Lost In The Guild Traffic

Posted by J.E. Douglas at 2:32 PM

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A long time ago in a far far far away expansion I used to raid consistently.   This was well before the times of Looking for raid check boxes.   There were two types of raids.  Guild raids and the random pick up raids that happened in trade chat.   I'm keeping from going through the including of having to walk 5 miles uphill in 6 foot of snow to get to those raids.  I'm old what can i tell you.

Many guilds have switched from a your on your own type of raid preparation to much more organization for potions,  weapons and crafting materials.   If you have a well prepared guild there really is no need for gold per see since the higher guild levels allow money to be deposited automatically in the guild bank.

But there is still a necessity to make sure that someone knows who does what.   I still find it interesting to see in my guild where people aren't completely familiar with what crafts player have.   Many guilds switched to a website system where the patterns they have are listed.   Having a simple pad and paper can save you lot of hunting to see who can do what.

All of my guild mates who actually pay attention know that they just need to drop material in the mail and ask me to craft it and the odds are I will do it for them.  If you have been keeping up with my writings and missives you know I do not charge Guildees for these types of services.   I fleece the unsuspecting to be able to provide for those I like (just kidding,  a little bit).

So the question I would ask is where is your niche in making gold?   Whether you are just starting your gold goblin ways or are experienced.  Do you still offer a slot to the guild to help?    Are you a gold expert to help the new guild members have a stable amount of gold for repairs?   Do you have the slot of craftsmen to prepare players needs and gear?   Are you just the information post that people can go to to know where to get things done?   Or do you even show up and say anything?   Are you lost to your guild because they have no idea what you bring to the table?

Being a guild member and being a gold goblin are very similar.  If your name and your items are not on every ones lists of needs,  then you are easily forgotten to others.  Others that may not be as experienced as you or have your capabilities.   The only way to know is to put yourself out there and make yourself known.

And that does not mean a little naked mail box dancing isn't fun also.

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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Anonymous Gold Goblin 
Eyes On The Auction House Prize
Self Motivation: The Key To Success
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How Not To Make Gold
Time Management With Faction Grinding
Receipt Isolation Sales
Breaking Through The Wall
Transmog Me First
Pay What
Outside the New Years Box
Heat Of The Moment
Five Star Sales
The Gauntlet Thrown Down
Post Holiday Toys

Self Motivation: The Key To Success

Posted by J.E. Douglas at 1:29 PM

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One of the keys to success (wow,  imagine that,  it is what I titled this entry) is the idea of self motivation.

Everyone has a different reason why they make gold.   Survival,  to pay for their own items,  working for the guild,  challenging to be the best.  All of these are viable options as well as a few I am sure you can come up with.

Whichever you choose to motivate you,   sometimes you have to shake up that motivation once you have reached your goal.   I reached a plateau of sorts many months ago in the idea that I could cruise on just the gold I have in the bank and never have to sell an item again.  Most of the items on the RMAH are easily within my reach without sending shock waves through my bank account.  So my motivation to be able to buy items was removed with this revelation.

So it was needed to change my motivation to something different.  Yes I could have easily just gave my gold away and started over.  I even did this by starting on another server to play with a completely new set of rules.   Where I have high regards for people who can give all of their gold away to random players and start all over I have never been able to pull the trigger on that option.   I enjoy too much of diving and swimming in the piles of gold ala Scrooge McDuck.

What I did end up doing is to challenge myself to help others be able make gold.  Not just through this journal but also through loaning of gold to players.   I did say loan and not give away.  My personal opinion is that giving gold is a hand out and loaning gold is a hand up.  It is the same principles I place on my daily life as well.   Do I expect to always get paid back?  No,  but it is expected that if they are successful they have the option of either paying me back or to help someone else.  

Self Motivation is very important in whatever you choose to do.  Very rarely will you have someone standing behind you pushing you all the way to your goals.   You are the only one that can push you into being successful.  The same as you are the only one to be there when it all falls apart.

Either way success is entirely up to you.  That is the biggest key to success.

