Congratulations to me. Not only did I hit 40 Exalted factions, thus gaining me the title I have coveted for oh, so long; but the faction I hit exalted with was none other than my guild! So I also got Time Flies When You're Having Fun, and shot over to the vendor in Stormwind to get both my Dark Phoenix Hatchling and my Reins of the Golden King!!
This happened last week but I have simply been too busy till now to put up a blog entry to commemorate this accomplishment. We moved to a new house on the weekend, and don't have internet yet, unfortunately; which also means I haven't played for about a week now. :(
Missing out on all that neat Molten Front stuff. But what can ya do, eh. :/
I'm just hoping that my Truegold stockpile doesn't go to waste and that supply will be very dry and demand very high when I am able to play again. XD
Peace.
Gaiwyn of Proudmoore
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Thursday, July 21, 2011
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Fifty Thousand Gold
What do you call a part-time goblin; someone who is a small fry in a big sea of sharks all trying to come out on top and turn a big profit? A halfling? A hobgoblin? A Demigoblin?
Well, whatever it is called: that's me. It's hard to be a casual player and make it in the auction house game; the game of goblins. There are people out there who play many different markets and those who stick to just one or two - who manage to do pretty well for themselves. I hear reports of players with hundreds of thousands of gold stocked up, or pulling in tens of thousands in a week.
For this demigoblin, having finally reached the seemingly pitiful milestone of 50,000 gold is a big thing. I can't put my fingers in too many pies because of lack of time; and a lot of the pies I try to stick my fingers into just get burnt or come out sticky and not very nice tasting.
But there is a light at the end of the tunnel. Building an enterprise takes time; it takes mistakes and learning; and it takes patience and having to force yourself to ignore everyone around you and how they are doing. My 50k gold may seem pitiful in light of how other auctioneers are doing; but for me, it is a good goal to have reached.
I still have a fair stockpile of "twink" items, Saronite Ore, and glyphs and inks. These will take a fair bit of patience and skillful posting to sell.
My plan of attack
With little time to play and even less time to be able to do things like prospect, disenchant and post individual items to the auction house, I have to plan my gold-making prospects pretty wisely. Things like being more aware of when to post, when to buy, and what to invest in or spend time doing in order to get things out there where (and when) there is a demand.
Jewelcrafting
I will continue to try and a. Buy up Obsidium Ore for prospecting; b. Buy Pyrite Ore in the hopes that when epic gems drop my stockpile will net me some serious profit in some way; c. Turn gems into jewellery to send to my enchanter; and d. Cut prospected rare PvE gems and post them up on Wed morning (Tues afternoon, server time)*.
I hope to eventually get my hands on the new meta designs, too: Agile, Burning and Reverberating.
Enchanting
Basic mats are gained through disenchanting the jewellery sent from my jewelcrafter. I want to a. Sell Hypnotic Dust and Greater Celestial Essence; b. Enchant and sell low level scrolls for twinks and BoA gear; and c. Enchant and sell high level scrolls when Maelstrom Crystals are much more readily available.
Alchemy
This is a tricky one. I only just got my alchemist to 520 last night, finally, after the cost of Whiptail went down. It's hard to try and get everything done that you want to get done when you have such little time to play! Eight more Alicites and I can shoot to 525 and finally begin transmuting.
At 525, it is my hope that I will: a. Transmute metas from the uncommon gems sent from my jewelcrafter; b. Transmute daily - Living Elements or Truegold; and c. Create flasks for posting on Wed morning (Tues afternoon, server time)*.
Fishing and Cooking
Not big money-makers, but I'm mentioning these because, a. Doing the dailies nets a little bit of gold and they are easy for even me to slip in at some point during most evenings; b. I want to get the rare fishing rod and learn every cooking recipe; and c. Selling buff food is in fact a possibility to make a little extra gold on the side.
