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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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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Brawlers Guild.. Blizzard Your Killing Us Here

Posted by J.E. Douglas at 12:38 PM

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Dear Blizzard.

I understand that things change with each PTR build.   I understand that one week something might make complete sense,  when the next week after the coffee and crumb cake high has exhausted itself you might change your mind.  But please keep us Gold Goblins writers in mind.   We already look like fools at times when we type 'your' and you're.   So when we say something is a bad idea to get involved with,  please keep this in mind when you change how something works.  It will save us plenty of time and energy from having to backtrack a previous strategy.

Thank you

A loyal fan.


So now you are reading this and saying 'really?', what mighty change are you talking about.  Is my DPS becoming higher?   Healing more awesome than awesome?   Free gold for the needy?   Nope. sorry,  you are on your own for all of that.  But one sentence in one PTR build has changed anything I have said about the Brawlers Guild and getting involved with it as an investment opportunity.

One of the previous problems as I suggested in the previous entry was that there was a hard limit on how many invitations a player could give.  They could give one invite once they reached level 7.   They could also purchase ones off the Black Market Auction House for an exorbitant price,  but the developers had already stated they didn't feel most players could corner this market.

Now that we know they will drop off of certain NPCs (world bosses and probably dungeons encounters) there will be a hotter market for these.   It's still unknown just how the Blood Soaked Invitation will be completely implemented.  The Powers that be might just change their mind and give them as Christmas gifts for everyone.   But a lot of the market will depend on availability.   If they do drop from NPCs in dungeons and raids,  prepare to be needing on the item and selling it quickly.   The burst of opportunity for sales will be  front loaded.   As more and more players go through these dungeons/raids after patch 5.1,  then the market will become more and more flooded.

So be prepared again and keep digging for information and be prepared to kill some NPCs.  Remember the first rule of Brawlers Guild.   We have no clue about Brawlers Guild.

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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Explaining Mists of Pandaria In 5 Words

Posted by J.E. Douglas at 9:29 AM

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This weekend a friend of mine talked to me about how I thought Mists of Pandaria was turning out.  He had decided to take a little bit of time off for his family and friends.   Another friend gave him a 60 day card as a gift for some work he did,  so he asked what he was getting into.

I started to give him the unvarnished truth about how I felt about the expansion.   Including what I share here and all the other parts that I both enjoy and do not enjoy when it comes to the expansion.   He is familiar with parts of my history when it comes to the game as well.

Later after I finished my schtick on the pros and cons of MOP I wondered if I had been a good ambassador to the game.   It is still a game that draws me to play,  but it is far from the addiction that it had been earlier in my life.  Still drawn to gold making and to enjoying quests,  but partially retired from raiding.  All of these things wrapped into how I felt about the expansion.

Then I proceeded to believe that what were the main parts of an explanation of warcraft.  And just how far could that description be filtered down too.   Could it be lowered to just a few words


1:   Mythos

I believe that the mythos created with Mists of Pandaria is some of the best storytelling that Blizzard has come up with.   Not just the straight forward quest text.  But the Lorewalker mythos,  the factions tied together into a overall war between different belief systems.   The last time that Blizzard told an overall story like this was during the Burning Crusade expansion.

2.   Pokemon

There is no escaping the idea that one of the mini games is Pokemon.   This is one of those breaking points with a lot of players.   There are no requirements to be a pet trainer,  and it has absolutely no effect on raiding.  But for many players,  just the thought of having it anywhere close to the game they love is an affront to their gaming beliefs.

3.  Dailies

After reaching level 90,  Dailies become one of the big parts of many players lives.   Whether they are raiders,  or questers or like to sit around a home city and make bad Chuck Norris Jokes.   Dailies to advance in gear and in reputation are a major part of logging on every day.   With previous expansions there were multiple options to obtain reputation.   Token purchases,  dailies,  running heroic dungeons and even questing could raise most reputations to exalted.  With MOP,  you will do your dailies and you will like it.

