How Not To Make Gold In Warcraft

Posted by J.E. Douglas at 12:10 PM

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As I was reading different news related websites I stumbled upon an interesting story.   It seems that
a parent in a foreign country decided that his son had spent enough time playing on Warcraft.  So instead
of being an actual parent and limiting his sons activities.  The parent hired a cyber hit man to grief the sons characters all over Azeroth til they became frustrated and quit.

Admitting to myself that this was both creative and wrong.  It spiked the gold goblin in me to the idea that this idea wasn't the best to earn gold with.  Blizzard has been haphazard with their enforcement of no griefing policies when it comes to stalking players.   Many stories have been passed around about bans for 'griefing' other players by following them and killing them on PVP servers.

When my server was much stronger on world PVP there would be epic battles as groups would raid cities and people would run to the rescue.  Darnassus tended to be the most popular of places to plant players in and cause a ruckus along the server world.   Many cyber enemies were created with this PVP battles and many players became hated enemies along the times.

But I can say that it never crossed my mind to hire people to hunt someone til they became frustrated with the game.   This would be crossing an unwritten etiquette rule of sorts that were created between players.  Now I'm sure that people will read this news entry (found here) but I would hope that players would decide it isn't worth the possible loss of account access and general scorn from the server population.

Everyone wants to make real money from their gaming addiction.  Diablo presented this possibility with the Real Money Auction House.   And there is a black market for players to sell their characters once they are finished with them.   But to me getting paid to hunt and stalk a player til they quit a game just does not feel like the gold goblin 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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Time Management With Faction Grinding

Posted by J.E. Douglas at 1:54 PM

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Mommar here.

Mists of Pandaria opened up a plethora of factions to obtain experience with.   Golden Lotus,  Klaxxi,  The August Celestials.   All of them have your required door prizes of mounts,  and tabards and even raid quality gear.

But there are so many of them that they can eat up a lot of your time trying to finish them all.   Where you can get a certain amount of gold per turn in of quests,  no one wants to spend hours and hours attempting to finish every daily quest asked from each faction.   With each patch adding more dailies the mountain of reputation becomes impossible to climb.

This is where time management strategy is useful other than just running in to finish dailies.   Figuring out which factions are more beneficial to you and your future gold making will reap benefits quickly.  Blacksmiths will want to work on the Klaxxi to get access to higher level blacksmithing plans including the Masterwork Ghost Forged Blade.  

Using resources such as Crafters Tome to plot out not just your mains path for faction leveling but also your
alternate toons.  

Keep in mind that each of the factions have a tome that's purchasable at revered that will double the amount of reputation you receive with your other toons on the account.   So if you find yourself needing to double up on rep with future characters paying the price for them will make the reputation grind much easier.

Placing time constraints and concentrating on one or two factions to raise your reputation levels will keep you from getting burnt out on daily quests and allow you to enjoy the other parts of Mists of Pandaria.

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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Recipe Isolation Sales

Posted by J.E. Douglas at 1:54 PM

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Mommar here.

With every new patch new recipes arrive.  Some of them are drops from raid bosses.  Others are purchasable through different means.  New recipes mean new opportunities for profit.

Unfortunately you aren't the only one that looks to get new recipes.   Every player with a profession is looking to get ahead of others in providing items for raiders and players leveling.   The important part of this is how you evaluate a new recipe.

If you were working on your Blacksmithing or Leatherworking profession you knew where to get your PVP blue patterns.  During the cataclysm expansion these were easy money makers.   This occurred because many crafters didn't want to put the money or time into crafting and selling these.   With Mists of Pandaria these PVP patterns have become much more commonplace because they were used to bring the professions up to maximum.   With these items becoming much more common the price was driven down considerably.   The PVP pieces have come to the point that they are much less profitable.

Every so often a new pattern will arrive on the AH.  Your skills in being able to determine whether this will be a profitable pattern becomes that much more in demand.   Selling one or two will very rarely be able to recoup the investment you made in buying the pattern.  But selling 5-6 of the crafted item can easily pay for the pattern and also add a handy profit into your pocket.

