Very much enjoying our new broken world. The quest chains are TONS of fun, from piloting giant tree-trimming machines to starting bar fights on a cruise ship, they really did a good job to make leveling more fun and less grindy. Haven't really found anything that has changed that I DON'T like, its all good. Now I have to wait another 5 days until the expansion is released, and then it can start all over!
Probably the toughest part of the new zones, is I don't know where to go next! I had gotten so used to "... ok, Barrnes is all tapped out, now I'm headed to Thousand Needles. Ok, done here, now its on to Stranglethorn. Ok, now on to Tanaris, now to Un Goro, now to Plaguelands and then on to Outland!" Well, Thousand Needles is a higher level zone now, and one of the areas that has totally changed. My rookie Druid at level 11 is in Ashzara which used to be like a level 45 zone i think... and I haven't spent any time at all on the other continent other than Undercity which hasn't changed. Now, its almost as if I have to READ the quests in order to know where to go next. Oh Darn, what a tragedy!
Currently, while there is still a lot of traffic, the AH has dropped off dramatically... I'm selling potions with zero competition, and bolts of silk the same. Profits on these items are up 50-100%! Also, I got a tip from Cold to buy up Arcane Crystals and make up some Arcanite and Arcanite rods for sale. There were MASSES of Arcane crystals for under 1g, so initially I bought 10, then bought some Thorium ore for 50s each, and made up 10 Arcanite Bars... which sold for 14g each in just a few hours! that's something like 700% profit! I went back and cleaned out the Arcane Crystals, bought up some more Thorium and sent some to my Blacksmith to make a few Rods... which I sold 2 of 3 for 70g each. Rods are something you really can't sell in bulk which is why I only made a few. The profit margin is much higher, but you gotta diversify. It appears as if people online now are in Gather mode and just selling for what they can get in order to have their skills maxed out for when the xpac hits... but I still managed to clear a cool 80g for my rookie, who is Miner/Herber and just selling.
Notes for the week: Need to get Transmutation specialist. Also would like to level an Engineer soon, don't have a spot available. Thinking about dropping Herbing on my Alchemist and leveling Engineering, and just buying up the Herbs i need to continue leveling Alchemy, but that would be a serious drain.
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Thursday, December 2, 2010
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
The Whelpling
Made the Shatterer, haven't had a chance to put it on AH to see if it sells for a lot. Spent about $175 on it, found Jade for 4-5g each and had some leather and grinding stones. If i can sell it for at least $500 I'll be a happy dude! Though anything I've read says it only sells for about 20, which is surprising because if it only sells for that much, why would anyone even KNOW that? Because its friggin' hard to craft in the first place! There are over 40 pieces to this thing, if you managed to get each one for 1g, it would still cost twice that, why would you sell it for less? This seems to me to be a really great item, especially in terms of PVP, but I also haven't heard anyone talking about it. Perhaps because its a low dollar item? The gold blogs I read typically deal in high dollar things, ie; rare world drops, Crusader Orbs, glyphs and JC that sort of thing that sells for top dollar. Which brings me to the Whelpling.
A friend of mine stumbled onto a Whelpling pet in the Badlands while leveling. He knew it to be a super rare drop, so he threw it in the AH... for 4000g. And sold it, same day. And spent the rest of the day in the badlands, killing dragonlings trying to score another. That's about twice the amount of the total bankroll I've ever had at one time! I've been hovering around 1.5k for a long time (pre-robbery) and that was with small time makings, trying to get into high end crafting. Perhaps I need to change my business model? I just don't have the time/dedication to camp the AH, search through a 'snatch' list constantly... but maybe I should start? I usually do sign in and spend about an hour just AH-ing, looking for good deals on craftables, but I haven't made a big score like that, like EVER. I thought I was doing good selling Libram of Tenacity for $300, and Thorbia's Gauntlets for $150.
Really, while I may send Gulg down to the badlands for some farm time, I think I need to keep with my original business model, and make bags and stockpile silk and runecloth for Winter's grasp. This will be the first time I've really planned for something like that, so I intend to document it fully.