4.  Scenerios

These were the masterstroke for Blizzard to work with both the casual player as well as the hardcore player.   Having a setup where all you need is to queue and wait for three players,  no tank or healer required has made queue times much quicker.   It gives a taste of structured dungeons without the need to beholden to a healer and tank to queue.

5.   Repetition

This is the bane of any game,  whether it's monopoly or the most advanced MMO on the market.  Once the shiny parts wear off of a game,  then you have the base parts that get replayed time and time again.   With 5.1 just on the horizon,  new areas will be open to combat the repetition that can plague any players gaming life.   Repetition can result in boredom,  boredom can result in players looking to other places for entertainment.

There are more words that players will use when describing Mists of Pandaria to themselves.  Some would use Savior,  others might use cursed.   Either way,  the way that we frame words to describe what draws us back into wow,  can do the same for others.  Or drive them away to do something else.

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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Fingers In The Pie

Posted by J.E. Douglas at 8:30 AM

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Mommar here.

This weekend I decided to take a couple of personal days from Warcraft.   I figured that my farm would still grow it's crops.  My pets would be fine if they were stabled for two days.   Spending time with friends and family felt more important than killing one more of the Klaxxis enemies.

But even when I am taking a wow mini vacation I like to keep track of the markets.   This is where a communication with my server cartel becomes very useful.   I have invested a certain amount of gold with other players in the understanding that if a super sweet deal ever pops up they can buy items for me.   This does take a little bit of trust and understanding that the entire cartel benefits when one member is successful.   Where member of the cartel are embroiled in a friendly competition against each other,  working together has many benefits.

This communication with the markets also comes from other methods.   This weekend I did not feel like sitting in front of my desktop and chatting in my guild about markets and what was available on the Black Market Auction House.   So I was able to break out my trusty tablet computer and jump on the Warcraft Armory App to find out if there was anything on the Black Market Auction house worth my attention.  Where the BMAH isn't directly available from the Armory app,  a quick discussion with a cartel member that was logged online told me that Mimirons Head had not appeared for bidding yet.

All of this took me 10-15 minutes and allowed me to know that there was no major catastrophe market wise that required my immediate attention.   Keeping me in touch with my fellow cartel members and allowed me to continue to have a little piece of information pie on my Warcraft days off.

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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Prepping for the Future

Posted by J.E. Douglas at 8:30 AM

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Mommar here.

Hopefully you have been keeping up with your sources of information about the World of Warcraft game.  Many are reporting that patch 5.1 is just over the horizon.  New gear,   New quests and (ugh) new dailies to unlock new content.

Where noone really knows the release date,  it is generally accepted that when something hits the PTR then they are fine turning the patch.  So within a month is not a difficult belief that we will be downloading the new patch.

Any patch brings new opportunities for investment.   The investment time between the cataclysm expansion and the Mists of Pandaria expansion were not as booming as everyone hoped they would be.  The new crafting system took out a lot of spark in people's wallets.  On many servers there isn't as much action in leveling alts.   The money is out there,  but it isn't pouring over the walls as was to be expected.

With 5.1 there is once again another chance to get the burst in gold production that patches bring.   Higher level gear always means higher level enchants and enhancements.   Raw materials are in abundance on the Auction house,  to the point that undercutting has become rampant.   Keeping an eye on sale deals and storage can become profitable again for long term investments.

Looking at where your toons are right now and who gets first crack at the new content becomes just as important as what is placed on the Auction House.  The Brawlers Guild invite system, where I do not believe is going to be a good investment overall might provide some chances to get that ego stroke that we all can need.  Planning your costs will be just as important as how much gold you make that week.

As more details are released on 5.1,  look for those opportunities to be able to improve your sales.  Looking at what patterns will be in demand.  What enchantments and enhancements for new gear.  Having those materials in stock from the start will blow the competition out of the water in one masterstroke.

Research is not just book work.  It is required to stay on top of the Gold Goblin community.

