of financial freedom in WOW is being able to buy what you want and when you want. It is to never say I do not have enough gold for [Insert item here].

The goal of this blog is to create a community to inform noobs and veteran power sellers alike. I however understand successful gold making strategies are closely guarded. I would like this to be a up to date resource for the elite gold makers to stay on top of their game. Prices of things change over time, most dramatically after certain patches. I hope to provide news and information to keep people informed about the ever changing World of Warcraft economy as well as how to spend it on the many gold sinks and other fun things in the game. Be aware that there is more of a focus on level capped players with max level professions. Most advice given here will be aimed at people who already know gold making basics. I hope that our advice can achieve 1000g+ an hour compared to the low amounts advertised everywhere else. We will tend to shy away from things like farming, grinding, instance runs, and illegal tactics to obtain gold. Take a look at our guest post page if you are ever interested in sharing your ideas with us, especially ones that we don’t normally cover. We also have implemented a Hall of Fame page where gold capped players have worked hard to earn a spot in. Read their interviews, these players know what they are talking about when it comes to building wealth in WoW.

So I hope you enjoy your stay and that some of these guides will help you achieve financial freedom in the World of Warcraft! Enjoy your stay here!

Profession Accomplishments:

PvE Accomplishments:

World of Logs Ranked Rogue DPS

[Armory Link] Lv 85 Rogue

Cataclysm

#28 – Halfus Wyrmbreaker 25N (3/4/11) - 56,313 DPS

Wrath of the Lich King

#8 – Valithria Dreamwalker 25H – 11,928 DPS
#11 – Valithria Dreamwalker 25N – 9,372
#112 – Argaloth 25N – 14,598
#122 – Sindragosa 25N – 11,192
#141 – Lady Deathwhisper 25N - 13,992

Warcraft Econ donates a portion of their earnings to World Wildlife Fund

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