Episode 12: “Mobile Armory, the Auctioneer in your Pocket”
A very good evening to everyone reading!
As if it wasn’t enough to just play the game we love at home, the Mobile Armory application from Blizzard has finally caught my attention. The fact it’s free (now) is just the icing on the cake really! I first dabbled with the App when it was released to use the guild chat feature, but after a lacklustre free trial I gave it up as a bad job. For chatting ingame it just felt to clunky and far away from the goings on in the real guild chat. Not so for some of the other features (as I am finding out) such as the bane of my working day, live Auctions and the ability to check, collect, and create. The 3 ‘C’s of my hourly ritual.
It’s hard to explain without people seeing and having a go, which you all should be doing when you get a chance. The Auction system doesn’t require you to be in a city. That should be stressed again; no need to be anywhere near anything! Simply shift all of what you would like to sell to one character, fill their bank / bags, and have at you. What i’ve been doing is listing my auctions of an evening by funneling things to 1 character (Departure the Death Knight), then checking them all in the morning and at lunch for competition. The big sellers (i.e. my lil’ Bomblings and Smoky’s) are removed and re-listed if any competition pops up. By using 1 character this entire process is sped up to be more than manageable.
At first I was dubious about listing new Auctions using the mobile app, but it’s really rather simple. Blizzard have incorporated a ‘similar items’ area which while I’m unsure if the items are the lowest possible, the items i’m listing for the given prices are selling. Quickly too. Bigger items I would still say put some caution into though.
Everything Amiy 