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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Eyes On The Prize

Posted by J.E. Douglas at 1:30 PM

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The election is over (I voted Thrall myself as a write in candidate), and players are knee deep in the midst of Mists of Pandaria.  

I have always been goal orientated.  From working on leveling,  finishing quests and achievements. Grinding reputation with whatever faction I am working on at that point..  My goals are to accomplish my next step to whatever goal I have set for myself.   Upgrades to my gear to new toys I get to play with.   It becomes easier to view things as step by step towards my goals instead of just being a whirling dervish of inaction or misguided randomness.

This also includes goals in making gold in World of Warcraft.   There is no question that it has become slightly more difficult to make gold in World of Warcraft.   Higher requirements for levelings and Spirits of Harmony grinding has made some items more valuable.    Past techniques such as the Jewelcrafting shuffle have had to become a much more selective process to remain profitable.

But being goal orientated allows a player to set where they want to be.  Measuerments of their own accomplishments based on their own views of where they want to be.   PVP and even PVE raids have unofficial ladders of accomplishments.  But Gold Goblins have to create their own ladders to view when they have been personally successful.

Become goal orientated in your dealings with everyday chores.  Setting those goals will give more meaning to the tedious grinds of listing items,  or grinding out dailies.   Enjoy the rewards once you reach your goals and then prepare to set your next goal for the future.

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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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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Prioritizing Your Daily Quests

Posted by J.E. Douglas at 8:00 AM

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Mommar Here

Darkmoon Faire has arrived again.   The dailies that last for the next week added onto the other dailies available seem insurmountable.   Even doing your quickest route finishing two or three sets of dailies can tack on two or three hours of gameplay running around repeating the same kills.

If your like me you don't have the entire night to play wow every night.  Between work and  enjoying actual human companionship it just isn't high on my complete list to spend the next 5 hours every night finishing every day quest,  and raid,  and level another toon etc.

So this is where your planning and strategy becomes important for your long term goals.  Figuring out which of the dailies you need to obtain the recipes or trinkets you really want.   After arriving at those points then stopping and moving onto a new set.

I am a completist by nature,  so my main toon ends up being the one picking up the reputation from all of the different factions during expansions.  My other toons are mix and match depending on their professions and their needs.   Taking a few moments and looking at rewards will grant you that extra time you will need to be able to finish your other Warcraft related goals.

Your time is just as important as any gold making venture.  Keeping this in mind will maximize your profits and also your ability to enjoy World of Warcraft for the long term during this expansion.

The writers at http://www.orcisharmyknife.com/ have made a list of tips on how to make your dailies easier to finished.   Go over and take a look and give them some link love.

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: Last Minute Items

Posted by J.E. Douglas at 7:00 PM

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A very excited Mommar here.

It's just over 48 hours before the gates to Mists of Pandaria open.   Players are getting those last minute chores finished.  Making one final attempt at Deathwing with the guild.  Ready to take on new challenges of classes and races.

In the next 48 hours players are going to be doing both their personal housekeeping and their guild housekeeping.  Even the raiding guild bank that I belong too needs a good cleaning out.   This means that on many servers there will be lots of items for sale at good healthy discounts.   Discounted items always bring a tear to a gold goblin eye.  

Your strategy from here on out will become more important for long term sales.  By now you should
you should have the majority of your epic items discounted for a quick sale.   Running your Disenchant 
searches in preparation for resale.

This weekend will be one of the last weekends to get your plans organized on leveling.  Who will be first 
to hit the lands of Pandaria?   Will your add-ons be prepared to go.   Now is a good time to try your hand 
at running without add-ons to make sure you're not waiting for updates.  

How is your sales strategy set up?   Who will be the first to list items on the AH?  What items will you 
queue first?   Will your Jewelcrafter be the first up to bat,  or your Enchanter?   The fine tuning of your 
plans now will pay dividends as the plains of Pandaria get invaded.

Here is what we know.

