How viable is paying monthy subs via farming gold?

[alcsaar0]

I could pay for my 5 with tokens, without any farming. My main teams have herb/mining and I just collect while I am out doing other things. The combination of herbs, ore, WQs, emmisary chests (2000+ gold each), and just playing and having fun makes me about 1.25 million gold a month.

This late in the expansion the herb/ore market is low, as well as pets, BoE gear, all very low. So many have unsubbed and waiting on the next big patch or expansion then the market will pick back up. You can still make gold doing the AoE semi-standstill hyper-spawn farming. The BoE market has tanked but just the raw gold and vendor trash is good. You do not even need to multibox, just join a 2x4 group in LFG.

I prefer the fun method over the farming method.

How many character's are you running to make that much?

[JohnGabriel]

How many character's are you running to make that much?

I have 3 teams of 5 that I do the daily emissary with, the warfronts, the Island Expedition weekly, mission table, world bosses. Then I have 4 teams of 5 that are just used occasionally for something special, like having two 2000 gold emissaries in a row during an invasion, just 4 world quests gives you 20k per team.

Sometimes if I am bored I'll level more teams, currently have 2 teams I am leveling exp locked through dungeons to collect all the transmogs.

About 3 to 5 hours a day playing or so.

[alcsaar0]

I have 3 teams of 5 that I do the daily emissary with, the warfronts, the Island Expedition weekly, mission table, world bosses. Then I have 4 teams of 5 that are just used occasionally for something special, like having two 2000 gold emissaries in a row during an invasion, just 4 world quests gives you 20k per team.

Sometimes if I am bored I'll level more teams, currently have 2 teams I am leveling exp locked through dungeons to collect all the transmogs.

About 3 to 5 hours a day playing or so.

Right. That's a lot of teams I wouldn't have for many months time at best, so affording subs with just one team might be sketch...

[Fat Tire]

I pay 28-32/month for 4 accounts, I buy in 180 day lots in which as I play I gather gold and buy a tokens when I see prices low. Usually pay for 6 months and token 6 months. Comes out to ~4 dollars a month per account for the year.

[JohnGabriel]

If you plan to run mythic+ with your team, thats a huge gold sink as well.

You're probably just going to have to set aside some time for farming herb/ore. The nodes are plentiful and close together, your 2800 node estimate may not be too difficult to reach. Theres a potion and glove enchants to speed things up.

I have been paying a subscription lately, had to save up for that 5 million gold mount, and all the other expansion gold sinks. Back to tokens later.

[MiRai]

Right. That's a lot of teams I wouldn't have for many months time at best, so affording subs with just one team might be sketch...

This may seem like an obvious statement, but unless you have millions of gold to initially invest into both the cost of the expansions and subscriptions required, you're going to have to either farm quite a bit, or pay out of pocket—that's just what it comes down to. People who pay for their subscriptions primarily through gold generally fall into two categories: A) they farm a lot, or B) they are established with several teams that they can do basic tasks that reward gold (like World Quest dailies).