What'snextinstoreforus?DidBlizzardreallycaveintothedemandsofplayerswhofeltthattheWorldEventdisruptedtheirnormalroutinetoomuch?Oristheresomethingmoredeviouswaitinginthewings?Iknowmywifewassoupsetbybeingunabletoconductherbusinessthatshedecidedtoholdofffromlogginginatleastuntiltheeventdieddown.Nowthatthezombieinfestationseemstobeundercontrol,perhapsbusinesswillpickupagain.Ormaybenot,dependingonwhatBlizzardhaspreparedforAzeroth.Onething'sforsure,theseDawnoftheDead-typeeventscertainlytakeabiteoutoftheeconomy.
Inoticed-orrathermymoney-makingwifenoticed-thattheundeadthrongwasbadlytankingAzerothiancommerce.Thereasonisthatalotofplayers'bankersandAuctionHouseentrepreneursarelow-levelaltsthatsuccumbedeasilytotheplagueandrandomzombieattacks.WhenaLevel65cityguardturnedintoazombie,itwouldnaturallyaggrothelow-levelbankmulesandauctionhouseregulars,killingtheminstantly.Itdidn'thelpthatmostplayers-turned-minions-of-the-ScourgeusuallytargetedtheBanksandAuctionHousesforinfection.Actually,weevenrecommendeditasthebestcourseofactionasa(notso)mindlessghoul.
Whenthediseasegrewpotentenoughtotransformanyoneitinfectedwithinaminute,itbecamepracticallyimpossibletoaccomplishanything.SpeciallynotwithArgentHealerscallingforahastyretreat.Entirecities-orkeyareasofcities-werequicklytransformedintoghoulishcarnivalsanditwassimplytoobothersometodoanybusiness.Asaresult,playerscouldn'tputanythingupontheAuctionHousenorcouldanyonebuyanything,either,slowingcommercetoacrawl.Mywife'sdailyAuctionHouseprofitsofupwards500Golddwindleddowntonaryacopperwithheraltbeingunabletocollectfromthemailbox,movestufffromthebank,orscantheAuctionHouse,asshediedistantlytorovingzombies.