-   There will be no restart of the servers at midnight Pacific Daylight Time.  Before there has always 
     a server restart before a server expansion begins.  This will be new technology 
     (so bring your stress towel)

-   A new quest will pop up on screen at midnight for everyone that can enter Pandaria lands.  It starts at
    the main city leader for whichever faction you are.  (Garrosh for Horde,  Varian for Alliance)

-  Monks will be available at exactly midnight from the selection screen.    No game restart necessary

Now,  the parts that they don't tell you

There will be a large amount of people in the same small area (Stormwind and/or Orgrimmar) so yes
there will be lag for many players.   Waiting five or ten minutes before entering the area might save you
some frustration.

I have always suggested not to be the first one to start listing items for resell on the Auction House. 
If you are the first to list then you will be the first underbid.  Other than die hard players,  
the majority of players will not get started playing til later in the day. Get your daily chores finished,  
work on some leveling and prepared to wait for a bit.  It's new,  it's exciting but unless you're working 
on a realm first the game will be there tomorrow.

Many players will have 25 daily quests stocked up in their logs for turn-in at the beginning.  This will 
give you a small jump on the competition but it isn't going to be heartbreaking not to have them.   
Most of the trainers the main capital cities will allow you to start your Mists of Pandaria professions.  
Another option will be to have your characters sitting in Dalaran ready to start training.  The
The majority of players will be in the main cities auction houses and trainers so Dalaran should again be relatively barren.

If you're looking for your fishing realm first.  Have your bags emptied and ready to go.   Since you can 
get points for fishing everywhere I'm suggesting to be at the back end of the water in the sewers 
of Dalaran.  Many fishers will be at the front end of the waters.   And if need be you have an 
easy vendor spot just inside the inn if your bags get full.    With the Giant Sewer Rat being a drop in
the area this gives you added incentive to fish here.

Fishing poles will no longer be required to fish in Mists of Pandaria (are we using our swords to fish?)
but still bring your plus skill fishing poles to give you an added advantage.  If you fished your profession 
to maximum before it won't add much,  but you also want to look good when you get your fishing
realm first.

Last but not least.  Have fun.   This is a train ride up and down hills in the next 72 hours.  Be prepared to
enjoy the ride,  curse at the ride,  and cry during the ride.  But it is going to be enjoyable.  If you let the
ride be fun.

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 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

You want to do WHAT????

Posted by J.E. Douglas at 7:00 PM

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Mommar has arrived..  With cookies (okay,  I'm really working on a different intro here).

Goals are important in everything you do.   From everyday life to your World of Warcraft playing career.   Setting goals to obtain can be a driving force in your success.

One of the questions I consistently receive is 'how do I make gold'.   My response is always 'How much to you want to make?'.  Without a definitive goal in mind,  you end up floundering in the wind of frustration and failure.

1.  Set daily goals

When I started writing my book,   my attention was just the idea of sitting down and writing.  This worked for a time for me.  But the daily grind of life interfering got to me.  I found one day I would write one page,  and other days I would write 25 pages.   There was no consistency in my writing because there was no rhyme or reason on what production would be done.

In the World of Warcraft gold making,  500,000 is a nice round number.  Most players would be dancing in the streets to make 500,000 gold as they play.   Did you know that 500,000 gold only translates to a little under 1400g a day?    Setting a goal and telling yourself that you want to make 1400g a day becomes a lot more obtainable than just saying I want 500,000g by next summer.

2.  Know your skills

I will fully admit I am not the greatest writer in the world.   I have left some stinkers when it comes to entries here.  But there are items that I am proud of having written.  The one thing I know is that the only person with my viewpoint is myself.  And the only person with the combination of your time and your abilities is yourself.   Players may compete with you in certain professions.  But ultimately they cannot be on at the same time you are,  or have the same skill set of thoughts you bring to the table.  You are a unique gold goblin who chooses your own destiny.  If you're a grinder when it comes to gold, then you can make gold.  If you are a great flipper who can spot deals in a heartbeat,  then you should pursue that.  Perhaps you are the best barker in trade chat with a golden virtual tongue.  Bring that strength to what you do.   Your skills are what makes you successful.