When spotting new patterns,   determine just how much in demand that pattern will be on your server.   That should be the main determination of whether you buy the pattern or go ahead and let it pass.  Also don't forget that you can pick up the pattern and just flip it back on the AH for a few more gold.   Go with what your gut and experience tell you to do.

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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Breaking Through The Wall

Posted by J.E. Douglas at 8:34 AM

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Mommar here

About a year into playing wow and learning how to make gold I ran into a wall.   No matter what I sold I couldn't seem to get past the 90k mark.   It was frustrating because my goal of 100k was well in my grasp.

After trying every thing I could,  making adjustments for every sale to make sure that I was getting the maximum profit I stepped back to take a long term look.  

Figuring out just how much I was selling and how much I was using for repairs,  inventory and other minor costs I found a leak in my own personal system.   Where I was at 90k in gold,  I was well over 100k in actual goods.

With this knowledge I was able to relax a little bit and continue make gold making processes without the pressure of the goal I had set.   Ultimately I made 100k in gold and did my own personal celebration (naked run through Shattrath.   The key is that I didn't let my personal Gold wall break me.   Instead of climbing and falling continually I went around the wall.  Relieving the pressure I had put on myself to obtain my goal at that point.

Are you stuck behind your own wall of goals.   Do you set your own goals or are you letting your goals cause you frustration and despair?   Goals are there to accomplish,  but not to deflate your enjoyment of Warcraft as a game.   If you are faithful and diligent (quarter word) to how you make gold,  ultimately those goals will become nothing but a speed bump instead of a mountain.

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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5.2 PTR: Transmog Me First

Posted by J.E. Douglas at 11:39 AM

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For many,  the Transmogrification market has been exciting.  On other servers it's been slow to dead
in the water.  Much depends on the availability of 'cool' items to change into.

With 5.2,  the restrictions on weapons is being relaxed.   Before you could only transmogrify a sword into another sword,  mace into another mace etc.   On the PTR's the have opened up the floodgates to allow
more options.   Swords can be transmogrify (yes I know it's not a word) into maces etc.

This means a good opportunity for profits.  Now would be an excellent time to start finding swords and maces with cool designs for resell.  

Keep in mind that on the PTRs they still have the restriction for Polearms being transmogrified into swords or axes.   And as always with the PTRs,  things might change from one build to another.

If you are looking for a good site for models that can be used.  Check out World of Wardrobes to see what tickles your fancy.

The full 5.2 PTR notes can be found PTR Notes 5.2

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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Five Star Sales

Posted by J.E. Douglas at 12:55 PM

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Mommar Here

As we come closer to the new year.   The magic list of changes that we all want to do will start to come together.   Resolutions that slip into wishes that quickly slip into the past as the new year starts to roll along.

But in the next couple of days,  a wise Gold Goblin will look at their sales through the year and give themselves a rating.   Whether it's thumbs up,  toes up,  movie reels or whatever you choose as your method of showing approval.   Which sales were you especially proud of?   Which sales failed miserably and took gold from your pocket?

Learning from your sales opportunities in the past can lead to good sales in the future.   Taking those four and five star sales and seeing where they can even be improved.   Dissecting those one star sales and see just how they can be improved.

There is a well known adage that sales those that fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it.    The same is applicable for your daily,  weekly and your 'home run' sales.   Taking a look at how your sales progressed can lead to the path of even better opportunities in the next year.

What sales are you especially proud of?   What sales are you hiding under the rug and denying they ever happened?

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 Gauntlet Thrown Down
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Follow Your Strength
The Go To Gold Goblin???
Keep Your Head Up Gold Goblin
Plant Pvp Enigma Seed vs Songbell Seed
The Short List
Decking Out Your Farmer
Winter Veil Farming: Head Start
A Perfect Circle of Goblin Life
Addon Abandonment Issues
The Guild: Striking Tone For Sales
Controlling Your Reputation