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by Dawn Moore 
Jan 20th 2010 at 5:00PM
While we toil and triumph in Northrend, these hardworking heroes of the home front care for the well-being of our estates, keeping our investments sound and our pockets full. In return, many players choose to provide them with a share of the profits, so that they can dress themselves (or undress themselves) in the most fashionable ways.
Now it's time to pay tribute to them. If you have an amazing bank alt, send a screenshot of it to dawn@wow.com by January 27th at 11:59 p.m. EST and we'll post the best results. We'll also take the top five or so and let you all vote on them, handing out a Slashdance and Papa Hummel's loot code to the top two winners.
[Thank you to Lightsource for the idea!]
Filed under: Arts and Crafts
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)
(cutaia) Jan 20th 2010 11:40AM
Wow, that was quick. When the people speak, Dawn listens!
Austin Jan 20th 2010 9:44PM
I used to have a 60 bank alt in vanilla. He was in a guild "Used to raid, now I trade". I used to love trying to make money back then when it was hard to attain.
candrie Jan 20th 2010 5:03PM
I am just sad I am losing my bank alt in Cataclysm. I want a Goblin Mage - and no free character slots.
:(
Uriahworld Jan 20th 2010 5:40PM
I have the same issue... will be outta room for a worgen. Bye bye banker.
Finnicks Jan 21st 2010 12:17AM
2 birds with one stone.
My Undead Warrior bankalt Rachion is being deleted and rerolled as Rachion the Goblin Warrior. :)
Experience the starting zone(s), then back to banking.
woez Jan 20th 2010 5:08PM
I love my bank alts!
I'll send in a pic or two, I've taken tons of em. When you spend a lot of time at the AH, they can practically become your main.
woez Jan 20th 2010 5:11PM
Hope there's more variety than a bunch of pimp hats and diamond tipped canes. There's a few standard AH alt showoff costumes, but they aren't very imaginative for the most part. Although "I've got money to burn" is often more of the point than looking good.
elvendude Jan 20th 2010 5:14PM
My guild note on my bank alt (who is not her own guild, I don't need that much space usually) reads: "Just a bank alt, move along." I have had more than a few guildies make comments to the effect of, "If you spend any more time on her, she's going to turn into a main."
Dragundam Jan 20th 2010 5:13PM
His tusks make it look like he has a popped collar. XD
I'd totally do this if I had an active account; I would get a lot of whispers from people hanging around Silvermoon. As for this, I'm expecting hundreds of similar shots of pimps and 'work suits'. :/
Ted Jan 20th 2010 5:19PM
I have slightly more time /played on my bank alt then I do on my Death Knight, but I spend a lot of time cutting gems with him. I've also kept my bank at level 1; not 1 point of XP since she discovered IF on her first and only run over.
ProTech Jan 20th 2010 6:06PM
My level 1 bank alt is in Dalaran. Not so many level 1s around :P I don't use AH with her...
Candina@WH Jan 20th 2010 5:20PM
I am boring.
Pimp Hat, Tux and Cane. I've thought about tossing fiery on the cane every once in a while....
Please blizz, save the pimps.... give us more toon slots!
Uriahworld Jan 20th 2010 5:42PM
The cane won't show enchants =(
West Jan 20th 2010 7:08PM
It's too bad that the Diamond Tipped Cane will not show weapon glow enchants (it has it's own glint effect on the diamond).
Also, Icy Chill > Fiery for looks on a bank alt weapon.
For reference, here are some of the old school glows: http://www.glowchart.com/index.cfm?glows
shadowdk Jan 20th 2010 5:24PM
I am going to summit a screenshot, but not very impressive. The one thing that i did do, is when i found out they lowered the mount level to 20, i leveled my ah toon to 20 to get him a black stalion
shadowdk Jan 20th 2010 5:29PM
well i figured i would share this anyway... Not great, but i was proud
http://tinypic.com/r/24y8j91/6
Jamesisgreat Jan 20th 2010 5:29PM
My bank alt is also my disenchanting alt, so he's now lvl 65 (so he can keep DEing all my green crap from Northrend and beyond!)- I guess that makes not so much a bank alt anymore?
pookmaestro Jan 20th 2010 5:30PM
Illuvsyou on stonemaul is the greatest bank alt/lv 1 twink ever. he also triples as the most beloved troll on the server
Azbulldog Jan 20th 2010 6:44PM
You sir, have a challenge.
Phil Jan 20th 2010 5:30PM
It's sad, my bank alt, is 80 and geared lol I ran out of characters to level