Patch 5.2: Farming For Rep.. With A Farm?

Posted by J.E. Douglas at 12:06 PM

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Mommar here.

Have you ever asked yourself is this the end of what to do in Halfhill?  You run there every day.   You pick your crop,  you invest in more seed,  and you plant more crop.   You do some menial tasks including killing multiple sorts of birds,  rats,  monkeys and even find the occasional apple buried in some dirt.

All of this so that you can cook more and more epicurean delights and maximize your reputation with The Tillers.   Sounds like a barrel of non stop fun and adventure.    Wake me up when the next patch hits.

With patch 5.2 this all changes.   5.2 introduces the idea of work orders that factions around Pandaria will give to you to plant and cultivate materials they can use.   If you remember the original daily dungeon quests in Shattrath city and how they were implemented this will be very similar.  But instead of having to run a dungeon,  you'll need to both plant and pick the assigned vegetables.   Unfortunately if they keep with that idea then there will not be a way to actually stock up on vegetables to sell to complete the daily task.

The new work order program does seem to require two things.   You will need to have opened up all 16 slots on your farm and have obtained Exalted status with The Tillers to start this process.   The does not cover all of the different reputation grinds that have to be done during Mists of Pandaria but it will help shorten up some of the grinds to the more time consuming grinds (Klaxxi,   Golden Lotus).   Requiring all 16 plots.  Icy-Veins.com has a good walk-through on the reputation grind with The Tillers.

Also make sure that once you hit revered you purchase the Grand Commendation that is available from most of the different reputation quartermasters.  This will shorten up your grind from Revered to Exalted.  

So why is this important to gold making?   Well there are two pieces of common logic when it comes to planting in Halfhill.   First finish up the daily from Farmer Yoon,  then either plant Enigma Seed for the chance to obtain random crops and Golden Lotus.  Or plant Song Bell Seed to obtain 16 motes of harmony (1.6 spirits of harmony per day).  This is going with the normal process of planting the Farmer Yoon crop of the day and digging it up to replant whichever plant you choose to let grow.

With the new work order program this could effect the production of Golden Lotus production.   Players might have to fill up between 4-8 of their plots to finish up each daily work order.   If you are planting the Engima seed then that gives you only half the chances of getting the Golden Lotus crops to bloom.   This could easily cause a spike in prices for Golden Lotus sales.     Just keep an eye on your sales and investment opportunities as the stock starts to dwindle.

Halfhill sounds exciting doesn't it?    Okay,  well maybe not all that thrilling unless your into planting and growing more crops on order.   But anything that makes the reputation grinding a little bit easier is a good thing right?   So sharpen up those plows and hoes and lets get ready to plant.  

Good Luck and Good Planting


Want to get in contact with me? . Email me at Dragonbearjoe @ 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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Lorewalker This Way

Posted by J.E. Douglas at 12:23 PM

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Mommar Here.

I am very partial to the beauty and mythos of any expansion pack.  Whenever I level my main through an expansion I tend to actually read all of the quest text.  I will take time to watch all of the NPC speeches and cut scenes.   It makes me level a little bit slower but I get the full enjoyment of the expansion.  

With Mists of Pandaria the Lorewalkers faction was introduced.    If you take a quick look at their quartermaster as many tend to do to see what loot they can acquire, they really do not seem to have much.  A couple of useful trinkets for that bane of all existence Archaeology,  and a nice shiny mount called the Disc of the Flying Red Cloud.

Nothing to get all that excited about unless you like interesting lore,  and shiny new mounts.   There are multiple easy ways to obtain exalted with the Lorewalkers.   Multiple add-ons and guides on how to make it very quick and painless (between one and two hours depending on your travel speed and accuracy).   The main point is to complete stories from different parts of the main areas on Pandaria.  Some of the items are only found in the level 90 Valley of the Eternal Blossoms.  The Vale can be opened at level 87 but will not have any active quests until Level 90.   Some players reported being able to enter this area earlier via bouncing around the mountains as well.

After you get all of the items (many of them are around packs of mobs so you will have to run in and then run out quickly with your tail tucked between your legs),  you end up with items in your mail to turn into Loremaster quest giver .   Each turn adds a ton of reputation to your Loremaster credits and after turning all of them in,  you have Exalted and access to the Flying Disc.

As I was leveling my first toon I started picking up some of the different lore items as I was in areas.  If I saw one I would pick it up and read it and then move on.  You can always wait til level 90 with flying to make things much easier on yourself.

After reaching level 90 I added an add-on to my pack called Handynotes.  Along with handynotes is a companion add-on called Handynotes Lorewalkers which added site markers to where all of the items are found on the mini-map.   You can always use one of the multiple maps that are online to find the points manually (the gang at Wowinsider have an excellent guide).  I also used this questline to finish up my Pandarian Explorer achievement.

Either way not every quest is about loot or gold.  Sometimes it's just fun to run around and sniff the roses,  pet the trees and look under rocks and see what stories are there.  There is always room for making gold tomorrow.

No,  I did not name my flying cloud disc Nimbus.  His name is Cadillac because Gold Goblins always ride the best.