Silk - Buyout at 2g or less per stack
Borean Leather - Buyout at 12g or less per stack
Haven't checked Runecloth market, need to do so
Need to spend an hour or so farming Small Eggs from in front of Silvermoon
With about 200 bolts of silk in stock, I imagine i've got about 80g or so invested in the silk market. I've got 5 Mammoth mining sacks and 1 Traveller's Trapper pack, which cost about $35g to make, I'm hoping to turn them into about 500g profit come Cata time. I'm going to continue to diversify, i've got 10 Netherweave bags, about 200 Copper ore, 100 iron ore, 80 or so Bronze bar, all of which purchased for less than 50s a peice. The only thing I'm still doing business in right now is Potions, but the herb market has jumped sky-high lately, i'm assuming because of the Glyph cost increase. Just a matter of time and using my play time wisely...
A friend of mine stumbled onto a Whelpling pet in the Badlands while leveling. He knew it to be a super rare drop, so he threw it in the AH... for 4000g. And sold it, same day. And spent the rest of the day in the badlands, killing dragonlings trying to score another. That's about twice the amount of the total bankroll I've ever had at one time! I've been hovering around 1.5k for a long time (pre-robbery) and that was with small time makings, trying to get into high end crafting. Perhaps I need to change my business model? I just don't have the time/dedication to camp the AH, search through a 'snatch' list constantly... but maybe I should start? I usually do sign in and spend about an hour just AH-ing, looking for good deals on craftables, but I haven't made a big score like that, like EVER. I thought I was doing good selling Libram of Tenacity for $300, and Thorbia's Gauntlets for $150.
Really, while I may send Gulg down to the badlands for some farm time, I think I need to keep with my original business model, and make bags and stockpile silk and runecloth for Winter's grasp. This will be the first time I've really planned for something like that, so I intend to document it fully.
Silk - Buyout at 2g or less per stack
Borean Leather - Buyout at 12g or less per stack
Haven't checked Runecloth market, need to do so
Need to spend an hour or so farming Small Eggs from in front of Silvermoon
With about 200 bolts of silk in stock, I imagine i've got about 80g or so invested in the silk market. I've got 5 Mammoth mining sacks and 1 Traveller's Trapper pack, which cost about $35g to make, I'm hoping to turn them into about 500g profit come Cata time. I'm going to continue to diversify, i've got 10 Netherweave bags, about 200 Copper ore, 100 iron ore, 80 or so Bronze bar, all of which purchased for less than 50s a peice. The only thing I'm still doing business in right now is Potions, but the herb market has jumped sky-high lately, i'm assuming because of the Glyph cost increase. Just a matter of time and using my play time wisely...
Sunday, November 7, 2010
Blacksmithing
Had a good weekend in the WoW world, was able to get at least one level on all 3 alts! It was nice to be able to focus on the game for a change instead of having a bunch of worries.
Today I wanted to focus on Blacksmithing. BS is, in my oppinion the ultimate money pit. I have not made nearly ANY of my investment back on items I've crafted. Veteran gold makers will tell me "Well, you have to get into the epic crafts and Eternium Belt Buckles to make money!", well, that's crap. With Tailoring, I've made tons of money on just Silk Cloth conversions, then later on Netherweave Bags. I haven't made a single Spell Thread which is where the real money is supposed to be, but I've been able to make dough hand over fist. Plus with Enchanting on the same toon, when I am crafting just to get a level, I can instantly turn it into Enchanting mats for leveling or sale! I'm also making cash with Alchemy, selling Swiftness potions and Lesser Invisibility, and I'm not even up to 250 skill yet! So, why can't I make any money in Blacksmithing?
One of the things BS does make that sells is Enchanting Rods. But, this is an item that Enchanters only need ONE of, which means I can't just mass produce for profits sake. Many times the rods actually sell for LESS than material cost, which I don't understand. Why would I sell a Gold Rod for 4g, when 1 Gold Bar costs 8? The only thing my BS has managed to score money on is smelting ore to bars, but you know what? That's not Blacksmithing, its Mining! And, the worst money-sink of all, was going for weaponsmith specialization; all the weapons I can craft are BoP! What good is that? Why have a big range of weapons to make if only my one toon can use them?
