Download BottomFeeder AddOn
BottomFeeder is an AddOn that works with Auctioneer taking automated gaming of the Auction House a bit futher than what was possible before. BottomFeeder has it’s own prebuilt database of Auction House data which it combines with any data you’ve recorded with Autioneer AddOn. This results in more accurate price estimations than before, especially when just starting out with a clean Auctioneer. If you have Enchantrix running, it will also enable you to buy disenchantable items.
Ok, the prebuild database is cool but the truly revolutionary feature is that you can make BottomFeeder sit in your Auction House and it will continuously scan for auctions and AUTOMATICALLY bid on bargains. Some people call that cheating but Blizzard has stated that you won’t get banned for using AddOns. They will probably break the automatic bidding in future patches though so you’ve better start using it quick if you’re going to use it at all.
Norganna on the Auctioneer discussion forum:
You won’t get banned for using it. It’s not “illegal” according to their rules. It just acts in a way that is contrary to their wishes. (in the same way as decursive acts against their wishes)They will break functionality (probably in wow 2.0) to make it stop working. In this case, it seems that the most likely way that they could do this is to make a hardware input a requirement for the PlaceAuctionBid() command.
Figuring out how to use BottomFeeder is totally different issue. On default settings buys items very slowly, maybe one item every 30 minutes or so. You can type “/btm” in the game to list all the commands the mod supports. All I know is that “/btm begin” is how BottomFeeder is started when you have Auction House window open.
BottomFeeder supports a variety of command and configuration options which you use by typing “/btm *command*” into your chat box. Full listing of commands supported by BottomFeeder:
reserve
Reserves a certain amount of your money from being spent
maxprice
Sets the maximum price that we will buy auctions for
minprofit
Sets the minimum profit that we consider an auction”), BtmFeed.GSC
pctprofit
Sets the minimum percentage of profit to buy an auction
mindeprofit
Sets the minimum disenchant profit that we consider an auction
pctdeprofit
Sets the minimum percentage of disenchant profit to buy an auction
vendprofit
Sets the minimum profit on vendorable items
commonmult
Sets a penalty factor on white items’ profitability
allowbids <0/1>
Sets whether to allow bidding if the rules would have bought at that price
minseen
Sets the minimum Auctioneer “seen count” before we will buy an item
safetynet
Sets the maximum number / cost of any single item that will be bought in any one session (0 for unlimited)
print-in ([Number]|[String])
Sets the chatFrame that BottomFeeder’s messages will be printed to”)))
baserule
Advanced users only: Specify your own lua code for calculating the base price
ignore
Ignores the specified item
unignore
Stops ignoring the specified item
snatch
Sets the item’s snatch value
worth
Sets the specified item’s value
clear
Clears the AH event log window
dryrun
Begins a test scanning run (must have AH open)
begin
Begins the scanning process (must have AH open)
Now just spend some time tweaking those settings and you’ll have yourself an automated gold making machine. (Ok, you still have to walk to mailbox and relist the items manually, this isn’t for THAT lazy people.) I have no idea when Blizzard is going to break the automated bidding feature but I’m sure that BottomFeeder has some potential even if automatic bidding gets killed.