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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BMAH Blues Return
How Not To Make Gold
Time Management With Faction Grinding
Receipt Isolation Sales
Breaking Through The Wall
Transmog Me First
Pay What
Outside the New Years Box
Heat Of The Moment
Five Star Sales
The Gauntlet Thrown Down
Post Holiday Toys

The Go To Gold Goblin???

Posted by J.E. Douglas at 12:37 PM

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Mommar here.


Every so often I get myself into trouble when it comes to my guild.   No,  I don't run out yelling Mommar jenkins at the start of a raid (I've done it once.   5 minutes of laughter followed as we wiped horribly).

What does occur is the fact that as a guild we share a lot of ideas on gold making.  I was not the first in my guild to make a considered effort to make a cubic butt-ton of gold.   There were those that had decent profits even at the beginning of Vanilla Warcraft.    The entire guild has a good amount of Gold Goblins sitting around playing the game as well as cashing in on their crafting and financial savvy.

What can get me into trouble is that a few of my guild mates know i write a blog on Warcraft gold making.  In their helpful ways they will suggest from time to time ideas on what I should write about.   Many times they are article ideas that are in the planning stages or being researched (yes,  I actually do a little research from time to time).   Other times they are little jabs at what I'm writing about.   Taking these jabs in stride and denying the requests for loans from guild mates does make Warcraft life a little bit more exciting.

So the question is have you presented yourself as being the go to goblin for your guild?   It's easy to drop a few bucks in guild mates hands to buy something they want.    But showing them some of your ideas you have learned.   Getting them into the gravy train you have built for your own crafting and flipping ideas can endear yourself to them faster than just handing over the goods and saying here you go.

There is a saying that take a man to fish and they will eat for a day,  but teach them to fish and they will eat for the rest of their life.  And in today's Warcraft economy,   a player without the means or methods to make their own gold is at a distinct disadvantage to the other players on a server.

Good Luck and Good Hunting


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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The Short List
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Winter Veil Farming: Head Start
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Addon Abandonment Issues
The Guild: Striking Tone For Sales
Controlling Your Reputation
Are You Experienced
Farming Post Patch 5.1
The Hours of Power
Profit Calculation 101:  GPH
THIS IS GOLD MAKING!!!!
Prepping For Darkmoon Faire
Limited Item Is My Favorite Word
Patch Me Now
Old World Farming
Shake Off The Bad Days

Addon Abandonment Issues

Posted by J.E. Douglas at 8:00 AM

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Mommar here.

I use addons for the majority of the daily tasks I perform.   From scans with Trade Skill Master to leveling with the Wow-Pro.com interface.  Each addon attempts to make a task easier,  faster,  with great programmers behind them to update.

But ever so often a project doesn't get updated quickly.   Most of the programmers are volunteering their time for the love of the game (most of them will tell you they don't make a profit from those donation tabs on curse.com and other sites.)   There are many reasons why a addon project becomes abandoned.  From leaving the game to work to family requirements.

If you have ever been on the Curse.com website (which of course I hope you have) you will see the comments from users of addons.   Usually they start with please update this addon when it starts to malfunction.  Then it becomes a little more irritated when more errors appear.   After a couple of months there ends up being a nerd rage that strikes the comments to where the programmer is being demanded to update/fix an addon.

The key thing to remember is that it's all volunteer.   If you walk to many stores this month you will see Salvation Army bell ringers all around.   It would be very similar to demanding them to ring the bell in a certain way as you walk past them without donating.   You end up looking a little silly,  and it's a guarantee that nothing will probably change.

Where it can be annoying when your favorite addon does not get updated,  you have two choices.  Either be patient til the update happens.  Or replacing the addon with another functional addon that performs similar tasks.  Depending on one addon to make or break your money making goals is a dangerous area to be in.

Auctionator is one of my favorite addons to use.  It makes listing items very quick for me,  finding the undercut price at what I set.   I used this constantly up to the introduction of Mists of Pandaria when all of a sudden it started failing and throwing errors.   I was unable to list caged animal sales and other pets through the addon.    Month after month passed with no work around or no update.   I switched to another addon so that I could continue to post items,  but the new addon didn't do everything that Auctionator was able to perform.