All the bitching aside, I enjoy levelling Blacksmithing. It's nice to see all of the different gear I can make, and it'll be fun to see the high end stuff that comes out of it. My goal now is to make a pair of the Shatterer for my Shaman. Very cool weapon, very good damage and a great side ability that I'm going to get into BG's with and see how I do. I just bought the 5 Citrines require for one, at 13g each, 4 Cores of earth were 1g each, and i've got 23 of the 24 Mithril Bars, which sell for 3g each. Still need to check up on Jade and Rugged Leather, but it looks as if I'm going to be running around 200g for one of these bad boys. But, it'll be a cool couple of beaters! I may try to auction the first one, but for it to be worth the trouble, I'd need to clear at least 400g for it...
Today I wanted to focus on Blacksmithing. BS is, in my oppinion the ultimate money pit. I have not made nearly ANY of my investment back on items I've crafted. Veteran gold makers will tell me "Well, you have to get into the epic crafts and Eternium Belt Buckles to make money!", well, that's crap. With Tailoring, I've made tons of money on just Silk Cloth conversions, then later on Netherweave Bags. I haven't made a single Spell Thread which is where the real money is supposed to be, but I've been able to make dough hand over fist. Plus with Enchanting on the same toon, when I am crafting just to get a level, I can instantly turn it into Enchanting mats for leveling or sale! I'm also making cash with Alchemy, selling Swiftness potions and Lesser Invisibility, and I'm not even up to 250 skill yet! So, why can't I make any money in Blacksmithing?
One of the things BS does make that sells is Enchanting Rods. But, this is an item that Enchanters only need ONE of, which means I can't just mass produce for profits sake. Many times the rods actually sell for LESS than material cost, which I don't understand. Why would I sell a Gold Rod for 4g, when 1 Gold Bar costs 8? The only thing my BS has managed to score money on is smelting ore to bars, but you know what? That's not Blacksmithing, its Mining! And, the worst money-sink of all, was going for weaponsmith specialization; all the weapons I can craft are BoP! What good is that? Why have a big range of weapons to make if only my one toon can use them?
All the bitching aside, I enjoy levelling Blacksmithing. It's nice to see all of the different gear I can make, and it'll be fun to see the high end stuff that comes out of it. My goal now is to make a pair of the Shatterer for my Shaman. Very cool weapon, very good damage and a great side ability that I'm going to get into BG's with and see how I do. I just bought the 5 Citrines require for one, at 13g each, 4 Cores of earth were 1g each, and i've got 23 of the 24 Mithril Bars, which sell for 3g each. Still need to check up on Jade and Rugged Leather, but it looks as if I'm going to be running around 200g for one of these bad boys. But, it'll be a cool couple of beaters! I may try to auction the first one, but for it to be worth the trouble, I'd need to clear at least 400g for it...
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
The Market
Haven't been on much the last few days as I don't have my own internet connection right now nor the time to play since the move and I have no heat or bed in the house. But, I do have a plan for the coming month prior to the expansion.
Leveling toons has gotten a bit boring lately, Nikodhemus is at 70 and in the Borean Tundra, which I'd like to seriously follow the quest lines but because I've been trekking through Northrend for sometime with Gulg, it just isn't that interesting. And Nikail is at 58 and just stepping into Hellfire Peninsula, in which I just finished with Nikodhemus so its boring. Haven't touched my shaman in a week or more with trying to get everyone else up to the high end, and my last guy is my bank, Nikto. There just isn't time now for serious grinding, and I'm reluctant to start a new toon because the start zones I'm very familiar with... so I'm watching the market.
I've noticed there is less in the AH right now than previously, which makes me think others are doing the same, or not playing at all in anticipation of the expansion. Gevlon made a good point in the two ways to play at xpac time: Be way ahead of the game, or be way behind it. My plan is to be behind. I know I'm not going to have the time and drive to try and keep up with the market trends and the explosion of new items that will come. So, I'm not even going to try. I'm just going to play like I always do, work on my own toons' goals and get there, and have fun doing it.
