Found out last night that the Shattering of Azeroth is happening right now. Kind of cool, been waiting for awhile not feeling like doing much without the new world to explore, however there is one thing that I didn't get to complete... World Traveller.
I know, I can still travel the world, but its changed now. All the same zones will be there, but different. I wanted to travel the world as it WAS, because I have all the time in the world to travel as it IS. Ah well...
Anyway, I wish I knew about the patch in advance, I would have off loaded some of my stockpiles last night... I intend to roll a Troll Druid as soon as teh breaking happened, which means I can do that now and get my Gather on, and I've got bags ready to go for him. I'm betting there will be hundreds of new toons on the servers today looking to get bags, and I won't be able to supply them! Oh well, I'm sure the release next month will be even more productive. I'll check prices tonight and see what things are going for, and try to make a few bucks on the outside
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Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
The Wait
Sitting in a holding pattern on the Warcraft front for the last few days. Why? It's not as if i have a horde of max level toons with nothing to do. It's not as if I don't have fascinating things to blog about in my Warcraft life. It's not as if I've even completed a third of what the game has to offer and am dying for new content. So, why do I find myself sitting in anticipation of December 7th release date? Hell, it's not even as if I'll be taking advantage of any of the new content even if I didn't buy the game right away!
Perhaps I'm a bit burnt out on the freedom I've had this past week. Sure, I don't have heat or cable tv or a bed right now... but there isn't anything I can do about those things. I've been able to do whatever I felt like doing instead of following orders and feeling stressed. All in all, I feel GREAT! While at work, I can usually sit and think about what I want to do in the game when I get home; but by the time I get there, I've forgotten most of it and I sit and stare at my character roster blankly, waiting for inspiration. Should I run Gulgagrimnah and keep trying for World Explorer? Should I continue leveling my Warlock? Or perhaps my warrior tank, get that experience in BC dungeons I've been looking for? Or resurrect my Shaman and get my herbalism up to speed? Or even fire up that rogue I made just to save a name? Am I that bored with the game? Or do I need to take a break?
I'm going to take a one day Hiatus from games and my home in general tonight, and figure things out by Friday. Tomorrow I've got a TON to do, hopefully I'll be so tired from all of that playing a game for awhile will be a nice change.
I'll leave today with the best advice I've heard about the upcoming expansion. A friend of mine is currently completing Northrend quests and not turning them in, so when the experience cap is raised, he can just run and turn in quests for exp! I'd be awesome if he managed to pull a full level out of it, 25 quests alll in, what do you think?
Perhaps I'm a bit burnt out on the freedom I've had this past week. Sure, I don't have heat or cable tv or a bed right now... but there isn't anything I can do about those things. I've been able to do whatever I felt like doing instead of following orders and feeling stressed. All in all, I feel GREAT! While at work, I can usually sit and think about what I want to do in the game when I get home; but by the time I get there, I've forgotten most of it and I sit and stare at my character roster blankly, waiting for inspiration. Should I run Gulgagrimnah and keep trying for World Explorer? Should I continue leveling my Warlock? Or perhaps my warrior tank, get that experience in BC dungeons I've been looking for? Or resurrect my Shaman and get my herbalism up to speed? Or even fire up that rogue I made just to save a name? Am I that bored with the game? Or do I need to take a break?
I'm going to take a one day Hiatus from games and my home in general tonight, and figure things out by Friday. Tomorrow I've got a TON to do, hopefully I'll be so tired from all of that playing a game for awhile will be a nice change.
I'll leave today with the best advice I've heard about the upcoming expansion. A friend of mine is currently completing Northrend quests and not turning them in, so when the experience cap is raised, he can just run and turn in quests for exp! I'd be awesome if he managed to pull a full level out of it, 25 quests alll in, what do you think?
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!
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