Grinding Gold Through The AH

Posted by J.E. Douglas at 1:31 PM

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Mommar here.

On some servers it was a barren wasteland as players ran to get the first few hits on their new gaming drug. 

Others who weren't as fortunate to get beta invites tolled around the old world waiting for their new chance to get into the hallowed portal and take a wack at new content.

Everytime a new beta expansion is announced, there is a great shakeup with the Auction House.  It is the unofficial announcement that an expansion is slowly coming to an end.   Players start to drop out of their normal routines,  sales begin to dry up (as if they haven't already done this) and grinding out gold becomes a little bit more difficult.

There are still some great opportunities to sell items on the AH for profit.  But it takes a process of being selected not just on what you buy,  but also what is crafted and sold.  PVP gear is pretty much a dead business on many servers.    High Ticket crafted raiding gear is stumbling along at deep discounted prices.  

So keep this in mind as you start to gear your mind towards the next two months of living la vida beta.  Look at your long term investments (raw materials from the different expansions) and the changes that are occurring as you look to square your books at the end of the expansion.

A couple of things were announced over the weekend that could affect how guilds are bought and sold.  Good money was on the table to buy/sell level 25 guilds.  With Warlords of Draenor there will no longer be guild leveling,  and many of the advantages of level 25 guilds will be already built into a guild.  So don't be surprised if you see guilds being sold in an attempt to profit on these changes.

Keep your head above water and look for those deals as players start to once again empty out their inventory.  Especially players who want to take a long hiatus from the game till the next expansion.  When purchasing a players 'guild inventory' keep in mind what you can sell now,  what can be sold later.  Before when buying a guild you also calculated the benefits of the level perks the guild has.  No longer is this really a consideration in buying the guild.  It ends up being a straight inventory swap for gold.   So don't be fooled by 'well you get all of these perks'.  

Information is power and now is the time to flex those muscles you have learned over the past year.

Good Luck and Good Profit Hunting

Want to get in contact with me? . Email me at Dragonbear @ gmail. Dot com or find me on twitter at "@JMTCMommar" You can find me hanging out on the Shandris Server, chat me up, and I will buy you a glass of juice.


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Midsummer Festival - Combine those tasks
Gold Making Is An Artform
What I did on My WowCation
Old Vs New:  The Great Debate
Soap Box Derby
Discipline:  The Most Hated Word in Gold Making
Crashing The Market
Pet Battling For Profits
Prime Time Professions
Retrain Your Gold Instincts:  Trigger Words
It's Patchy McPatch Day
Timeless Coins They Are A Changing
I'll Buy That For A Gold Piece
The Value of Garrosh BOA's
It's Monday Already?

Warlords of Draenor Beta: You Have Been Chosen

Posted by J.E. Douglas at 12:49 PM

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I was up late last night working on some unfinished business (which is code word for playing on Farmville 2) when I received an email from Blizzard.

The powers that be last night released the first wave of invites to the Beta Program for Warlords of Draenor.   With many of the expansions before this was a hot ticket to get.  Spawning many people selling their beta invites for both in game and real money.

But thankfully Blizzard changed how the they do invites where it is just a flip of the switch on someone's account to get into the beta program.

This unfortunately won't stop people from taking advantage of others in taking their accounts or their money.  With any of the WOW beta programs the con artists and scams come out of the woodwork.  So keep in mind that any site (other than the Blizzard site) that offers a beta key or access to the beta program if you send them your first born son is probably trying to steal your hard earned account.

At 2pm PST the gates to the beta server open up for the enjoyment of others.  I'm planning on taking the dive onto the beta servers to get a glimpse of my gaming life for the next two years.  Expecting an onslaught of players on the beta servers, there will be slowdowns and a lack of resources to pick up. 

The other thing to keep in mind is to be entering the Beta servers with a plan.  Many players will want to get up to the highest levels they can as fast as possible.  Since from the start not all of content will be available,  it will still be a race to get as many quests as possible.

I have a lot of interest in how garrisons will play out and their impact on the professions.  Farming at Halfhill during WOW:  Mists of Pandaria gave a good preview of a system to open up different areas through quests and gold.  Garrisons and having a house of your own will be a big draw for not just your hard core player, but for the casual player who wants to show off their trophies and achievements.

The other interest I have as well is just how much of an effect, there will be on farming.  Many players will be able to obtain the materials they want through their upgraded garrisons.  This could cause a change in how many people are willing to pay for raw materials overall.  Sending your personal gathering force to obtain needed items/materials for a crafted item instead of paying large amounts of gold could deeply change the market. 

 So strap on the snacks and the soda intravenously.  Look at your email and see if you will be joining me on the beta servers.

Edit:   There were some codes passed on through some of the different events that Blizzard had booths.  This included PAX and some other events.  Most of these codes were non transferable.  Also 'official' connections such as WOWHEAD are offering codes in their contests.  Just keep in mind that no one is selling codes.  Keep an open eye on scams for codes in your email. 

Good Luck and Good Beta Profit Hunting


Want to get in contact with me? . Email me at Dragonbear @ gmail. Dot com or find me on twitter at "@JMTCMommar" You can find me hanging out on the Shandris Server, chat me up, and I will buy you a glass of juice.



