wow Warband Bank Achievements Are Gone

[Stan 5,239]

Blizzard has removed the Warband bank achievements and you no longer need to spend over 3.1 million gold on 20 achievement points.

Two Warband bank achievements have been recently removed from the game. Learning to Share and So Much Sharing are no more, which means you no longer need to spend more than 3.1 million gold for 20 achievement points. While the first Warband bank tab is cheap and only costs 1,000 gold, the cost quickly ramps up and you'd have to pay 3,126,000 gold to unlock the fifth tab for the So Much Sharing achievement, so Blizzard decided to scrap the achievements.

Here are the exact gold costs of all tabs:

• The first tab costs 1,000 gold.
• The second tab costs 25,000 gold.
• The third tab costs 100,000 gold.
• The fourth tab costs 500,000 gold.
• The fifth tab costs 2,500,000 gold.

[Calysia 229]

I don't see a big need for this so I may not even spend the 1,000 gold. See how it pans out after a month or two into the xpac.

[TheRagingwolf 258]

So, we still have to spend 3,127,000 gold to get all the tabs. While I'm sure there people that would work to get those achievements (achievement points mean nothing), the real issue is the extra storage costs a small fortune. For those of us not spending real money on tokens for gold, buying gold from services, or farming nonstop (because people have lives), it's safe to say tabs 4 and 5 will never happen and tab 3 is unlikely.

[Calin 50]

3 hours ago, TheRagingwolf said:

So, we still have to spend 3,127,000 gold to get all the tabs. While I'm sure there people that would work to get those achievements (achievement points mean nothing), the real issue is the extra storage costs a small fortune. For those of us not spending real money on tokens for gold, buying gold from services, or farming nonstop (because people have lives), it's safe to say tabs 4 and 5 will never happen and tab 3 is unlikely.

Saying that you need to have no life, or have to buy gold to be able to afford these are just plain wrong .
Manage your gold better and use your crafting wisely and you'll easily make the gold over time. 

[swotam 19]

12 minutes ago, Calin said:

Manage your gold better and use your crafting wisely and you'll easily make the gold over time. 

For many the new crafting system remains complex and inscrutable to the point where they have all but given up on it as a means to make gold. It works for those who have been able to figure it out and find a market for their crafts early enough to be successful, but for a huge number of players the concept of making millions from crafting is a pipe dream.

Blizz has made the Warband Bank into a gold sink when they should have just kept prices reasonable and affordable to *anyone* who needs the bank space as opposed to AH goblins or those who’ve found success through crafting.

[TheRagingwolf 258]

2 hours ago, Calin said:

Saying that you need to have no life, or have to buy gold to be able to afford these are just plain wrong .
Manage your gold better and use your crafting wisely and you'll easily make the gold over time. 

Nope. Been playing for a very long time, started in Vanilla and got serious in BC, and it was only ever "easy" to make gold during Vanilla. Once the masses understood professions and the AH, it became very difficult to make anything worthwhile from professions. And let's not even get on the issue of older xpacs locking prime recipes behind raid drops.

So, the only option for a huge part of the player-base is farming ore, herbs, and skins to sell. That requires no recipes but does involve an insane amount of time. With a full-time job, family, and other adult commitments, it's just not realistic.

Edited July 31 by TheRagingwolf

[Blikeveq 0]

Just bought all the warbank slots, now I'm going through my minor characters and depositing the miscellaneous reagents.    All full and not halfway through.   I think I have a hoarding problem.

By far, the biggest problem is the need for a filter function.   Search isn't enough, need a "Usable" filter and a specific profession filter.

 

Edited July 31 by Blikeveq

[Ragingwolf 310]

I may buy up to 4 tabs during the course of the expansion but this entirely depends how I wish to setup my alts for crafting.  Most materials and crafting parts that I acquire from leveling/exploring I process and donate to the Guild for Keys and Raid.  Any excess I sell for a profit off the Auction House. 

I like to keep a stockpile on select resources to keep for a rainy day when the price value tends to be too steep during the RWF as well.  And I will occasionally purchase a token for 1 character every other 3-4 weeks for my own personal use for runes/oils or potions.