Ultimately the addon was updated and it's been clicking away my inventory ever since.   I even donated a few dollars towards the programmer to help.    I also got an interesting laugh at all of the demands that were made if the addon was not updated.   Language that probably would have gotten someone punched in the face if they had said it in public.  

Ranting and raving about how an addon update is not available does not help.  All it does is tend to make to programmer wonder whether it is truly worth the frustration to deal with all of the crabby kids.   Where adaptation becomes just as important as how to click a button multiple times to list items.

Gold Goblins adjust to the situation when it comes to addons.  Sometimes you have to find a new addon,  or adjust how you use an addon.   Thinking outside the box can help with lessening a lot of the frustration when an addon goes wrong.

Addons are not the end all and be all of being a Gold Goblin.   Every so often I will turn off all of my addons and play with the base Warcraft crafting tools.    It can be a little daunting to go from full addon changes to none,   like stepping into an alien atmosphere.  But it also can prep you to what is occurring underneath the shiny exterior of full addon support.

So the next time that you see an addon hasn't been updated immediately,  be patient with the programmers.  Through a little thank you into the queue and sit down and wait patiently.   It will help you in the long run instead of having abandonment issues with your favorite addon.

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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Controlling Your Reputation
Are You Experienced
Farming Post Patch 5.1
The Hours of Power
Profit Calculation 101:  GPH
THIS IS GOLD MAKING!!!!
Prepping For Darkmoon Faire
Limited Item Is My Favorite Word
Patch Me Now
Old World Farming
Shake Off The Bad Days
Secret Of  My Success.html
Know Their Roles
Flipping Off The Competition
Kyparite: The New Pyrite
Pilgrim's Bounty For The Educated
Is Your Cartel Happy?
Brawlers Guild: Your Killing Us Here
Change of Scenery
Mists of Pandaria in 5 words

Patch Me Now

Posted by J.E. Douglas at 5:00 PM

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Mommar Here.

On tuesday there is a high probability (not a guarantee) that patch 5.1 will go live on the servers.   With this patch there is some new content added (including the before mentioned Brawlers Guild and a new group of quests to create a landing site for the horde in Krasarang Wilds.  If you want a preview of the daily quests and rewards that will become live with the new patch,  wowinsider has a very nice preview and listing for everything having to do with the new offensive here.

With every patch there generally is a quick change to the market.   New items that drop from new raids and content will need to get enchants and enhancements.  Players will want to add or subtract gems to their gear to obtain the best chances for survival.

For Gold Goblins this is also the last pre-patch time to prepare for the patch by buying materials to sell when the servers restart.  This patch does not have any big market items that are obvious to hold and sell for large profits.  Your base materials for all of the different crafters will be in demand at the start.   So make sure to take a few extra minutes before you go to bed tuesday to see if there are any quick deals in enchanting materials or raw Blacksmithing/Leatherworking materials.

But also remember that for now there is no complete guarantee the patch will go live tuesday morning.   Until the servers come back up for play or the powers that be acknowledge that it is patch day Gold Goblins should keep their business at an even keel.

Also don't forget that with any patch to keep your auction house based addons updated.   Before logging on checking with Curse.com or Wowinterface.com can save you a lot of heartache at 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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Shake Off The Bad Days
Secret Of  My Success.html
Know Their Roles
Flipping Off The Competition
Kyparite: The New Pyrite
Pilgrim's Bounty For The Educated
Is Your Cartel Happy?
Brawlers Guild: Your Killing Us Here
Change of Scenery
Mists of Pandaria in 5 words

Shake Off The Bad Days

Posted by J.E. Douglas at 12:24 PM

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Mommar here

One of the realities of selling items on World of Warcraft is that you will have bad days.  There will be days that your gold flow will be closer to a trickle.   These are the days that you could try to sell your soul and someone would ask for a refund.

Bad selling days should never get you frustrated.   What they should do is encourage you to figure out why they occur.   Is it due to holidays when no one is playing online?   A new game drew all the attention?   Perhaps even the idea that there is a nice juicy expensive item on the Black Market Auction House that has every ones attention.

The key to any business equation is to figure out where and when your sales occur.  Every bit of knowledge can lead to this,  and keep you from spending your time hunting for sales that won't occur at that time.

