I have a question about mining, In the mining guide
http://wow.allakhazam.com/db/guides.html?guide=392
It says when the server population is high, it is harder to find veins, and then it said that would mean lower prices on ore. But, wouldnt that be the other way around? Shouldnt prices be higher if the ore is not readily available? IF there is a high demand for copper bars (like yesterday on Malfurion, where i could sell a stack of copper bars for 40S) then the price should go up. This is not a big deal, but i just wanted to point out to my fellow miners that the guide has a "typo" which may mislead you.
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Well i think the guide's writer is right because if veins are harder to find that means some other people have them and keep putting the prices under eachothers bids.
basically what he means is.... if there are more ppl around then more ppl will be hitting those nodes and mining those nodes. Therefore the nodes will not be up as often as your waiting for them to respawn. With more ppl mining that also means more ore will flood the auction hall therefore driving the prices down.
you seem to be misinterpreting less nodes and harder to find to less ore which is not accurate.
take this scenario. Imagine you have a cake in front of you. There are 10 pieces to the cake. You can eat say 3 or 4 then you are full but there is still some cake left over.
Now with 10 ppl there is still the same amount of cake but each person takes a peice with none left over.
Once you mine a node it disappears for a short time till respawn. With more people sharing the same number of nodes, at any time there will be less node up on average because more ppl are mining it. With more miners comes more ore therefore lower prices.
you seem to be misinterpreting less nodes and harder to find to less ore which is not accurate.
take this scenario. Imagine you have a cake in front of you. There are 10 pieces to the cake. You can eat say 3 or 4 then you are full but there is still some cake left over.
Now with 10 ppl there is still the same amount of cake but each person takes a peice with none left over.
Once you mine a node it disappears for a short time till respawn. With more people sharing the same number of nodes, at any time there will be less node up on average because more ppl are mining it. With more miners comes more ore therefore lower prices.
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Thats great that ore is cheaper, but you guys are forgetting the main problem of too many miners that I am frustrated with. Building your mining up, everytime I try to build my mining up, I cant find the ores I need. I will have my mining map on, fight through the monsters that are surronding it, and just as I fight through the last monster, somebody always rushs in and takes the ore.
I had a guy follow me around waiting to ninja the nodes away while I was fighting the last mob. I would just fight through all but the last one and then sit down and wait. He would either leave or start fighting the guy, then I'd run in and take the node.
Its about supply and demand. If more people are mining and the demand is low the price will drop to raise the demand. But if the supply is low and demand is high the price will raise to lower the demand. If miners are smart they will only keep enough ore in the AH to satisfy the demand so they can get the most money for their ore.
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