quick question

[nosoup4crr]

I have a horde character. If I were to make an alliance character, would i be able to send him gold/items through the mail?

[Gorny]

I have a horde character. If I were to make an alliance character, would i be able to send him gold/items through the mail?


NO, its not that easy.

The only thing you can do is use the Neutral AH to transfer money between faction chars, with a buddy helping you.

Other than that it can't be done.

[Victor]

Originally Posted by nosoup4crr
I have a horde character. If I were to make an alliance character, would i be able to send him gold/items through the mail?

I don't think we can create both alliance and horde characters in the same server....

[Ashoran]

Thats only on PvP servers. On PvE servers you can have characters from both factions.

[Torik]

However, even on PvE servers you cannot mail stuff cross-faction.

[Rhuarc]

PVP - You will have to delete ALL of your current faction characters before you can even make a character on the opposing faction. Before you delete, transfer the money with the aid of a (trusted) friend on the opposing faction (see below).

PVE - You won't have to delete your characters on the current faction, but you may or may not need the aid of a (trusted) friend on the opposing faction (see below).

TRANSFER - Go to the neutral AH in Gadgetzan (Tanaris) and get your trusted friend to list a junk item (grey/white whatever) with a Buyout Price which equals your total sum of money. Get him to tell you the name of the item, and then purchase it. The money will be transfered to him, for the sale of the item (minus the 15% (ouch!) Gadgetzan fee) and you can then delete your characters, make your new faction characters, and get him to send/give you the gold he recieved from the sale.

In the case of PVE, it shouldn't be neccessary to need a friend to list an item, as you should be able to do it yourself, BUT i've never tested it on PVE, and there may be a system in place which stops you from purchasing items which characters on the same ACCOUNT have listed, in which case you will need to follow the above system, but won't have to delete your characters on one faction.

[Bonegrit]

...there may be a system in place which stops you from purchasing items which characters on the same ACCOUNT have listed, in which case you will need to follow the above system, but won't have to delete your characters on one faction.

Yes, there is a system in place to keep you from bidding on your own auctions, regardless of the toon you used to place them. This is to prevent you from falsely inflating the price of an item you're auctioning.

Is that Rhuarc, of the Bloody Water Sept of the Taardad Aiel?

[Noriah]

I know this is true, because I have used the neutral auction house to pass items from Alliance to Horde before. I cannot list it on my Alliance toon and then buy it on my Horde toon; I get a message that says something like "You cannot bid on your own auction". You have to have someone you trust get the item and then give it to you. I usually have my husband do this for me.

I haven't used it to transfer money cross-faction, but there are many items that are much more common and much cheaper on the Alliance side that, even with the 15% Gadgetzan gouge, I'm money ahead to buy items that way. I recently did this to buy a bunch of steel chains (4 x 3g each Alliance side, all but unobtainable and rarely below 10g each Hordeside) for my undead warrior, who likes to keep a steel chain on one current weapon when facing disarmers.

...Noriah

[firethorneee]

I have a horde character. If I were to make an alliance character, would i be able to send him gold/items through the mail?

You can run a horde character at level 5 or even lower to ratchet if you hug the east coast of the Barrens. From there take the Boat to booty bay -easy.

Then use a different account (if you have 2) for alliance - you can go from stormwind as human through to south Elwynn forest. Then cross Westfall to the ocean off the west coast of westfall around level 5-6. Then take the ocean south (not too deep) all the way to Booty Bay. You might only die 1-2 times at most on each of those trips (on the land part of the trip). If you are lazy or can't find certain items on horde or alliance side and don't want to get the gold either I heard there is a site that sells items on both factions and can move items between them too called *snip*
I'm not sure how easy it is for them to get some items but they seem interesting and worked for me.

Being helpful is not an excuse for posting naughty links, young Blood Elf Druid.

- snowieken

[Zachariah]

I am fairly certain that on the same faction, your toons can bid/buy each others auctions (ie you have two alliance toons on one server, one can buy the the items listed by the other).

If you have lots of gold up in smoke to AH deposits, this could be...ahem...utilised...to avoid such future losses.

[det]

I am fairly certain that on the same faction, your toons can bid/buy each others auctions (ie you have two alliance toons on one server, one can buy the the items listed by the other).



Nope, not on the same account you can't.

Luckily my son and I have seperate accounts and I have a RL friend as well on the same server. We all have Alliance and Horde toons and trade across factions occasionally.

[snowieken]

I am fairly certain that on the same faction, your toons can bid/buy each others auctions (ie you have two alliance toons on one server, one can buy the the items listed by the other).No, they can't.

That wouldn't be logical either. The reason that you need two accounts for Horde/Alliance transfer, via the neutral AH, has nothing to do with making it more difficult to transfer, or anything like that. You would also need two accounts if, for some reason, you would want to buy your own auctions from Alliance to Alliance.

You can't bid on your own auctions whether you are Horde or Alliance, whether you are at the neutral AH or your faction's. As Bonegrit already said, this is to avoid bidding on your own items to increase the current bidding price.

EDIT: Ninja reply by det, so yeah, what he said.

[moopy]

You can't bid on your own auctions whether you are Horde or Alliance, whether you are at the neutral AH or your faction's. As Bonegrit already said, this is to avoid bidding on your own items to increase the current bidding price.


Hmm, I've been grateful of this, after accidentally trying to bid on one of my own auctions at one point. Don't ask- I assume I had some sort of high-rank "blonde" debuff".

[Wintrow]

Hmm, I've been grateful of this, after accidentally trying to bid on one of my own auctions at one point. Don't ask- I assume I had some sort of high-rank "blonde" debuff".

There's no shame in accidently bidding on your own items. My AH-alt often just puts up anything that can sell. I bit later I'll switch to my alt, head for the AH and say "hmm, interesting item" only to notice from the error that I was the one who put up the auction.

Off course, this could mean I had the "blonde debuff" myself and there IS shame in it...

[Algamonn]

Bit dangerous this.

Must be a real life friend, otherwise a quick /ignore could see you lose your gold.

Blizz wont be interested should that happen. They will simply remind you that transferring gold cross-faction is against game rules.


Alga

[Kugan]

Bit dangerous this.

Must be a real life friend, otherwise a quick /ignore could see you lose your gold.

Blizz wont be interested should that happen. They will simply remind you that transferring gold cross-faction is against game rules.


Alga

I’m pretty sure it’s not against game rules.

But they don’t generally interfere with scammers, so they will tell you they won’t interfere if you gave the money to someone else.

[Altaris]

Just keep in mind that the Neutral AH takes a HUGE cut out of profits, which makes it less attractive for gold transfers. It's usually better to transfer items cross faction and sell them on the opposite faction's AH for a nice chunk of money.

[Xlorep DarkHelm]

Getting gold between characters on the same server, but different factions, if you don't want the AH to take a cut, see if you can transfer gold from an Alliance character of yours to your friend's Alliance character, and then have your friend transfer gold from his/her Horde character to your Horde character (for the same amount).

For items, being able to communicate directly with the friend really helps, especially if you don't want to lose much money due to the AH taking a cut. Time/coordinate so you can put an item up on the neutral AH for 1s buyout (lowest possible), and have your friend buy it out immediately. Rinse, wash, repeat to get items moved from one faction to the other simply and painlessly. But timing is critical on that, so you minimize the chances that someone else could see/find the items in question.