Certain questions you can ask yourself to figure out the schedule your server keeps,  and prepare you for the sales rush that occurs.

When is 'raiding time' for your major server guilds?
What time do people log in to look for items?
When do players 'go to bed' and leave the server barren?

There are plenty of other questions that can be asked to gauge the server sales flows and patterns.   Riding those patterns can increase your sales and keep the bad days at bay.

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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Secret Of  My Success.html
Know Their Roles
Flipping Off The Competition
Kyparite: The New Pyrite
Pilgrim's Bounty For The Educated
Is Your Cartel Happy?
Brawlers Guild: Your Killing Us Here
Change of Scenery
Mists of Pandaria in 5 words

Know Their Roles

Posted by J.E. Douglas at 2:03 PM

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Mommar here (as if it would be someone else)

There is one constant when your dealing with World of Warcraft.  Every interaction you have with someone is a possible chance to sell.  Whether it's a direct sale request from a guild member,  or with a complete stranger from Trade Chat.  Each time you contact someone,   the opportunity to sell or invest is there.

One of these places is Heroic Dungeons.   Heroic Dungeons are where players are getting geared up for raiding.  When a piece drops that they need and win,  that is the best opportunity to find out if they need an enhancement.  If it's a healing piece and your a tailor,   have a good healing thread ready to sell.   Leatherworkers can have armor patches all ready to sell in a moments notice.  Jewelcrafters should have their blanks ready to cut and sell to the winner.

This can also be looked at a good opportunity for advertisement.   Cutting a deal with a player in a Heroic can advertise your business just as good as barking in trade chat.  Many players like to work with one or two players instead of having to run around finding the character enhancements for their toons.

The other point of this is to have knowledge of what is going to be the best for that player.  A tailor will fit a piece of wardrobe for a new customer each time.   An excellent tailor will know when to crease and fold that same wardrobe to make it stunning.  Your knowledge base on what the best DPS item or Healing item can reward you with added gold in the long term.

Every contact is a potential sale.  Every piece of knowledge puts you one step closer to your ultimate Gold Goblin Goal.

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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Flipping Off The Competition
Kyparite: The New Pyrite
Pilgrim's Bounty For The Educated
Is Your Cartel Happy?
Brawlers Guild: Your Killing Us Here
Change of Scenery
Mists of Pandaria in 5 words
Prepping For The Future
Eyes On The Prize
Pattern Farming With Your Jewelcrafter
Lorewalker This Way
Brawlers Guild Blues
Prioritizing Your Daily Quests
BMAH Strikes Back
Trick or Treat JMTC Style
Steel Negotiations
For Whom Does The Songbell Toll
To Level 90 and Beyond
Tales of a Gold Goblin Bully
Chess Pieces Taking The Field

BMAH Strikes Back

Posted by J.E. Douglas at 12:08 PM

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Mommar here.

It finally happened.  The day that I have been dreading since the mechanics of the Black Market Auction House was announced.

Let me give you a little back story    If you have read my writings you know that I've been playing World of Warcraft for over 7 years.   Ever since the introduction of Burning Crusades there was one mount that I learned about that made me drool over and over again.  

The Reins of the Raven Lord drops from Sethekk Halls in a special boss (in the beginning you had to carry a druid into your party that was going for their epic flying form or already had finished it).   In a later 4.01 patch the developers made this boss accessible by everyone.

I wanted this mount very badly.   It looked regal and screamed of awesome in every way.   And knowing how rare of a drop that the mount was made me want it even more.  So I grabbed every run I could,  if my guild said anything about running Sethekk Halls (or as I referred to it Sexy Halls) I was there.  Tanking or dps or carrying everyone's bags.

When the instance became solo-able I started running it ever day (Heroics had a one day lockout),  with many guildees noticing I was in Sexy Halls once again.  It became my ritual and even my addiction.   One time brought a friend in there to run it.   The day had come,  and I had my first chance at the mount I dreamed about.   Unfortunately I lost the roll to my friend.  

So my trek continued.  Day after day I lugged myself into Sethekk Halls because the mount would be mine.  O yes it would be mine.    After 256 attempts (yes,  I actually looked it up) the mount finally dropped.  I giggled like a madman,  learned the mount and then exited the instance for the last time.

