The post entitled "Using an autoclicker to get epic items on neutral AH" is a great thread posted by Calek. Got to give him lots of credit for this guys, and +rep him if you haven't already. But I wanted to make a thread where we share our success and failures with the method. This is a good opportunity to talk about our strategy, optimal times for using this method, and how we deal with the crybabies that whisper us.
First off, if anyone has been banned for this let us know what you think you did wrong and how we can avoid makeing those mistakes. I'll say I've had plenty of success with this neat little trick already, but I've grown worried about the constant spams so I'm alot more cautious now.
Great hiding places to put your toon while swooping:
1) BootyBay hide behind the boxes next to the AH clerk (which is very close to the bank).
2) Both of the other 2 AH clerks in BootyBay are great places to go because no one goes near them and will not see you bottomscanning the AH (especially Auctioneer Kresky who is inside a house).
3) Everlook is another favorite spot of mine because I hardly ever see players travelling all the way out there to xfer items.
Horrible places to hide:
1) Obviously out in the open anywhere.
2) Don't go to Gadgetzan ever IMO, it's just an obvious place to be spotted and so many players go here to xfer items.
What to do with your items (should be common sense):
1) Please don't send your loots to your main to sell on the AH, this is so dumb. People can easily catch you when they see their item up on the AH under your main's name. Instead mail your item to another low-lvl alt in one of the main cities, when it sells then you can mail your gold to your main.
2) Don't give the items back LOL (unless you feel real bad....then your just a sucker.)
Optimal swooping times:
1) Overnight is a great time imo. Usually from about 1 a.m. to 8 a.m. Server time is when victims feel confident they can successfully transfer their items to their alts
2) Also, mid day from about 1 p.m-5p.m. server time seems to be successful in my experience. This is when alot of gold farmers are busily working away and sometimes they transfer items using the Neutral AH's. I have no idea why but most of the loots I guess during this time are followed by a whisper from someone who clearly doesn't speak English as their first language.
3) Weekends are a great time for swooping! Friday until Monday morning is when most servers are at them max population. More people playing=more people transfering items.
4) ANYTIME!! Really, anytime is nice to swoop. I sometimes get greedy and have a feeling if I'm not swooping 24/7 I'm missing out on all kinds of great items. However, this is a bad mind set to get into because, well, it just increases your chances of being caught. Don't swoop all the time, I'd say more than 8 hours a day is really pushing it.
How to respond to your victims:
1) I usually just ignore most of the crying whispers I get. However, if they threaten me I always politely remind them that the AH is used for selling and buying items not transfering to alt characters. I usually tell them that Auctioneer is an approved addon by Blizzard, and I'm sorry their were dumb enough to somehow think when they want to transfer items no one else is allowed to buy them.
2) Often I offer to sell them the items back at ridiculous markups (often works, they must really want to gear up their alt).
3) Mess with them if you bored! LOL (I know I'm evil). 6):
Remember guys, post your failures and successes with the Neutral AH swooping, its encouraging to see other people being successful. It also helps to see other's warnings. Remember don't get too greedy, and happy hunting. :wave:
P.S. I didn't create this thread to get any +Rep. I just made it to get some convo going on the topic. I'd love to see some replies!