I really, really, did not want to ever mention Rift in my posts, but I need to make an exception...
I am noticing something. Normally on the average Wednesday on my server, we accumulate around 30,000 auctions. Right now, I just finished a scan and we are sitting at a measly 23K. I hate to even say this, but there is quite a bit of love of WoW moving toward (what seems) Rift. The auctions are less, the movement in Org is really slow, I have zero hint of lag happening.
My sales seem to slow a bit, nothing really to dramatic, but with less of the auctions in the armor and weapons, I am losing out on one of my favorite gold making areas, the "flip", which will be affecting me this weekend. *Edit- I know it's only midday Saturday now, but I am seeing about a 50% decline in these "lesser" markets. I have posted quite a few times, especially my popular post among readers, The "Weekend Clearance Sale- Are You Prepared?".
I can remember back to when Warhammer came out, there were quite a few that ventured over there, and I saw a dip in auctions at that time, but not as much as this week has caused.....especially with the "kiddies" and college students, I was preparing at looking down at 40,000 auctions daily, with the weekend possibly hitting 45K, and we are only a bit over half that number.
*Edit- Now this is extreme speculation, but does the terrible action in Japan (thanks for the holler Zoxy) have anything to do with this too? I hate typecasting folks, but the "chinese farmer" word is tossed around quite a bit, and with all the devastation there, will we see a influx/reduction on our servers?
Is this something you all are seeing as well? Will I have to re-access my sales structure on flipping "lesser" gears in the AH? Is [cough, cough] WoW slowly ending it's reign in the MMORPG world? Although I highly doubt it, we could be having our own recession in our little part of the world we call World of Warcraft.
And you are thinking ____________? Am I right to think this? Or is it just a "glitch"?