It has been a tradition of mine that when I get a new shiny mount I will run semi nekkid through all the main cities.   Call it my own personal celebration of sorts.  I got whistles and cheers and even some flack from other players but I really didn't care.

So fast forward to today when on the Black Market Auction House I see Reins of the Raven Lord for sale.   The bid was low (15k to start) but still a little tinge of disappointment crossed my mind.   I've always been a strange duck when it comes to items.   I don't like to buy items that are still available if I have the patience and tenacity to obtain them on my own.   The journey to me is just as important as the destination.   But that does not remove the opportunity for others to have one of the most beautiful mounts in Warcraft at a price they are willing to pay.

At some point every Gold Goblin decides what something is valued to themselves.   Their personal trinkets that add up to enjoyment.   That favorite mount that allows them to strut to their next quest in style.  Or even their costume that brings out the pirate accent in their mind.   All players decide the value of something whether it's gold or hard work.   Both are enjoyable in their own way.

So next time you see me strutting around on my Raven Lord mount,   give a wave and a smile and then figure out which trinket you have that your willing to obtain in your own way.


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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Trick or Treat JMTC Style
Steel Negotiations
For Whom Does The Songbell Toll
To Level 90 and Beyond
Tales of a Gold Goblin Bully
Chess Pieces Taking The Field
When Numbers Lie
Arrow to the Knee
Must Have Farming Equipment
But How Much Is It?
You Just Can't Fix Stupid
Trick or Treat Time 
Can Pokewow be saved?

Really?

Posted by J.E. Douglas at 12:41 PM

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There is an old saying that goes an expert is someone who knows just a little bit more than you.   I've kept this journal for the most part as being a gold making journal.  When it comes to improving tanking and dps,  I know just enough to be dangerous and to do adequate in raids.

With that in mind I tend to keep my mouth shut inside of instances and raids unless it is impractical to keep quiet.  This ranges from players running around in circles to someone trying to tank with a fishing pole.  But there does seem to be a small percentage of players who feel the need to 'improve' everyone in a group.

Today's case was my last chance to obtain the Horseman's Helm last night during the Hallow's Eve event.   Tank was holding aggro just fine,  healing was up to snuff.  Dps was chugging along then all of a sudden someone decided to announce to the tank that 'stacking stam is so vanilla wow'.  

To most this isn't a big deal.   Even to me it isn't that important when it comes to my day to day Warcraft 'career'.  But it did spark a little bit of thought in my mind.  I have never understood the need to players to call out others in groups for what they perceive is wrong.   I have seen some screwed up gem configurations as I've played wow.  From DPS stacking Parry gems to tanks running on intellect gems.   All players that could take constructive advice,  even to the point of offering them replacement gems if I had some in my inventory.

But the idea of calling someone out in public and trying to embarrass them is beyond my though process.   Perhaps it's the idea that I'm comfortable with who I am.  Not needing to stomp over people metaphorically in an imaginary field of game play   I do not feel the need to yell,  scream,  stomp or curse someone out for a mistake they have made.   I am not graced with omniscience to know their story.  They might be having a bad day and made a mistake in gearing.  

The long and short of it is that it is not worth my personal view of myself, or my sense of honor to try to make someone feel bad about themselves.  The anonymous lifestyle of online games prevents most players from getting verbally smacked in real life.   So a player acting like a jackass gets away with it relatively scott from.   But at somepoint personal responsibility and even public retribution plays a part in how someone views others.

There are players on any realm that have reputations for being good people.  They give away enchants for free,  help players the right way with constructive advice.   There are others with the reputations that scream for them to be avoided.  Sooner or later actions catch up with players.   The World of Warcraft is not big enough to be completely anonymous.

So next time you decide the tank sucks,  take it to guild chat or better yet stuff it in your pocket.  If it is so bad that your seeing red,  leave the raid or dungeon and queue up again.   Your reputation will thank you in the end.

Good Luck and Good Hunting

How Not to Influence People

Posted by J.E. Douglas at 4:08 PM

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I've been told in my life that I do not deal well with stupidity.  Now stupidity tends to find itself in many different forms and cadences.  Whether it's the guy at the door trying to convert me to a religion that I have no interest in,  or the person at the counter at the local store asking dumb questions.  I tend to not handle stupid very well.

