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Monday, February 04, 2008
Are you a hamster?
In World of Warcraft besides the two level 70 characters and the mage I'm leveling up, I have two bank alts. One for stuff I want to store for later, one for storage and trading on the auction house. I'm a hamster. I got so much stuff stored that I was considering turning one of my bank alts into a one-man guild and using the guild bank as additional storage. Yesterday I noticed I had several bags overflowing with cloth, from linen to netherweave. I ended up sending 180 each of wool, silk, mageweave, and runecloth to my mage and handing them in at the respective cloth quartermasters of Undercity, Orgrimmar, and Thunder Bluff for a quick 50k experience points (which got my mage up to level 55). And I *still* have lots of cloth stored.
I also have at least three 24-slot herb bags plus two normal 16-slot bags filled with herbs. I have 3 bags full of gems and metals. I store all sorts of hand-in items, like the stuff you hand in for Scryers or Aldor reputation, or unidentified plant parts for Cenarion. I try to keep my inventory of gear low, selling everything I don't wear, and I don't really have several "sets" of gear. But there are still a couple of items like trinkets gained from quests or the drakefire amulet that gives access to Onyxia that I wouldn't want to destroy, because you can't get them back. I destroyed most of the various holiday event items, like the winter veil disguise kit, but kept the most "fun" ones, even if they don't have any real effect. I have so much stuff stored, sometimes it's hard to keep an overview.
I would love if I had additional storage space for gear, in the form of several manequins to put gear sets on. One tanking gear, one dps gear, one fire resistance gear for example. Or for my mage where I have already bought "of the frozen wrath" gear for future levels.
How about you? Is your inventory squeaky clean or are you a hamster with several bank alts? What kind of stuff do you keep, and what do you destroy?
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I got so much stuff stored that I was considering turning one of my bank alts into a one-man guild and using the guild bank as additional storage.
Would that be considered an exploit because one of my favorite characters is the leader of a guild with no members (I did this, so I wouldn't be bugged to join guilds), and I'd love more bank space.
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As tank it gets full pretty fast. I have full resistance sets for all schools of magic. Many of them are down to 5-7 slots now though. Only the old arcane "clown" set for old Solarian Astromancer left that takes a lot of slots.
Also keeping a full dps set and alternative tank items to have sets with lots of avoidance and lots of blockvalue.
It gets to be many items.
The bank is a museeum. I save the shoulder part from each tier, can't save the full sets. Then other items I just can't ditch like the shield from Chromaggus and Necklace from our first Nefarian kill. I try to limit the space taken by "fun" items to just the most fun.
Have a guildbank filled with herbs and ores and stuff and 2 alts with about 4000 Hot Apple Cider :)
Also keeping a full dps set and alternative tank items to have sets with lots of avoidance and lots of blockvalue.
It gets to be many items.
The bank is a museeum. I save the shoulder part from each tier, can't save the full sets. Then other items I just can't ditch like the shield from Chromaggus and Necklace from our first Nefarian kill. I try to limit the space taken by "fun" items to just the most fun.
Have a guildbank filled with herbs and ores and stuff and 2 alts with about 4000 Hot Apple Cider :)
# posted by 
: 4/2/08 09:42
: 4/2/08 09:42
Once you realize you want another Epic Flying mount for next character all those stored resources will get you halfway to 5k gold.
The manequin idea is nice. Its not comfortable to use different bags for the same purpose.
The manequin idea is nice. Its not comfortable to use different bags for the same purpose.
# posted by : 4/2/08 09:51
: 4/2/08 09:51
I got Wow on cryo right now, but when I played I suppose I'd have been a super hamster. Of my nine alliance characters on realm Bronzebeard, six have bought four of the available bank bag slots and three (my 70 and two 50+) have all of them. The three senior characters all have 18 slot bags on their person and the bank, while the six remaining have at least 16 slot bags, an 18 slot bag on the hunter to offset the quiver/ammo pouch and sundry profession bags on most of them.
On top of that, I also corralled them into a guild all their own, so that they could have a shared guild bank. It also meant I could stop using the mail as an item limbo of sorts, a pseudo-bank.