* More people raid on Tuesday nights - the day following maintenance - than any other night. This is prime time for providing the necessary items and reagents for people who are both about to raid (flasks and food buffs) and have finished raiding (gems). Get your gems and flasks/elixirs up during that period and ignore the undercutters. Auctioneering 101, friend. Now I have to go and listen to my own advice!
My characters
Well, Gaiwyn is level 85 but is in really crappy gear so far. I have started on Twilight Highlands, so will work my way through there and then hit up normal dungeons with guildies if I ever get the chance.
Ilyaena is level 84 and I have started on Uldum. Playing a Shadow Priest is really fun. I hope that at 85 I will be able to both heal and dps in instances.
Selaena is also level 84. I haven't yet started on Uldum, but I will eventually; probably after the insane amount of Whiptail spawns have been tuned back to normal. I also find playing a mutilate rogue to be very fun.
It's all a matter of balancing play-time between my three toons. Some of my limited time is spent posting auctions or doing some sort of auction- or profession-related activity; and some of it is spent doing professions dailies or trying to zip over to a zone and get a few quests in. It's not possible every day to do what I want to do; but I do try and find a few minutes to at least do Gaiwyn's cooking and fishing dailies!
I am 5% of the way towards the gold cap. It's difficult to not look at all of the people around me who post at the forums I do and feel so small and underachieving. But we all move at our own pace; and it is important to realise that putting the important things in life - my wife and kids, work, and trying to aim towards dreams for the future - is much more worthwhile in the long run.
Take it easy.
Gaiwyn of Proudmoore
Well, whatever it is called: that's me. It's hard to be a casual player and make it in the auction house game; the game of goblins. There are people out there who play many different markets and those who stick to just one or two - who manage to do pretty well for themselves. I hear reports of players with hundreds of thousands of gold stocked up, or pulling in tens of thousands in a week.
For this demigoblin, having finally reached the seemingly pitiful milestone of 50,000 gold is a big thing. I can't put my fingers in too many pies because of lack of time; and a lot of the pies I try to stick my fingers into just get burnt or come out sticky and not very nice tasting.
But there is a light at the end of the tunnel. Building an enterprise takes time; it takes mistakes and learning; and it takes patience and having to force yourself to ignore everyone around you and how they are doing. My 50k gold may seem pitiful in light of how other auctioneers are doing; but for me, it is a good goal to have reached.
I still have a fair stockpile of "twink" items, Saronite Ore, and glyphs and inks. These will take a fair bit of patience and skillful posting to sell.
- Glyphs have proven to be fairly slow moving; but I will turn the inks I collected before 4.0.3 into popular glyphs and get those out.
- Saronite Ore is not yet in low supply / high demand; so that has become a long-term investment.
- Twink items - especially epics - don't seem to have any interest attached to them; which may indicate the need to try and sell them individually through trade rather than auctions over an extended period of time.
- All of my Netherweave Bags have sold!
- A few enchants have sold - and some enchanting mats have sold (including Wrath and Burning Crusade mats); but this is also a long-term investment. I intend to hearken back to trying to sell levelling enchants again.
- Gems are a slow moving market, with huge undercutting wars still going on; but this just becomes a matter of posting the right gems at the right time and not putting up too many at once. It was disappointing to see the new metas drop to below 150g so quickly, but there is still profit to be made here if you simply don't let the amount of flooding and undercutting dampen your [shadow] spirits. ;)
- The last of my starter gear pieces finally sold. That is something I don't want to bother with again, but it was nice to buy things for a handful of copper and sell them all for between 5 and 25g - even if it did take a few months!
My plan of attack
With little time to play and even less time to be able to do things like prospect, disenchant and post individual items to the auction house, I have to plan my gold-making prospects pretty wisely. Things like being more aware of when to post, when to buy, and what to invest in or spend time doing in order to get things out there where (and when) there is a demand.
Jewelcrafting
I will continue to try and a. Buy up Obsidium Ore for prospecting; b. Buy Pyrite Ore in the hopes that when epic gems drop my stockpile will net me some serious profit in some way; c. Turn gems into jewellery to send to my enchanter; and d. Cut prospected rare PvE gems and post them up on Wed morning (Tues afternoon, server time)*.