I received an email from a reader discussing a situation that they had run into.  They being a fellow gold goblin had posted up some herbs at a reasonably selling price.   Instead of the player deciding to politely ask if that was their intention,  they decided to berate them.   Including some name calling and crass remarks.  

Having played this game for many years,  it still surprises me from time to time the reality that just because someone is anonymous does not give them the right to act like the north end of a south bound donkey.  Each of the lessons that I try to teach on this journal is meant to be executed with a certain amount of decorum and dare I say honor.   As has been said many times,  there are players behind the keyboard with feelings and emotions.

When I started playing World of Warcraft I was a mess.   While not going into specifics I was a proverbial hermit that didn't go out that often.   I spent more time in my house than is normally to be expected of a grown man.  It was my safety and my kingdom with limited social interaction.   At the time I was recovering form a physical injury so I wasn't into the bar scene,  or the gaming scene or anything other than books and the occasional chat room.  

I had just started a vigorous rehabilitation schedule with a lot of downtime for recovery.  So a friend of mine suggested I look at playing World of Warcraft for recreation and also for the possibility of social interaction. Five years later I still play,  and have become very vehement to my defense of the human nature of players behind the game.

So when I hear of stories such as this is turns my stomach.   In the long run all of these herbs, and ore and epic items and such are just pixels and complicated mathematics on a digitized screen.  They are not real and have no direct effect on how we live life.  But our attitudes and our reactions do have an effect on people.  Whether it is in the positive or the negative of the situation.  

I proceeded to explain my viewpoint to the writer that it was more apt this person was having an ulterior motive for their uncouth behavior.  The odds were that the offender wanted them to pull their auctions and post at a higher rate so that they could undercut her.   Later did I found out my supposition was correct.

So why share this with you?   Because I never want my words and my actions to make it seem that gold goblin behaviors would ever encompass this type of attitude.  To be a real gold goblin does not mean that you just make the most gold you can.  It means that you hold yourself up to a higher standard of the game.   You become a diplomat of sorts to not just the gold,  but to the spirit of the game.   Everyone has every right to play the game as they want.   But i would hope that the first lesson that is learned from reading these writings is that we are all human,  and should be treated as such.  Otherwise,  it's time to take a quick look at your life and your values and decide whether you are truly gold goblin material.

Good Luck and Good Hunting.

Brewfest 2012:

Posted by J.E. Douglas at 9:05 AM

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Ziggy Ziggy Ziggy Oi Oi Oi.

So I got started a little early with Brewfest.   But stopped by to talk a little bit about one of my favorite World of Warcraft Holidays.   Brewfest 2012.

Unfortunately this year this holiday is coming right after the introduction of the Mists of Pandaria expansion.  The Boss battle with Coren Direbrew is set at level 90,  with needing to be level 89 to get into the fun.   The loot table is basically the same as it has been every year (upgraded name,  upgraded statistics)

Bitterest Balebrew Charm

Bubbliest Brightbrew Charm

Thousand-Year Pickled Egg

Brawler's Statue

Coren's Cold Chromium Coaster

Mithril Wristwatch

The interesting part of this whole event gold wise is going to be the two pets.

Pint Sized Pink Pachyderm

Wolpertingers Tankard

Both can be purchased with tokens,   Both are Battle Pets and tradeable.   This will be the first time that you can trade/enchange these as caged pets.  So even after you have all of your needed tokens for the achievement you still can use the extra tokens for pet sales.

With the limited amount of players on many servers at level 89-90 I won't be surprised about long waits.  Perhaps a good opportunity to sale your 'services' as a tank or healer is possible.  Don't be in a hurry to  disband a group immediately.  Players at the start of the holiday will want to get their specific class item so they are more than willing to run the Coren Direbrew boss 2 or more times before it drops.

Wowinsider.com has an awesome write up on all the events including boss strategy.   Jump over there and take a look at what they have to say.  With new upgrades comes new demands for enchants for weapons.   Enchanters should be looking to quickly get their business cranked up (unfortunately the Direbrew items aren't DE for easy materials).  