Patience At Ganking:  All Respect to An Alliance Hunter
Midsummer Festival - Combine those tasks
Gold Making Is An Artform
What I did on My WowCation
Old Vs New:  The Great Debate
Soap Box Derby
Discipline:  The Most Hated Word in Gold Making
Crashing The Market
Pet Battling For Profits
Prime Time Professions
Retrain Your Gold Instincts:  Trigger Words
It's Patchy McPatch Day
Timeless Coins They Are A Changing
I'll Buy That For A Gold Piece
The Value of Garrosh BOA's
It's Monday Already?

What I did on My WowCation

Posted by J.E. Douglas at 11:10 AM

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Mommar here.

If you noticed there was about a week's worth of silence from camp JMTC.  This was the week that I had decided I wanted to unplug from World of Warcraft to reset my mental buttons.

I ended up doing some reading (Go and read the Dresden Files).  Played a few games (Marvel Heroes mostly) and just relaxed with some movies. 

Even as I was gone, I kept a basic eye on what was occurring with World of Warcraft.  There are enough sites out there that give keen insight on play styles,  Raiding achievements and even the occasional laugh.   So without logging in myself I could enjoy some aspects of WOW.

There were a few things that I did learn (or relearn) as I did my quick Wowcation.

1.   The grass may look greener on the other game.  But it still takes work to become good at it

2.   People will still ask you what you think of the warcraft expansion,  even in your church

3.   Having Warcraft dreams when you're on your vacation is just creepy.

4.   Garrosh is still a pain in the buns to drop Epics,  even if you are not playing

5.   That awesome mount you want,  but can't get to drop still haunts you.

6.   Friends on World of Warcraft still are amazing.

One of the reasons I had decided to unplug was just because I wanted a little bit of a break.  Sometimes the running name joke of calling it 'World of Farmcraft' is too accurate.  When everyday is the same schedule it can easily feel like a job.... With less pay.

So as you're looking to recharge your batteries between now and the opening of the portal to the Warlords of Draenor,  think how you want to spend your Wowcation.  Spending it with family?   With Friends?  With the Pet?  Or plotting world domination in 32 bit color?

Good Luck and Good Profit Hunting


Old Vs New:  The Great Debate
Soap Box Derby
Discipline:  The Most Hated Word in Gold Making
Crashing The Market
Pet Battling For Profits
Prime Time Professions
Retrain Your Gold Instincts:  Trigger Words
It's Patchy McPatch Day
Timeless Coins They Are A Changing
I'll Buy That For A Gold Piece
The Value of Garrosh BOA's
It's Monday Already?

Old Vs New: The Great Debate

Posted by J.E. Douglas at 12:18 PM

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Mommar here.

The Alpha client has hit the greedy hands of friends and family (bet you didn't know just how many friends that Blizzard employees did you?).

That leaves a great hole in the lives of gold makers.  Players are itching for the new content.  Once the beta starts arriving,  giving access to new content and new conquests,  Pandaland will become the 'old news' of the water cooler.

With information trickling including the cost of important items it's now even more important to be frugal with your purchases.  Garrisons will not be built in a day,  and they are going to cost a pretty gold piece.  Patterns ranging from 1000g to 5000g on the alpha servers.  That's a lot of gold for an
item that many players are going to want.

The closer we get to a beta client,  the more your time and money management will come into play.  By the time the beta rolls around, you should be looking to have all of your PVP gear sold as well as many of the items that won't carry over to the next expansion.

Now don't look at this as the rats deserting the ship.  You probably have at least a month or two months until the beta goes live.  Alpha shakes out a lot of the bugs and gives the developers a good taste of what is in drastic need of fixing.   But it does signal the changing interests of the normal player looking for the next big fix.

Right now I've been concentrating on selling Transmogrification items as well as items that enhance new gear.  Gems,  enchants and belt buckles.  Also continuing to keep my engineer burning their timers everyday for the Jard's Peculiar Energy Source to be able to craft the two pets now and during the next expansion.  There is a possibility that these as well as the other profession timers will not have a daily timer on them come the next expansion.  I just am hedging my bet in case it remains part of the normal Engineer daily rotation.

Bags are still selling out continually.  There is a logic to this.  Yes, you receive 4 bags when a player uses their boost up to 90.  But the bank still remains bagless.  So every 90 that is boosted retains the sales opportunity of 8 new bags.  That means keep 16 slot bags on the AH can get some continual profit into the coffers.  18 slot and higher bags are expensive and players are less likely to look to buy these bags for their banks.

Do not forget the specialized profession bags.  You have many players who are farming leather and herbs.  Leather especially is plentiful in the different zones and it is a royal pain to have to run over to a mailbox/vendor to dump your bags for the next round of farming.  36 slot Leatherworking or Enchanting bags should pick up as players revamp their toons into new gathering professions. 

Opening of the Alpha client for Warlords of Draenor hasn't eliminated the possibility of sales.  But it does require a sharpening of your abilities and being quick witted the closer we get to the next expansion.

Good Luck and Good Profit Hunting



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Discipline:  The Most Hated Word in Gold Making
Crashing The Market
Pet Battling For Profits
Prime Time Professions
Retrain Your Gold Instincts:  Trigger Words
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The Value of Garrosh BOA's
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