In the first two weeks, we looked at The Achievement Junky and The Collector. This week, we look at The Power-Leveler. As with all posts, YMMV.
The Power-Leveler
Blizzard designed professions fairly well, and in most cases, it is pretty easy to level your professions as you level your toon. However, for most people, once they get that first toon to 85, they're no longer interested in spending a lot of time getting the alts to 85 as well. So, they level as quickly as possible using a combination of dungeons, battlegrounds and quests.
Once the alt gets to 85 (or earlier, if they're ambitious), the average player now realizes that they need to get the toons to 525 on whatever professions they've chosen for their alts. For farming professions such as Herbalism and Mining, there's not much we can do to appeal to those buyers. For crafting professions such as Leatherworking, Blacksmithing, Alchemy, etc., we can provide power-levelers a way to level their profession quickly while netting us a tidy profit.
To take advantage of this, you need to think like a power-leveler. Let's say, for example, I want to level up a Scribe as quickly as possible. What do I do? Well, generally speaking, I go to a power-leveling website and start following their instructions for leveling Inscription. These sites maintain lists of materials that the power-leveler will need in order to level their toon.
My job here, as an in-game Entreprenuer, is to make sure that the materials listed on that site are also listed in the Auction House with my name next to the item as the seller. So, in the case of Inscription, there might be 12 different herbs that can be used to produce the ink that someone needs to progress to the next level. However, only two of those are listed on the leveling guide. If you've got an Herbalism toon, then you need to get those two herbs and forget about the other ten because those are the two that The Power-Leveler will search for on the AH.
Better yet, if you've got a Scribe, you can mill the ink instead and not worry about which herb is which.
This applies to all of the crafting professions and is a great opportunity to create some income in the game.
Blizzard designed professions fairly well, and in most cases, it is pretty easy to level your professions as you level your toon. However, for most people, once they get that first toon to 85, they're no longer interested in spending a lot of time getting the alts to 85 as well. So, they level as quickly as possible using a combination of dungeons, battlegrounds and quests.
Once the alt gets to 85 (or earlier, if they're ambitious), the average player now realizes that they need to get the toons to 525 on whatever professions they've chosen for their alts. For farming professions such as Herbalism and Mining, there's not much we can do to appeal to those buyers. For crafting professions such as Leatherworking, Blacksmithing, Alchemy, etc., we can provide power-levelers a way to level their profession quickly while netting us a tidy profit.
To take advantage of this, you need to think like a power-leveler. Let's say, for example, I want to level up a Scribe as quickly as possible. What do I do? Well, generally speaking, I go to a power-leveling website and start following their instructions for leveling Inscription. These sites maintain lists of materials that the power-leveler will need in order to level their toon.
My job here, as an in-game Entreprenuer, is to make sure that the materials listed on that site are also listed in the Auction House with my name next to the item as the seller. So, in the case of Inscription, there might be 12 different herbs that can be used to produce the ink that someone needs to progress to the next level. However, only two of those are listed on the leveling guide. If you've got an Herbalism toon, then you need to get those two herbs and forget about the other ten because those are the two that The Power-Leveler will search for on the AH.
Better yet, if you've got a Scribe, you can mill the ink instead and not worry about which herb is which.
This applies to all of the crafting professions and is a great opportunity to create some income in the game.
If you have any questions or comments, feel free to email me at wonko@immortalisrex.com. Also, you can find me in-game on US-Dentarg as Wonko, the guild master of Immortalis Rex.
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