How much gold should a 47 lev have?Follow

I realize its a very arbitrary question but i wonder if there is some rule of thumb for a toon having a certain amount of gold per level?. I have my horse, blue and green plate and weapons, all skills and 128 gold at 47 warrior.
Im curious because 1 of my guild members who is 45 warrior only has 2 gold and below lev equipment and she was shocked at what i have. Frankly I thought i was behind since that 800 gold bill is waiting at 60 and i now make maybe 10 gold after a session of grinding, mining and gathering.
Never seen this discussed so i realy would like your input. Thanks.

It's completely and utterly subjective.

Some people grasp the basics of economics better than others. I know some really talented players who can't bang 2g together, and I know others who have never gotten a character above 40 with hundreds of (honestly earned) gold. Really, you can't go wrong playing the AH and taking money from those who haven't grasped the basics of economics.

But as far as a certain amount by certain levels? Nah, not really.

I"m guessing that it all depends on the type of player that you are. If you work hard at the instances and get your items from that then I would imagine that you should have a fair amount of gold, since you don't need to buy equip as often in the AH, and can sell some of the drops.

For myself (lvl48) I don't grind too many instances simply b/c of either I'm PvPing or I can't commit the time to fully complete one without having to leave the group halfway through, therefore I usually buy my equipment on the A/H, which is lame but oh well. RIght now I only have 11g on my toon, but I am also working on the armorsmith quests, so I'm focusing on getting mithril bars. On average I usually have about 30 gold at any given time from lvl 40-48. If I ever need gold I solo grind a lower instance or two and then I'm set.

last night my 46 warrior was down to 7 gold so ide say your pretty well off . I did some grindin and got it back up to around 30g and i plan on gettin some more tonight, got to start thinking about that epic mount, and i'de really just like to have around 500 or so just to have.

MY rule of thumb is that post-30, a toon should have about 10G/level.

My rogue bought full Stormshord (before gloves were out), Devilsaur Gloves, SC bracers two Assassination Blades (With +5 damage/+15agi) plus many other things in the low 50's with his own money. I found it fun to buy items (namely Scarlet Krises) and resell them at 500% the original price.

This varies so much on your type of game play.. As a level 36 Hunter, I have just over 600gold.. mainly from Skinning/selling... Herbing/selling... and playing the Auction House.. This was done mainly solo, with very few instances done... couple blue equipment, mainly from quests. No rush to get to any level, and by not buying anything in the AH except to re-sell. I've made a few alts for different collections... Shaman - Skinning/Mining, Rogue - Skinning/Herbs.. Warlock - Skinning/Herbs... It's enjoyable for me to run around - get a little experience here and there, and collect stuff...

So, in answer to your question... No Rule of Thumb. ;)

Getting money has never been a problem for me, atleast not as big as not spending it.
51 paladin and never have had above 55g. lol.

I always seem to have a lot of money, and I'm not exactly sure why. I've bought most of my gear with enchantments (Gut Ripper w/Fiery, Julie's Dagger w/Crusader), and I've been over 300g since level 45 (56 now). I'm herb/alch 300/300, and I make a ton of money making pots/transmutes and opening lockboxes for others. I never ask for any amount of tip for picking locks, just whatever they offer I take, even if it's nothing. I spend quite a bit of time just wandering IF searching the AH and trade channel while making potions for people for money.

This coupled with my good buddy who's a 59 pally mining/weaponsmithing who never seems to get over 10g. I just don't understand how people DON'T make a ton of money. I'm guessing that our server (Anub'Arak) just has a messed up economy where everything I have sells for a boatload.

I know how to make money, but I always seem to find ways to spend it. I don't spend a lot of time in instances or raids, so as much as I hate to say it, I bought a lot of my BoE gear. My Beaststalker's gloves, belt & bracers, Abyssal Mail Legguards of Striking, Helm of Narv, Straholme Militia Shoulderguard (now replaced) and my Scarlet Kris all come to about 1000G. Add to that money invested on experimenting with different professions (I have leveled mining, herbalism & alchemy to 300, and enchanting to 295 now), and money spent over the last months getting turn-ins for my Amulet of the Darkmoon (I finally turned in enough last night to get it), and bankrolling countless alts (which I usually get to about lvl 25 before tiring of and deleting) and I seem to be able to spend my money as fast as I earn it.

It's easy to make money in WoW- it's not always easy to keep it.

Edited, Dec 5th 2006 7:33am by Wondroustremor

My first char: ~10g at 47
My second char: ~40g at 47
My third char: ~100g at 47

You are doing very good, but you don't have to have 800g by 60. It will make it easier though. I was only able to get 800g before 60 on only 1 of my 60's. You will have plenty of time at 60 to get the money for your mount. Don't rush it, enjoy the game =)

I have around 30g at the moment and I'm lvl 37. I think I am doing really good because I sort of suck with the saving of money (in real life and in WoW).

A good chunk of that was made by my skinning and herbs and my beloved Auctioneer mod (because I really sucked at pricing things) helping me price things.

Everybody plays and earns their WoW gold differently.

Edited, Dec 5th 2006 4:39pm by Nahahra

OVER 9000!