Gold: it makes a player better

Posted by J.E. Douglas at 1:02 PM

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When World of Warcraft began in 2001. Gold making wasn't on the map.  It was a niche idea that a few were able to begin with.   Auction house buying was young,  and most of the fortunes made in game were from dubious methods (buying of gold,  duplication of items etc).

But fast forwarding to today,  there are multiple journals and opinions on how to make gold.  From farming,  selling,  buying, crafting.  All viable ideas.  But with one purpose,  to make you into a Warcraft virtual millionaire.   

The plain truth is that making a large amount of gold in the game changes how you view playing.  Deal hunting and selling becomes a unofficial profession of it's own.  Now with the right amount of gold you can have just about anything you want in the game.   You can almost instantly have a raid equipped toon in under 5 minutes.  You can buy that awesome mount,  or even buy a run to get an awesome mount.   Want a cat,  jump to the AH and you can buy one of your very own.  

The benefits of having gold will change the game.  Also it will become a game until itself.   Getting bored with raiding and dungeons (and right now it's not that difficult to do).   The AH becomes a flexible opponent that you can never truly beat.   As the consortium forums say,  gold making is the ultimate in PVP.

As we continue with this journal.  Getting closer to the Mists of Pandaria invasion,  those that are making gold now will have a huge advantage over someone who is just starting out.  It is difficult,  near impossible to get a realm first in a crafting profession without having enough money saved up.  The first BOE mounts and getting the first combat pets require gold to purchase from the AH,  or the time to farm them up yourselves.

So what is the tip for today?   Be ready for tomorrow and the next day and the next day.   Making gold in the warcraft game changes your gaming life,  and it changes how people look at you.    And how you look at yourself

Good Luck and Good Hunting

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Posted by J.E. Douglas at 6:21 PM

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In the past few weeks there have been more and more messages arriving at the JMTC office Midwest campus.

Some end up being thanks for tips,  some are comments about my style (or lack of).  And even the occasional spam from a African princess looking for love in all the wrong places.

But one of the most popular ones are looking for tips on how to make more gold.  Many of them lately being of the "I'm just restarting to play wow again,  and I need to make 5-10k gold every day.

I thoroughly enjoy helping people making warcraft gold.   And having 2.3 million in the bank seems to say that I am semi decent at it.    With the different methods,   economic builds,   elementium shuffles and other strategies that we talk about all the time here.  There is one ideal that should be put into any gold sellers mind as being their mantra:

I supply,   they demand.

Everything gold related expands on this ideal.   You have consumers that want products,  you have methods to make these products and to supply them.    The rest is a matter of learning the mathematics behind the sales.   What can I sell to someone,  and what will they pay for it.   This seems like a simple idea,  but you build your millions based on this one statement.   Everything else is extra curricular on what you do with your money.

The other answer  that seemed to be a popular answer from others have been you need to have TSM or another favorite addon to make gold in the game.   It was even presented at one point that you needed to have the Android/Iphone app and two accounts to make gold in warcraft.  Where these ideas do open a lot more opportunities.  They really are in no way required to make lots of gold in the game.  It takes time,  and knowledge and even a form of discipline.   The addons make things a lot easier.  But just like science.  If you do not have a baseline knowledge of how the warcraft economics work,  you are limiting your gold making opportunities

Gold making should always be fun in the game.  It can easily become a game into itself. one that you know the score by hearing the ringing of the coin purse as you answer your mail.  IT's a basic skill that will open up areas that you never believed possible.    Gearing alts quickly,  buying that stronger piece,  buying your way into mount runs.   The only limits are what your mind can develop.

There is no truly easy button to press to make gold.   Everyone has an opinion on how it's done,  and sometimes they are right,   sometimes they are wrong.   The decision has to be your own on whether you want to try something with the chance of failing.  Or just look at that 85k mount you have always wanted and not be able to afford it.

Good Buying and selling

Want to get in contact with me? . Email me at Dragonbearjoe @ gmail. dOT com or find me on twitter at  "@Dragonbearjoe" or leave a comment here.   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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