One thing that I am doing is stockpiling. Not in a serious or aggressive way, but I'm not selling very much of what I pull in. The prices are steadily going down, and I haven't been able to sell much of anything anyway. Bolts of Silk have dropped off, I haven't sold a ream in days, yet the cost of plain Silk has gone up. I'm guessing this is in preparation for the Winter's Veil event where silk cloth is at a premium; at any rate, I've pulled all my silk products from the shelves and stuck it in the bank. One thing that has been selling still is Potion of Swiftness; production cost has gone up to around 3g, but they are selling for 7g. Borean Leather is way down, I'm buying it up at 10g a stack, turning it into Heavy, then turning it into Mining bags, which I am also sitting on. I think others are doing the same thing, between the leather and the Netherweave with expectations that Netherweave bags will still be major sellers. (I've got a small pile of those in the bank too!) I've totally stopped looking for my normal sellers, like Eternals or Crystallized's and even Frost Orbs as those will likely plummet in price, though I will sit on my stash of them as they should have some value still as the supply will dwindle since people will not be farming these anymore.
This is also a good time to get organized with your gear/stores. I've got a TON of brick-a-brack taking up bag spaces that isn't likely to sell especially this close to the new game, If I'm going to stock up on my crafting supplies, i've gotta clean that stuff up!
Leveling toons has gotten a bit boring lately, Nikodhemus is at 70 and in the Borean Tundra, which I'd like to seriously follow the quest lines but because I've been trekking through Northrend for sometime with Gulg, it just isn't that interesting. And Nikail is at 58 and just stepping into Hellfire Peninsula, in which I just finished with Nikodhemus so its boring. Haven't touched my shaman in a week or more with trying to get everyone else up to the high end, and my last guy is my bank, Nikto. There just isn't time now for serious grinding, and I'm reluctant to start a new toon because the start zones I'm very familiar with... so I'm watching the market.
I've noticed there is less in the AH right now than previously, which makes me think others are doing the same, or not playing at all in anticipation of the expansion. Gevlon made a good point in the two ways to play at xpac time: Be way ahead of the game, or be way behind it. My plan is to be behind. I know I'm not going to have the time and drive to try and keep up with the market trends and the explosion of new items that will come. So, I'm not even going to try. I'm just going to play like I always do, work on my own toons' goals and get there, and have fun doing it.
One thing that I am doing is stockpiling. Not in a serious or aggressive way, but I'm not selling very much of what I pull in. The prices are steadily going down, and I haven't been able to sell much of anything anyway. Bolts of Silk have dropped off, I haven't sold a ream in days, yet the cost of plain Silk has gone up. I'm guessing this is in preparation for the Winter's Veil event where silk cloth is at a premium; at any rate, I've pulled all my silk products from the shelves and stuck it in the bank. One thing that has been selling still is Potion of Swiftness; production cost has gone up to around 3g, but they are selling for 7g. Borean Leather is way down, I'm buying it up at 10g a stack, turning it into Heavy, then turning it into Mining bags, which I am also sitting on. I think others are doing the same thing, between the leather and the Netherweave with expectations that Netherweave bags will still be major sellers. (I've got a small pile of those in the bank too!) I've totally stopped looking for my normal sellers, like Eternals or Crystallized's and even Frost Orbs as those will likely plummet in price, though I will sit on my stash of them as they should have some value still as the supply will dwindle since people will not be farming these anymore.
This is also a good time to get organized with your gear/stores. I've got a TON of brick-a-brack taking up bag spaces that isn't likely to sell especially this close to the new game, If I'm going to stock up on my crafting supplies, i've gotta clean that stuff up!
Thursday, October 21, 2010
Make that money
Did not play at all last night, got personal stuff going on, but I did just get a great tip today: Halloween wands and the Masquerade achievement. People want zapped, and they want zapped NOW. So, oblige them. For cash, of course! 5, 10, 25 gold, whatever you can get, its virtually free money. And, the best part, I've still got a Pirate wand from LAST Halloween!
