| Hayden Hawke, now there is a name to reckon with. | | | | wide open). A particular auction house strategy was |
| No relation to Stringfellow. A newish guide claiming it | | | | tried on Saturday night, Wednesday morning. In fact all |
| can glean you 600 plus gold per hour. The usual claims | | | | over the place. The results varied with the market, but |
| are all here. | | | | generally it was a gold maker. We have a stack of |
| Updated For Patch 3.3 | | | | level 80 characters between us here at |
| 100% Legal, No Cheats | | | | comparethegameguide, none of us got close to 600 |
| FREE Updates | | | | gold per hour, but a consistent 400 to 480 gold per |
| Proven to Make Gold | | | | hour was possible. Which as you will see is not bad at |
| Detailed Maps & Instructions | | | | all. If you started with very little you could get your Epic |
| Secrets For All Levels | | | | Flying training paid for in a days sold play. |
| Works For Horde and Alliance | | | | 3) So how much will you make? |
| Bonus Material Included | | | | As we mentioned above. 450 gold per hour seems |
| So lets go through these items one at a time. | | | | very possible on PvP servers, slightly less on PvE. The |
| Interestingly.. | | | | farming and gathering tips will get you perhaps 150 g |
| "Updated for 3.3" | | | | per hour on their own, if you then use the AH and |
| The main event of which was the introduction of the | | | | other tips, you can bump that by about 100%. |
| Icecrown Citadel. I'm not sure how that could be | | | | "Detailed Maps and Instructions" Yes, there were |
| combined with serious changes in the way we might | | | | plenty of maps, of the "there are lots of xxxxx here" |
| want to farm gold. However. A scan of the guide | | | | type Clear and concise though, this is about all you |
| does indeed make mention of it, as well as other items. | | | | could ask for |
| The new quest tracker is also mentioned - so a big | | | | "Secrets for all levels" This is a claim that always |
| tick here. Although not strictly a gold issue, leveling help | | | | makes us wince. No guide we have ever tested has |
| is always wanted. No matter what this guide, or others | | | | ever come right out and said "You will make virtually |
| like it say, the higher the level your character is, the | | | | nothing until you are high level" It's true of all guides |
| more gold making potential they have. Period. | | | | (Well he Advanced Gold Guide by he Gold Consortium |
| "100% Legal" | | | | is slightly different in this regard. but then it's slightly |
| Well yes. Most guides are these days. It is worth | | | | different in every regard, including the level of |
| mentioning all the same - because there was a time | | | | numeracy skills and IQ to understand it) |
| not to long ago when this was not always the case. | | | | Generally, these guides tell you can make gold |
| "FREE UPDATES" | | | | whenever and with whatever. While Hayden's guide |
| We find this the hardest to test of all. However, the | | | | does indeed have some very good tips for low level |
| fact that the guide is now updated with 3.2 data, and | | | | characters we will always add the caveat that to |
| no-one has had to pay any extra for it sort of proves | | | | REALLY make gold you need to be a high level |
| the point as far as we can test it. | | | | player. |
| "Proven to make gold" | | | | "Works for Horde and Alliance" This seems to consist |
| ... Ah, here's the thing. This is what you buy it for. Most | | | | of slightly different advice on where to farm |
| buyers aren't that interested in legality, or even | | | | particularly on PvP servers, but there are some |
| updates. They want gold...and they want it NOW! | | | | absolute gems in here regarding faction specific |
| So how does this guide fare when it comes to actually | | | | mounts and achievements. |
| making the gold. We took it for a trial run. Without | | | | This is perhaps the first and only guide that actually |
| spilling the beans (after all, if we told you how we | | | | lives up to this claim. Well done Hayden |
| made gold using the guide, you wouldn't need the guide | | | | "Bonus material included" Here we go. The more pigs |
| would you) | | | | in pokes the better. This guide comes with.. (deep |
| First we cherry pick the best 5 tips from the guide. | | | | breath) Cooking Guide, Crafters Guide, a guide for |
| Then we run them through our tests. | | | | those who "dual box" a guide for getting" Bind on |
| 1) Could we Wiki these tips? | | | | account" items and more. |
| Well 1 of the best 5 tips were pretty much straight out | | | | We like these. Unlike some games. Warcraft doesn't |
| of Wowwiki. Ok that's a little unfair, the information | | | | let you play 2 accounts on a modest PC very easily |
| was straight out of Wowwiki, but it had been sorted | | | | (EvE for example positively encourages it!) It technical, |
| and sanitised to make sense in a guide. These were | | | | and would seem to require more fingers than you |
| (and let's be open about this much at least) information | | | | were born with. A guide on this is most welcome for |
| regarding where to farm for materials (and how to | | | | those interested. The "Bind on account" guide lets you |
| use an auction house runner). These are key | | | | get those really hard to find and nice to show off |
| concepts, make no mistake, and well explained in this | | | | items, such as those that are only available with the |
| guide. | | | | trading card game etc. |
| The next four tips were rock sold gold makers. | | | | Again invaluable advice. If you are after a simple but |
| Without going into detail we tried a couple of these | | | | well laid out guide, this one ticks most of the boxes. |
| and were amazed. One of them (if you get the guide | | | | We have a slight preference for the Warcraft |
| you'll know which one) is so good you find yourself in | | | | Advanced Gold Guide, but that is a real economic strip |
| Stormwind looking around to see if others are doing it.. | | | | down of your Warcraft server requiring more |
| Very few people are, and I suppose that's the true | | | | intellectual effort, but perhaps more rewarding in terms |
| worth of a good guide. | | | | of both the gold you might make and the sense of |
| 2) Is this a consistent gold maker | | | | achievement when you make it. |
| Ok we trimmed the tests down to the best couple of | | | | The Secret Gold Guide is a solid simple guide, up to |
| strategies, and tried them. (We really bust these guides | | | | date and well presented. |