As for the stuff that makes it into cold storage, almost everything under the sun is a candidate. I have craft items, seasonal clothing, quest items, consumables, non-com pets etc.
-Svartalve "Packrat"
On top of that, I also corralled them into a guild all their own, so that they could have a shared guild bank. It also meant I could stop using the mail as an item limbo of sorts, a pseudo-bank.
As for the stuff that makes it into cold storage, almost everything under the sun is a candidate. I have craft items, seasonal clothing, quest items, consumables, non-com pets etc.
-Svartalve "Packrat"
I'm definitely a pack rat. My main has both the inventory and the bank fully equipped with 20-slot bags, and a full complement of 18-slot bags on any semi-serious alts.
My bank has all tier sets (8/8 d2, 7/8 t1, 5/8 t2, 5/5 d3, 3/5 t4) as well as both old and new Fire resistance sets, and the old Nature Resist set. In addition to those, I have various RP gear pieces, recolored Netherwind, recolored Nemesis and every unique trinket type I've stumbled upon. Piccolo? Got it. Peasant Caller? Yup. Orb of Deception? Definitely. Quest items for AQ questline? Yes.
At any given time I carry 1-2 RP sets, a bunch of day-to-day trinkets, PvP gear, Engineering tools, reagents, grinding gear, raid gear, raid tanking gear, shadow resistance gear, Evocation gear..
Oh, did I mention that my alts have their own guild bank? It's filled with low-to-high level raw materials, various blues, crafting recipes, tradeable reputation items, rare gems, enchanting materials, potions etc..
My bank has all tier sets (8/8 d2, 7/8 t1, 5/8 t2, 5/5 d3, 3/5 t4) as well as both old and new Fire resistance sets, and the old Nature Resist set. In addition to those, I have various RP gear pieces, recolored Netherwind, recolored Nemesis and every unique trinket type I've stumbled upon. Piccolo? Got it. Peasant Caller? Yup. Orb of Deception? Definitely. Quest items for AQ questline? Yes.
At any given time I carry 1-2 RP sets, a bunch of day-to-day trinkets, PvP gear, Engineering tools, reagents, grinding gear, raid gear, raid tanking gear, shadow resistance gear, Evocation gear..
Oh, did I mention that my alts have their own guild bank? It's filled with low-to-high level raw materials, various blues, crafting recipes, tradeable reputation items, rare gems, enchanting materials, potions etc..
I'm more a memorabilia freak. I still have my first raid-epic (Band of Servitude), my first crafted epic (Robe of the Void), lvl 50 class quest item (Soulharvester- for the looks), Onyxia head turn in (Dragonslayer's Signet), My yellow Qiraji Battle Tank (even tho we never go there and my epic mount works there as well), lvl 70Battlecast garb -even tho I replaced it in the meantime (because it had cost me so much to make). Items like that...
So I keep stuff that marked some of my memorable Warcraft events, just taking up space in my bank.
So I keep stuff that marked some of my memorable Warcraft events, just taking up space in my bank.
Correction to my own post. Forgot that in AQ40 the regular mounts don't work. Oh well, we never go there anymore so the "occupies one bank space" still counts ;-)
I don't understand why Blizzard cling to this outdated, unfriendly way of storing items.
It obviously came from Diablo, but should have been changed a long time ago.
Ok, if they want to get players to waste gold on it, then make it like Guild banks, and have you spend money to open up tabs.
As for getting rid of items and not being able to get them back, I mistakenly destroyed a couple of things and later regretted it. I petitioned a GM, and he/she was kind enough to send me the items back in the post, so all is not lost if this has happened to you.
It obviously came from Diablo, but should have been changed a long time ago.
Ok, if they want to get players to waste gold on it, then make it like Guild banks, and have you spend money to open up tabs.
As for getting rid of items and not being able to get them back, I mistakenly destroyed a couple of things and later regretted it. I petitioned a GM, and he/she was kind enough to send me the items back in the post, so all is not lost if this has happened to you.
# posted by : 4/2/08 11:20
: 4/2/08 11:20
Very much so a pack rat. Which came in useful when I had to sell stuff to earn the 5K gold for the Epic Flying Skill.
