Repair Costs Spiraling Out Of Control
by David Nelson 
Aug 9th 2006 at 3:00PM
Last Sunday my guild wiped a couple times while clearing out what remained of AQ40, then went ahead and wiped on C'Thun more times than I care to admit. 2 repair bots were used, plus all my armor was broken at the end of the raid. Repair cost? About 35 gold. I used 20 major mana pots, a stack of healing pots and countless bandages.This weekend I will be doing the same thing. Once we down C'Thun, we will turn our attention to Naxx, and I will be blowing through even more resources as we learn the encounters. I can't imagine the repair and consumables bill for people truly at the cutting edge in Naxx. Trying new bosses without any established strategy whatsoever has to be incredibly expensive. More and more I have noticed that I spend the majority of my non-raiding time farming for herbs, cloth and gold, so as to continue my raiding habit. In fact, I think I spend upwards of two hours a day mindlessly farming. I spice things up by watching TV or chatting on the phone, but it is tedious. Yes, raiding takes up a lot of time, but the amount of time spent farming to stay one step ahead is almost a separate mini-game of it's own. Now, if you will excuse me, I need to hunt down some Dreamfoil.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Nelson Aug 9th 2006 3:07PM
What the top guilds are doing on my server, Hyjal, are selling runs through MC, BWL, and AQ40 for 500g. You join the guild as they do a quick run through of the place and you keep the epics.
illovich Aug 9th 2006 3:14PM
Another question is what this does for the secondary gold market. Since my guild is hitting BWL now, my repair costs are "only" at 12-15g per raid (we're wiping on Razor, getting close to downing him
Mordiceius Aug 9th 2006 3:22PM
Our main tank (when his armor is fully broken) is spending 20+ gold. He'll go through 50g+ in a night of learning a boss just on repairs.
Mordiceius Aug 9th 2006 3:23PM
I should mention that we're on Naxx so you can see what you will look forward too in repair costs. I'm in a mix of tier 1 & 2 (Undead priest) and it still costs me about 10-12 gold from fully broken.
gill Aug 9th 2006 3:37PM
Why this game even have repair costs for armor and weapon is beyond me.
berdan Aug 9th 2006 5:55PM
They probably have it as a money-sink to avoid heavy inflation.
obo Aug 9th 2006 6:31PM
"two hours a day mindlessly farming"
And Blizz wonders why they have a botting problem?