I did not prepare for Halloween, but I'm definately going to prepare for Christmas achievments this year with both my Tailor and my Leatherworker with Green Winter Clothes, Red Winter Clothes, and Winter Boots. I may just purchase outright the Red Winter Clothes recipe just to have it, then get to cranking them out. Also, I'm going to spend some time over near Silverymoon to scoop up a stock pile of Small Eggs... I'm not a mega player in the AH, but if i can get, say 2 or 3 stacks of them, I'll be ok. If I can sell them for 10-20g a piece, I'll be a happy little goblin. Once I get a good stockpile of cash built back up, I'll resurrect my Warlock/Tailor so I can finish him to 80 (level 69 and stripped butt-naked still). I may not run my Hunter ever again, but his LW cost so much money, he's got at least that much use left in him
I did not prepare for Halloween, but I'm definately going to prepare for Christmas achievments this year with both my Tailor and my Leatherworker with Green Winter Clothes, Red Winter Clothes, and Winter Boots. I may just purchase outright the Red Winter Clothes recipe just to have it, then get to cranking them out. Also, I'm going to spend some time over near Silverymoon to scoop up a stock pile of Small Eggs... I'm not a mega player in the AH, but if i can get, say 2 or 3 stacks of them, I'll be ok. If I can sell them for 10-20g a piece, I'll be a happy little goblin. Once I get a good stockpile of cash built back up, I'll resurrect my Warlock/Tailor so I can finish him to 80 (level 69 and stripped butt-naked still). I may not run my Hunter ever again, but his LW cost so much money, he's got at least that much use left in him
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
New Things
Hi, I'm Nikodhemus, and I've been playing around with different blogs from time to time, trying to test a few things out. I enjoy writing and I enjoy Warcrafting and I enjoy making money on the AH. I read several different Warcraft blogs fairly regularly and am a regular poster on some of them (especially since I can do alot of this at work now!).
I have a very small guild called Fat and Drunk and this blog will be tied closely to that with updates for guild members and just other goofy shit i think of. The philosphy of Fat and Drunk is older folks who like drinking beer and having fun while playing a video game. Currently my roster is 4 accounts of close friends and my step son, and we will be expanding once Cataclysm gets rolling. I have another blog that I put some entertaining things on, still Warcraft related, you can check it out too.
I'm a moderate player, maybe 2 hours a day 5 days a week, more if I can help it. Currently my favorite class is Prot Warrior when I'm feeling like playing serious and Enhance Shammy when I feel like relaxing. I have 1 (one) level 80 toon after 15 months of playing, a hunter. However, since I was recently hacked, my two highest level guys stripped naked and my bank alt and guild bank emptied of cash and items, i don't play him much other than to utilize his Leatherworking skills for profit. It's been 12 days since I reported it, got a ticket number, and have since been totally ignored by Blizzard (but i'm not BITTER!!!)
The one blog I read daily is the Greedy Goblin ... This friggin' guy is a trip! If you haven't read him, check through his posts for excellent AH tips, and then check out his philosphies on life that tie into Warcraft. There are others I read less avidly, and only because they are attached to his site; Noisy Rogue, Larissa's corner, Troll Racials, Cold's Gold, lots of good stuff, i've posted a few times on all of them.
Most of the stuff I read about in these blogs is gold making and the economy. The big thing lately is what's been called Glyphmas... the time when everyone knew glyphs were being changed and there would be a big obvious surge in people buying up the new glyphs. Reading most reports, I've seen many people that cleared anywhere from 10K to over 100K in about 2 days... yet now are stuck with a lot of overstock. As I had just been robbed, I had ZERO liquidity and ZERO stocks in which to even attempt to take part (aside from the fact that I don't have an inscriber or jewelcrafter). Depending on your economic standpoint, you could count the vast amount of overstock glyphs as a loss in income, as many are now selling for material cost or less. Curious to see how things play out in glyphs, will people pull out completely? Will items like Glyph of Bloody Healing still sell for 50g+ until all Fury warriors get one?
