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The Great Gold Making Hoax

Two of the most annoying questions I see in WoW are:

1) How do I make gold?
2) Can I have some gold?

My answers to this are:

1) Sell some shit that people want to buy.
2) Sure. See Answer 1.

Everybody likes having cash in their pocket. For some, it’s a rainy day fund for buying potions and repairing their gear. Others like being able to hit the AH and upgrade their gear to the best money can buy. Oh, and buy sexy mounts and stuff. Gotta have the sexy mounts, right? Otherwise how would scrubs know you’re ballin’, playa.

It’s like riding a Porsche with gold spinner rims.

Whether you’re searching on blogs, forums, or even Youtube, you’ve seen the title: “Earn X Thousand Gold in [Insert Absurdly Short Time Here]”.

It’s bullshit. Complete and utter bullshit.

People who make those claims are often using “projected wealth.” They’ve picked up a rare drop, usually a transmog item, that according to some spreadsheet should sell for a small fortune. Post it up on the Auction House and wait for the cash to roll in.

Youtube is guilty of this, and the comments below the video reflect that. People will outright call bullshit on the video (like I am doing on the whole concept) because they’ve done the same thing, maybe even farmed the same gear, and after months of posting it they made a few hundred gold.

People lie on the Internet?

But there are still those sellers who swear up and down that they’re making hundreds of thousands of gold per month with various techniques. Huge transmog sellers, flipping, sniping the AH, they make it sound easy. It can be, if you have the server economy. Generally speaking, you’re looking at a long term time-investment if you want to make any kind of serious gold.

There is no magic formula to make a mountain of gold.

There is no single zone that unlocks your fortune.

There is no one profession that crafts cash.

Don’t get me wrong. Professions can definitely net you gold. Double gathering professions are nice to use while leveling, and if you keep them up as you level you can earn some decent gold. A gathering profession with a complimentary crafting profession (mining & blacksmithing) can beef your cashflow since you can gather your own crafting mats. More time consuming, but you save money while you make money.

Once you learn your market, you can start flipping items. You know what the regular going rate is on an item, so buy it out when it’s selling low and post it for the regular market price. People will dump things on the AH when they’re hoping for a quick resale, so if you’re patient you can swing some swag of your own.

If you’re the patient type, then and only then should you dip your toe into the transmog pool. A fortune can be made here, but it’s going to take some time. Plus, you need to know what to buy. Phat Lewts is a transmog wizard, who often posts market information that can give you an idea as far as where to start. Tailor prices as the market allows.

Making gold isn’t about earning X gold in Y minutes. It’s about research. It’s about knowing what sells, and for how much. It’s about knowing when to sell, and when to snipe from the AH. I’ve posted numerous “The Gold I Find” segments here to help people find various methods to earn gold. Playing the gold making game is the same as playing any other aspect of World of Warcraft – there are various ways to reach your goal. Find one that works for your playstyle and ride that puppy until the wheels fall off.

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Preparing for Leveling in WoD

Oct 8

Posted by Donny Rokk

In just over a month, November 13th to be exact, Warlords of Draenor will be going live. Once again, we begin the slog to level cap. Since most of us have multiple alts, that grind will be hammered out multiple times. Oh joy.

Good times.

I’m none too thrilled about leveling, and even less that I’ll be doing it at least twice. But as far as my first run to 100 goes, I’m planning on taking steps to ensure that the start of the grind is as painless as possible.

Fill up on Daily Quests – The second Warlords of Draenor goes live, everyone will be crawling over each other to reach the starting zones for WoD. Those zones are going to be packed with people. You’ll be fighting zone lag as well as other players while you fight for the same quest mobs and items. Instead, just before WoD goes live, I’m going to grab as many MoP daily quests as I can and complete them. I just won’t hand them in. The, when WoD becomes active, I’ll hand in all of the MoP quests. That way, by the time I start on WoD content I’ll have an XP advantage on others who just started out in the zone.

Clean Up My Bags – I’m going to make sure I have plenty of space for quest items and so on. I’ll bank unnecessary gear and items, and have the largest bags I can get my hands on. There’s no telling what kind of quest items or potential transmog gear that lay ahead.

Load Up On Consumables – Every second of down time is a second wasted. Max level buff food, healing and mana pots. Even top shelf bandages will help.

Load Up On Rested XP – I still do this out of habit, but it’s never to early to start building up rested XP. I haven’t read anything where the rested xp is going to be reset. Free XP buff is nothing to sneeze at.

Grab A Leveling Guide – I know this can be controversial. People generally frown on paying for things outside the game. But I’ve used a leveling guide for the past three expansions and it really takes the sting out of the leveling process. Honestly, I’m just here for the XP. I don’t care about interesting questlines. If they’re that good, I’ll spend more time on them the second (or third, or fourth, or fifth) time through.

How are you getting ready for the push to 100?