This is always a fun holiday for me.   Hopefully everyone will have fun with it,  as well as continue their leveling and selling.  

Good Luck and Good Drinking

p.s.   Sorry about the title for yesterday's entry.   Not sure how that one made it pass the goalie.


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Previous Entries

Slow Markets Does Not Mean No Markets
Easy Money From Skinning in MOP
Warcraft Harvest Festival:  Whats it good for?
Leveling professions - Easysauce
First Day In Pandaland
The First 48
The Gospel of Goblin: MOP Edition
MOP Prep:  Last Minute Shopping
O Be Careful Little Goblin What You Buy
The End of Warcraft? Whats Next?
Not So Bottomless Bag of Holding
MOP Prep:  PokeWOW Part 1
MOP Prep: PokeWOW Part 2
MOP Prep:   Enchanters Pt 1
MOP Prep:  Enchanters Part Deux
MOP Prep: What to save for the Pandas Pt 1
MOP:  Powerleveling Leatherworking in the Vale
MOP Prep:   Prepping the Farmer
MOP Prep:  Get to the Points
MOP Prep:  Reduction in Inventory
MOP Prep: Stuff to Gold,  Gold to Stuff
MOP Prep: Setting the Lineup
MOP Prep: Setting up the Cartel
MOP Prep:   Zero Balance Investment

Farming and You

Posted by J.E. Douglas at 1:15 PM

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At one point I wrote and article You will Farm and You Will Like It giving a brief discussion on the trials and tribulations of the warcraft gamer.

Farming in Warcraft at one point was a necessary evil.  Auction House Prowess was a very rare commodity during 'Vanilla' wow.  Which gold gurus being held in high esteem.  As the progression of expansion packs created more and more markets for sales,  this esteem lost a little bit of its luster.   Knowledge of how to sell,  and what to sell was passed on to players,  to the point that the raiding community could do the majority of their chores without the need to spend hours farming their own materials.  They could spend their time and energies gaining items to increase their power,  or in some cases vanity items.

If you look specifically at the materials farming professions (mining, herbing, skinning) there still is a great demand for these items.   Blizzard having tightened up the screws on 'Chinese Gold Farmers' has evened out the market giving the casual farmer just as much ability to gain gold with this method.

There is always a cost to making gold in Warcraft.  In farming,  the cost is time and effort.  The cost of the items that are needed for basic and even advanced farming is minimal.  Even if you go and purchase the best farming items (Gnomish Army Knife,  Enchants for gloves),  the investment still ends up being minimal.  

The one thing to look at is that a little bit of information will get you a log way when it comes to farming.  Information will be quickly found on the best farming spots with the MOP release.  Having these little pieces of information will end up putting you above the other farmers running to sell their collected materials on the market.

Farming is one of many tools that you should be prepared to use in your arsenal of gold making toolbox.  Without it,  you are at the mercy of others for your gold making needs.

Good Luck and Good Hunting


New Classes Bring New Opportunities

MOP Prep:   Zero Balance Investment
Slow and Steady
Behold the Reputation Rush
Never Play Poker with Orcs
Monday Morning Blues
Jewelcrafting dailies or something
Out of the Market Too Early????
Welcome to the Cult
Born to be Mild
Its a Date

Its All Attitude

It's the Little Things

The Return of Portal

The Rod Giveth and Blizzard tTaketh Away

The Doh Club

Wowcations

Psychology of Selling

Value for the Buck

The Return of Vendor Prices

MOP Prep:  Get to the Points

MOP Prep:  Reduction in Inventory

MOP Prep: Stuff to Gold,  Gold to Stuff

MOP Prep: Setting the Lineup

MOP Prep: Setting up the Cartel

New classes Bring new Opportunities... maybe

Posted by J.E. Douglas at 12:18 PM

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The introduction of Mists of Pandaria brings us Panda toons and class combinations to play with.   As with any expansion, this also include in the shiny new package are new mounts,  new clothes,   new hairdos and all sorts of added items for our gold gluttony.   With gold goblin senses on high,  new opportunities will appear right in front of us.