Out of necessity I store only the stuff I will use later or sell. Nevertheless it has caused the fact that my main and three alts have their banks full (granted, I've had no money to purchase more than 3 extra bag spots in banks) of assorted gear and stuff.
It seems that the memorabilia would work very well with the character housing. How come Blizzard has neglected that way of skimming the money off of the rich adventurers?
Copra
It seems that the memorabilia would work very well with the character housing. How come Blizzard has neglected that way of skimming the money off of the rich adventurers?
Copra
I logged into my retired account a few weeks ago & cleaned out my bank in the auction house making an easy 2k gold.
Now he is once again retired until the expansion comes out. Unfortunately I see that only lasting me two months though unless they change their game.
I lol at all the people running around in Greens & a few Gladiator pieces. I even took my 10month retired rogue in blues & Kara gear to a bg and promptly destroyed S1 covered horde. It is sad how everyone looks so good in their gear but sucks so bad haha. WoW has become a joke & I can only hope that something in the coming years will be done well enough to take its place.
Now he is once again retired until the expansion comes out. Unfortunately I see that only lasting me two months though unless they change their game.
I lol at all the people running around in Greens & a few Gladiator pieces. I even took my 10month retired rogue in blues & Kara gear to a bg and promptly destroyed S1 covered horde. It is sad how everyone looks so good in their gear but sucks so bad haha. WoW has become a joke & I can only hope that something in the coming years will be done well enough to take its place.
# posted by : 4/2/08 12:23
: 4/2/08 12:23
I pretty much keep anything if I think it will ever (and I mean EVER) have a use. Or if it's memorabilia. Or if the only way to get rid of it is to destroy it (I hate just destroying things). I did once clear out a bunch of stuff from my banks, right before the expansion came out in expectation that the value of many things might plummet. I may do something similar when the next expansion comes out.
It's a useful habit sometimes, for instance when I want to level an alt and have everything he needs to bring a crafting profession up. I once nearly won a guild scavenger hunt event (that was intended to have teams crawling all over Azeroth) singlehandedly by pulling stuff out of my bank.
But I also waste a lot of space, it's a pain to manage, and some of the stuff I hold onto is just stupid. I have my old Stormpike PvP cloak, because I can't sell it or disenchant it, but it's not like I'm attached to it or will ever have a use for it again. On my main, who pretty much always has access to food/drink, I actually carry Graccu's Fruitcake or something like that from TWO Christmases ago.
The worst part is that often when a situation comes up where these items could actually fulfill their purpose, I forget I have them. But if I think something may someday, somehow have a purpose, I just can't let it go.
It's a useful habit sometimes, for instance when I want to level an alt and have everything he needs to bring a crafting profession up. I once nearly won a guild scavenger hunt event (that was intended to have teams crawling all over Azeroth) singlehandedly by pulling stuff out of my bank.
But I also waste a lot of space, it's a pain to manage, and some of the stuff I hold onto is just stupid. I have my old Stormpike PvP cloak, because I can't sell it or disenchant it, but it's not like I'm attached to it or will ever have a use for it again. On my main, who pretty much always has access to food/drink, I actually carry Graccu's Fruitcake or something like that from TWO Christmases ago.
The worst part is that often when a situation comes up where these items could actually fulfill their purpose, I forget I have them. But if I think something may someday, somehow have a purpose, I just can't let it go.
# posted by : 4/2/08 16:41
: 4/2/08 16:41I got so much stuff stored that I was considering turning one of my bank alts into a one-man guild and using the guild bank as additional storage.
Would that be considered an exploit because one of my favorite characters is the leader of a guild with no members (I did this, so I wouldn't be bugged to join guilds), and I'd love more bank space.
# posted by : 4/2/08 19:49
: 4/2/08 19:49
I'm a total hamster like you.
1 alt filled with herbs from Peaceblooms to Felweed
1 alt with nothing but gems gems gems. In case I ever take up gem cutting or ... whatever
1 alt for special items like seasonal items, I've got 80 mistletoes, 3 each of greed and red santa helpers etc. And extra bags etc.
1 alt which is the auction house alt.
All of them have at least 4 16-slot bags. But you know? I like the 1 man guild bank alt idea.