For myself, my moneymakers are still in simple items; Cloth and Leather. I've been turning silk cloth into bolts of silk cloth forMONTHS, and getting 500% profit. Stack of SilkCloth = 1g or less. Bolt of Silk Cloth = 4 Silk. 4 Stacks of Silk cloth = 4g = 1 Stack of Bolts of Silk. Bolt of Silk cloth sell for 1g each or more! Turning 4g into 20g on a regular basis! Heavy Borean Leather sells for around 8g each, while Borean Leather sells for 15g a stack. 6 Leathers make 1 Heavy, so 15g turns into 24g at a quick pace as well.
The key I've found in WoW and in live banking is best summed up by the Wu Tang Clan... "You got to diversify yo bonds, nigga" If I had 1000g, it would take a long time for me to buy up that much silk, turn it into bolts, and sell it... the market would be totally flooded, my stocks would sit for days and days before selling; which exemplifies the point with the glyph market. People over spent how much they might be able to off load, and EVERYONE was aware of this change. ie; market over stimulated, profits dried up within 24 hours...
Ah well, that is my two cents for the day, expect more later this week!
Nikodhemus
I have a very small guild called Fat and Drunk and this blog will be tied closely to that with updates for guild members and just other goofy shit i think of. The philosphy of Fat and Drunk is older folks who like drinking beer and having fun while playing a video game. Currently my roster is 4 accounts of close friends and my step son, and we will be expanding once Cataclysm gets rolling. I have another blog that I put some entertaining things on, still Warcraft related, you can check it out too.
I'm a moderate player, maybe 2 hours a day 5 days a week, more if I can help it. Currently my favorite class is Prot Warrior when I'm feeling like playing serious and Enhance Shammy when I feel like relaxing. I have 1 (one) level 80 toon after 15 months of playing, a hunter. However, since I was recently hacked, my two highest level guys stripped naked and my bank alt and guild bank emptied of cash and items, i don't play him much other than to utilize his Leatherworking skills for profit. It's been 12 days since I reported it, got a ticket number, and have since been totally ignored by Blizzard (but i'm not BITTER!!!)
The one blog I read daily is the Greedy Goblin ... This friggin' guy is a trip! If you haven't read him, check through his posts for excellent AH tips, and then check out his philosphies on life that tie into Warcraft. There are others I read less avidly, and only because they are attached to his site; Noisy Rogue, Larissa's corner, Troll Racials, Cold's Gold, lots of good stuff, i've posted a few times on all of them.
Most of the stuff I read about in these blogs is gold making and the economy. The big thing lately is what's been called Glyphmas... the time when everyone knew glyphs were being changed and there would be a big obvious surge in people buying up the new glyphs. Reading most reports, I've seen many people that cleared anywhere from 10K to over 100K in about 2 days... yet now are stuck with a lot of overstock. As I had just been robbed, I had ZERO liquidity and ZERO stocks in which to even attempt to take part (aside from the fact that I don't have an inscriber or jewelcrafter). Depending on your economic standpoint, you could count the vast amount of overstock glyphs as a loss in income, as many are now selling for material cost or less. Curious to see how things play out in glyphs, will people pull out completely? Will items like Glyph of Bloody Healing still sell for 50g+ until all Fury warriors get one?
For myself, my moneymakers are still in simple items; Cloth and Leather. I've been turning silk cloth into bolts of silk cloth forMONTHS, and getting 500% profit. Stack of SilkCloth = 1g or less. Bolt of Silk Cloth = 4 Silk. 4 Stacks of Silk cloth = 4g = 1 Stack of Bolts of Silk. Bolt of Silk cloth sell for 1g each or more! Turning 4g into 20g on a regular basis! Heavy Borean Leather sells for around 8g each, while Borean Leather sells for 15g a stack. 6 Leathers make 1 Heavy, so 15g turns into 24g at a quick pace as well.
The key I've found in WoW and in live banking is best summed up by the Wu Tang Clan... "You got to diversify yo bonds, nigga" If I had 1000g, it would take a long time for me to buy up that much silk, turn it into bolts, and sell it... the market would be totally flooded, my stocks would sit for days and days before selling; which exemplifies the point with the glyph market. People over spent how much they might be able to off load, and EVERYONE was aware of this change. ie; market over stimulated, profits dried up within 24 hours...
Ah well, that is my two cents for the day, expect more later this week!
Nikodhemus
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