But also new traps arrive in the package.  The Pandarian race will be isolated from the rest of the Horde and Alliance til they make their choice on which side of the upcoming war to choose.  This becomes very important because it will also isolate them from areas that gold goblins will take for granted.   A strong viable sales area are the weapons from 10-20.  These have long been a staple for players wanting to get their new shiny toons leveled faster through the opening zones.

But with the limitation of access to this area comes the pitfall of investing now in weapons and armor specifically directed towards these toons.   Many players while leveling their Pandas will have to be satisified with what they gain through random drops and quest rewards.  This stifles the access to sell to these new players for profit.  

Now this doesn't eliinate the access to other players races,  All of them have quick access to AH and mailboxes to procure items.   Plus the possibility of access to Pandarian plunder will still be viable.  But as with any new race,  the stats will be more than comparable with items from the Auction House.  So their purchasing may become limited except for the occasional vanity item or ultimate power leveler.

So keep this in mind as you start to invest in mid 10-20 armor and weapons,  your sales will end up being more directed to players from other races,  and pandarians might end up being the cheapskates of Axeroth and beyond.

Good Luck and Good Hunting

Previous Articles

MOP Prep:   Zero Balance Investment

Slow and Steady
Behold the Reputation Rush
Never Play Poker with Orcs
Monday Morning Blues
Jewelcrafting dailies or something
Out of the Market Too Early????
Welcome to the Cult
Born to be Mild
Its a Date

Its All Attitude

It's the Little Things

The Return of Portal

The Rod Giveth and Blizzard tTaketh Away

The Doh Club

Wowcations

Psychology of Selling

Value for the Buck

The Return of Vendor Prices

MOP Prep:  Get to the Points

MOP Prep:  Reduction in Inventory

MOP Prep: Stuff to Gold,  Gold to Stuff

MOP Prep: Setting the Lineup

MOP Prep: Setting up the Cartel

Out of the market too early?

Posted by J.E. Douglas at 1:35 PM

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The onslaught has begun when it comes to inventory.  With the announcement of Mists of Pandaria released in September,  players are emptying all their reserves into the market.   They do not want to get caught with their proverbial gold pants down.

This is where your training and experience will come into play.   As markets start to become less viable,  there will still be demand for some items.   Raw materials will still have some market acceptance as players finish off their crafting queues to reach their maximum level.  Inventory dumped in one area can easily become saleable items now,  or later down the road.

My personal favorite is the Jewelcrafting area.   Players are dumping their extra gems that were produced with the Elementium shuffle.   Leaving inventory at low costs and driving down prices.

But remember,  you have an army of new players that will need leveling gems.  They will also want to use gems for turn ins for their Jewelcrafting dailies.   Plus those gems are easily converted into materials that will still sell if you have access to an enchanter.  Even the lowly Zephyrite will be useful for turn ins as Mists of Pandaria begins to mature on the servers.  So instead of just vendoring everything or selling at a steep discount.  Look to see what can be converted or the chance later on in the market.

Volatiles will still be needed as MOP continues on.  Players will want to level their professions,  and make an occasional item.   So investing in Volatile fire for 2g a piece could easily double your investment down the road.    Gold Goblins never turn down a chance for profit.

Also look for guild banks to come up for sale.  Players deciding not to return to the game after their wowcations.    Raiding guilds no longer viable,  jumping on a quick buy of a guild can give you a large amount of items to profit from.

Where markets are slow to buy,  there is a trickle down for large items that can continue on through the expansions.  Mounts,  pets and vanity items become big sellers as players sort out space in their banks,  and look to entertain themselves.

Keep your goblin eyes open,  and be on top of the markets.

Good Luck and Good Hunting


Past Entries

Welcome to the Cult
Born to be Mild
Its a Date

Its All Attitude

It's the Little Things

The Return of Portal

The Rod Giveth and Blizzard tTaketh Away

The Doh Club

Wowcations

Psychology of Selling

Value for the Buck

The Return of Vendor Prices

MOP Prep:  Get to the Points

MOP Prep:  Reduction in Inventory

MOP Prep: Stuff to Gold,  Gold to Stuff

MOP Prep: Setting the Lineup

MOP Prep: Setting up the Cartel