1 alt filled with herbs from Peaceblooms to Felweed
1 alt with nothing but gems gems gems. In case I ever take up gem cutting or ... whatever
1 alt for special items like seasonal items, I've got 80 mistletoes, 3 each of greed and red santa helpers etc. And extra bags etc.
1 alt which is the auction house alt.
All of them have at least 4 16-slot bags. But you know? I like the 1 man guild bank alt idea.
It costs 100g for te first guild bank slot and goes up from there - so a bank alt is considerably cheaper
# posted by : 4/2/08 21:19
: 4/2/08 21:19
Sigaldry, that 100g gets you 98 item slots and a community bank accessible to all of your toons (if you do the personal Guild thing).
By contrast, the regular personal Bank has 28 item slots. If you buy all 7 extra slots that will cost you 111g plus the price of bags. Sure, you can make bags yourself, but there's still the economic cost of the materials that you could have sold on the AH. Now if you purchased all 7 extra slots and dropped 16 slot bags in them, that would give you 140 item slots, but at considerably more than the price of 1 slot in a Guild Bank. For just 350g you can have 196 item slots plus the 28 available in your toon's personal bank PLUS the convenience of having a communal bank available to all your toons. No more do you need to log on & off half a dozen toons looking for Mats (unless you gave them clever names like Cjenchant, Cjmining, Cjskinning, etc) now all of your bank items are in one, conveniently accessible spot. For someone with the gold to spare (and 350g isn't a lot by BC standard), a personal Guild and Guild Bank is a brilliant idea.
By contrast, the regular personal Bank has 28 item slots. If you buy all 7 extra slots that will cost you 111g plus the price of bags. Sure, you can make bags yourself, but there's still the economic cost of the materials that you could have sold on the AH. Now if you purchased all 7 extra slots and dropped 16 slot bags in them, that would give you 140 item slots, but at considerably more than the price of 1 slot in a Guild Bank. For just 350g you can have 196 item slots plus the 28 available in your toon's personal bank PLUS the convenience of having a communal bank available to all your toons. No more do you need to log on & off half a dozen toons looking for Mats (unless you gave them clever names like Cjenchant, Cjmining, Cjskinning, etc) now all of your bank items are in one, conveniently accessible spot. For someone with the gold to spare (and 350g isn't a lot by BC standard), a personal Guild and Guild Bank is a brilliant idea.
I'm a minimalist and store only the things I think I will use or buy/sell on the AH. My one bank alt has 16-slot bags and most bank slots bought with 16-slots, and that's enough storage space for me.
I find that usually things go down in value as new stuff gets released, with rare exceptions. Why would I want to hold onto stuff that depreciates?
I find that usually things go down in value as new stuff gets released, with rare exceptions. Why would I want to hold onto stuff that depreciates?
I have on main lvl 70 character and 2 main banking alts. When 2.3 came out and Guild Banks arrived I Immediately that day on my Alt Banker created a 1Man guild. Created for the purpose of having access to a Bank Vault to store all my excess valuables for AH and my main.
MY one man guild is still a one man guild and he has 2 Guild Bank tabs full of stuff that i can sell on AH at anytime and earn 100's of gold for if i choose. Some the stuff is stuff my main needs that he cant store in his own bank due to many soulbound items since im also a Tank with many needed gear sets pieces.
One one other banker alt i send all the green items i collect to sell on AH whenever i get around to it. For now he has a bank full of green and blues for sale on AH. Often im just too busy to be bothered to sell it all. Do i need the money not really since i'm also sitting on almost 10k gold also with alts banks full of stuff to sell. However for extra storage it helps to form a one man guild, have access to a guild bank to store it all.
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MY one man guild is still a one man guild and he has 2 Guild Bank tabs full of stuff that i can sell on AH at anytime and earn 100's of gold for if i choose. Some the stuff is stuff my main needs that he cant store in his own bank due to many soulbound items since im also a Tank with many needed gear sets pieces.
One one other banker alt i send all the green items i collect to sell on AH whenever i get around to it. For now he has a bank full of green and blues for sale on AH. Often im just too busy to be bothered to sell it all. Do i need the money not really since i'm also sitting on almost 10k gold also with alts banks full of stuff to sell. However for extra storage it helps to form a one man guild, have access to a guild bank to store it all.
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