Good Luck and Good Hunting


Want to get in contact with me? . Email me at Dragonbearjoe @ 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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MOP Prep: PokeWOW Part 2.

Posted by J.E. Douglas at 6:30 PM

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Once again... Here's Mommar  (I really should get a sidekick to announce me).

Part 1 of MOP Prep:  PokeWOW talked about engineering pets.     This next part is going to talk about the vendor pets as well as my overall strategy towards pet making.

For many servers it's going to be a smorgasbord of choices on what will sell.   Some players are going to look for power (Min/Max points) on their more powerful pets to put on the field.  Others are going to make with what they like the most (Dragons,  birds, Cats etc).   The goal is to be ready to sell to
all of them.

Knowing where to obtain pets to sell is going to be very important.  Knowledge is power,  in this case it's going to be sales power.  Players generally do not take the time to look up things on WowHead.  They will either ask in trade channel (getting pummeled many times by chants of noob or loser),  or they will depend on the Auction House and Trade Channel Barking.

Vendor pets will sell to those that are uninformed (or unmotivated) to go and obtain their own.   Especially if they are trained one or two levels.   An untrained pet will not obtain as much of a price as one that a player has taken   This is going to be very important for your exotic or hard to find pets.

For our pet business we're going to work on a pyramid system.   Starting from the bottom our bread and butter pets are going to be easily obtained vendor pets.  Pets such as

Anaconda Chicken  (Plucky Johnson in 1000 Needles)

Blue Clockwork Rocket Bot (Multiple vendors in Dalaran and Stormwind/Orgrimmar)

Ghostly Skull  (Darahir in the sewers of Dalaran)

Tree Frog  (Flik During the Darkmoon Faire.)

Winterspring Cub (Michelle De Rum in Winterspring)

(You can find information on http://www.petbattles.net/ which has a breakdown of exactly what pets can be traded and battled and which ones cannot).

My next plank of my Pet pyramid is made based on hard to obtain pets.   These are the ones that either are more difficult to find,  or in places that players no longer go too (read Lost Pets for MOP)


So lets take a look at 5 rare pets that I'm looking at training and trading.
First I choose 5 of the pets I have to sell

Giant Sewer Rat (Rare fishing Capture)

Magical Crawdad (Rare Fishing Capture

Pengu (obtained at Kalu'ak Quartermaster at Exalted)

Phoenix Hatchling (Rare Drop at Magister's Terrace)

Razzashi Hatchling (Rare Drop from Stranglethorn Vale) 

Obviously these are going to get a premium because of how rare they are (not impossible,  but to obtain 
them either the player has to put in their time,  or purchase them at a higher price).  There are more but 
this is a sample of the ones that I'm looking at specifically.   Some of these (such as Razzashi Hatchling)
can be obtained from the AH already.  Investing in these now will offer returns once demand increases.

Next plank on our Pet Pyramid is going to be our Arbitrage trading.   Arbitrage is taking advantage of 
that are limited or unobtainable by one side of a market.  In this case it's both pets sold by the Horde
(or alliance).  Also included are pets that are obtained in areas that are limited traffic.  These include

Blue Dragonhawk Hatchling  (Horde Pet from Dealer Rashaad in Silvermoon)

Brown Prairie Dog (Horde Pet from Halpa in Thunder Bluff)

Cornish Rex (Alliance Pet from Donni Anthania just outside Stormwind)

Leaping Hatchling (Obtained in Takk's Nest in Northern Barrens)

Our next level is the crafted pets I can create from my other toons.   These include

Pet Bombling  (Engineering pattern From Gnomeregan)

Mechanical Squirrel Box  (Learned through Engineering)

De-Weaponized Mechanical Companion (Engineering Pet)

Enchanted Lantern (crafted by Horde Enchanters) (Magic Lamp is the Alliance Version)

(I discussed this early in the first half of this two part article)

Planning and discipline will become very important.   Knowing what pets are able to be traded and which ones will not is going to set you ahead of the majority of players.   A wonderful database has been created at http://www.petbattles.net/.    This is an excellent database on which pets can be traded and which ones cannot.  

Also included in my strategy is going to be banking on the possibility of allowing wild pets to ultimately be traded at some future spot.  So as I roam in different areas both in Azeroth and Pandaria,  my intentions are to pick up peculiar or interesting pets for possible sale later.

Each of these planks is from my own personal strategy.   They don't guarantee success,  nor is it required for you to have them for your own pet battle strategy.   Similar to the Transmogrification item market.  Much of the gold making possibilities are dependent on the server you are on,  and the interest your fellow players show in the new pet battle system.

Tools such as www.petbattles.net and http://www.wowuction.com are going to be necessary to keep ahead of the tide of sales.   Veteran players who have gold are already purchasing the pets they are interested in training.  With new players entering the fray,  new money will follow them and purchasing will continue to pick up.  Keeping a finger on the pulse of your server will be paramount to your success.

MOP brings an exciting idea of pet combat.   And with it a new area of moneymaking opportunity.   So get your plans together,   go buy and craft those pets and be ready to go from the start.

Good Luck and Good Hunting



Want to get in contact with me? . Email me at Dragonbearjoe @ 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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