Blizzard announces 'premium' Auction House functionality for WoW Armory app

I dreamed of this functionality back a couple years ago when I jailbroke my 1st gen iPhone and still played WOW daily in a high level raiding guild. Too little too late for me, congrats for people that still play though, it sounds neat.

This is going to be great for when I'm sitting at work and absolutely can't wait to buy [Mageweave Cloth]x20 until I get home!

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For the horde (of money)!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_ekugPKqFw

android/winmo version plez

Think how confusing it will get when blizzard starts selling fake money for real money and people start auctioning it off.

Then you have to spend real money to auction fake money that you spent real money on to get fake money?

Totally off topic but did anyone notice the WoW Easter Egg in Mass Effect 2? Talk to the game salesman in the citadel and you'll soon find it.

That's cool. I can see how it would be really useful, sometimes it was a pain in the ass to have an auction not sell and have to get home hours later. Of course, I dont have an iphone and i wouldnt pay for it if i did, but it's a neat idea

You'd think Blizzard, a company that's always supported both Mac and PC, would release this on platforms other than the iPhone. Where's the Android love?

This move has Activision's greasy fingerprints all over it. Ever since Blizzard became an Activision property, the number of "premium" services for WoW has increased by something like 400%. It's true that you don't have to pay for them if you don't want to, but this move in particular has a hidden agenda.

As soon as anyone (from anywhere, at anytime) is able to manage auctions remotely, people that are only able to manage them through the actual game will be at a severe disadvantage. Therefore, anyone that is serious about the auction house (i.e. all raiding guild members, anyone trying to earn gold) will need this app in order to keep on top of their auctions, even while at work or school. Essentially, all hardcore (and many mid-level) players will be required to have this app.

To put it bluntly, this is one of the first moves made by Activision-Blizzard that will compromise game balance (via the game economy). I would suspect that it is the first of many--if you're willing to pay the real dollars, chances are high that within the next year, you will have the (legitimate) advantage over people that can only manage their monthly fee.

to the writer of the article: i usually agree with most things said on this site, but i have to argue that buying, with real money, something that allows you to make money in a game is not a confusing concept at all. stupid maybe, but not confusing.

I made mad money on the auction house... and then I quit playing.

Because $15 a month times 1.2 gazillion players isn't enough.

The AH is one part of the game that i enjoyed a lot. This new feature lets people play it without launching the actual game? Quite convenient really, gets people glued to WoW, even more, good bye real life. Of course in the end, not like you can buy an iPhone or a PS3 with all that in game gold or anything, you know, stuff in real life?

And I just quit Monday too. What timeing.

Man, I would've been all over this app.

Nothing says sleaze like micro-transactions.

Way to go, Blizzard - you're one step closer to convincing me to stop playing your game.

Old Republic can't come out soon enough.

Discuss more feature at the following post please:)
http://www.mmorpgrealm.com/in-wow-auction-house-will-interate-with-wow-armory/