3.  You only fail at your goals if you give up.

You are fully capable of doing anything you set your mind too.  But sometimes your goals aren't always successful.  The beauty of having a goal is that you can continue it on.   A famous wrestler has set himself up to climb to 7 greatest mountains of all time.   He has trained and taken them one step at a time.  Even through injuries he works at his goals,  and knows he will succeed.  Maybe not on the time frame originally planned,  but he will succeed ultimately.

4.  Set your own goals,  don't let others set them for you.

Players both in World of Warcraft and in the real world try to set goals for others.   They say your not successful unless you reach a certain dps.  Your not successful if you don't have a certain amount of gold in your bank.  Your not successful unless you have a porche in your driveway and a redhead on your arm.   The beauty of goals and success is that you set them for yourself.   And that success in your own life is what you build to have stronger and higher goals.   When I started playing warcraft I was excited beyond belief when I made my first 10,000g.  After that I was excited when I hit 50,000g.  I again was excited when I hit 100,000g.   Every goal I set for myself I was excited about.  Not because it made me BGOC (Big Goblin On Campus).  It made me successful to myself.   And ultimately that's who I measured my success on.

Daily goals in World of Warcraft become as important as breathing.   And setting your goals will drive   
you to success not just in your Warcraft career,  but in your daily life.

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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Too Much Stuff
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

MOP: Powerleveling Leatherworking in the Vale

Posted by J.E. Douglas at 4:22 PM

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Hey Gang,  it's Mommar again (one of these days it might be someone else you know).

Figured I would give you a good heads up.  Kaliope over at Craftertome.com has put her her powerleveling guide for Leatherworking.  I don't believe that just copying and pasting is fair so to make

sure she gets some link love here is the link to her guide Kaliope's Power leveling Zen Leatherworking.

After you've read that,  you will see that it appears and many of the professions are not going to require exotic ingredients as it has in the past.   The only thing that you will need to worry about is obtaining the recipes form the vendors at The Vale of Eternal Blossoms.  

If you enjoyed unlocking the vendors at Twilight Highlands,  then you're sure to love going through the opening sequence in Vale of Eternal Blossoms.   It doesn't seem to be open to unlocking to Level 87.  You can go there earlier but there aren't any quests available.

Just as what happened with Cataclysm and Twilight Highlands to unlock The Vale you have an opening quest line.

1.  [Quest] Temple of the White Tiger from Wang Chung outside the Temple Gates in Kun-Lai Summit

Pretty simple.  Go to Kun-Lai Summit and find Sunwalker Dezco at coordinates 68.6 43.0

He then sends to you Xuen for your next part.

2. [Quest]  A Celestial Experience

Again relatively simple.  Talk to Xuen, (68.8 42.8)  You have to kill three mobs 

(must be the first to tag for credit)

1.  Regular Copy of yourself

2.  Black and White Copy of yourself 

3.  King Varian for Horde or Garrosh Hellscream for Alliance

(For some reason I'm going to get this idea that in my mind I'll be saying 'stop hitting yourself' during the first two trials.

Going back to Xuen to turn in the quest you get the third quest from Sunwalker Dezco

3.  [Quest]  A Witness to History

Pretty simple again.   Get the quest from Sunwalker Dezco,   enjoy the cinematic (or go and get your favorite adult beverage) and then turn in the quest to Zhi the Harmonious.  (This last turn in NPC has changed two or three times so don't be surprised if it changes once more before the Mists of Pandaria release.)

Then you are now in the Vale of the Eternal Blossoms.  Welcome to your new home of dailies,   vendors and overall just good panda love.  At least it wasn't as complicated as Twilight Highlands go.  

Make sure to read more of Kaliope's writings and guides.   

Good Luck and Good Hunting

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MOP Prep:  Get to the Points
MOP Prep:  Reduction in Inventory
MOP Prep: Stuff to Gold,  Gold to Stuff
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MOP Prep: Setting up the Cartel
MOP Prep:   Zero Balance Investment
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