I hope to eventually get my hands on the new meta designs, too: Agile, Burning and Reverberating.
Enchanting
Basic mats are gained through disenchanting the jewellery sent from my jewelcrafter. I want to a. Sell Hypnotic Dust and Greater Celestial Essence; b. Enchant and sell low level scrolls for twinks and BoA gear; and c. Enchant and sell high level scrolls when Maelstrom Crystals are much more readily available.
Alchemy
This is a tricky one. I only just got my alchemist to 520 last night, finally, after the cost of Whiptail went down. It's hard to try and get everything done that you want to get done when you have such little time to play! Eight more Alicites and I can shoot to 525 and finally begin transmuting.
At 525, it is my hope that I will: a. Transmute metas from the uncommon gems sent from my jewelcrafter; b. Transmute daily - Living Elements or Truegold; and c. Create flasks for posting on Wed morning (Tues afternoon, server time)*.
Fishing and Cooking
Not big money-makers, but I'm mentioning these because, a. Doing the dailies nets a little bit of gold and they are easy for even me to slip in at some point during most evenings; b. I want to get the rare fishing rod and learn every cooking recipe; and c. Selling buff food is in fact a possibility to make a little extra gold on the side.
* More people raid on Tuesday nights - the day following maintenance - than any other night. This is prime time for providing the necessary items and reagents for people who are both about to raid (flasks and food buffs) and have finished raiding (gems). Get your gems and flasks/elixirs up during that period and ignore the undercutters. Auctioneering 101, friend. Now I have to go and listen to my own advice!
My characters
Well, Gaiwyn is level 85 but is in really crappy gear so far. I have started on Twilight Highlands, so will work my way through there and then hit up normal dungeons with guildies if I ever get the chance.
Ilyaena is level 84 and I have started on Uldum. Playing a Shadow Priest is really fun. I hope that at 85 I will be able to both heal and dps in instances.
Selaena is also level 84. I haven't yet started on Uldum, but I will eventually; probably after the insane amount of Whiptail spawns have been tuned back to normal. I also find playing a mutilate rogue to be very fun.
It's all a matter of balancing play-time between my three toons. Some of my limited time is spent posting auctions or doing some sort of auction- or profession-related activity; and some of it is spent doing professions dailies or trying to zip over to a zone and get a few quests in. It's not possible every day to do what I want to do; but I do try and find a few minutes to at least do Gaiwyn's cooking and fishing dailies!
I am 5% of the way towards the gold cap. It's difficult to not look at all of the people around me who post at the forums I do and feel so small and underachieving. But we all move at our own pace; and it is important to realise that putting the important things in life - my wife and kids, work, and trying to aim towards dreams for the future - is much more worthwhile in the long run.
Take it easy.
Gaiwyn of Proudmoore
Monday, January 31, 2011
One More Level
Every day, I try to do three profession dailies: Fishing and Cooking with my mage, and Jewelcrafting with my priest. So far, I have gained a few fishing skill points, vendor trash and a fishing hat; bought five or six cooking recipes; and bought two rare gem designs and saved up 15 tokens to be spent on others.
Gem cutting is a tricky business. It's hard to find time to dabble in everything I want to, and so the tokens pile up while no gold comes in from buying cuts and putting them to good use.
4.0.6 brings with it some notable professions changes:
Gaiwyn is level 84, 525 enchanting and 460 tailoring. I have yet to try and take advantage of being a max level enchanter and am taking my sweet time to both level to 85 and level tailoring. Archaeology has slowed down for me, but I will get there eventually.
Ilyaena is also level 84, and is 525 jewelcrafting and 525 mining. However, as a Draenei, this is not max level jc, but 10 points short; so I haven't quite got Working Around the Clock. I could be starting on Uldum this week, provided I find time to play. I look forward to healing at 85 (more on that below).
Selaena is level 83, with 517 herbalism and 485 alchemy. I intend to work my way through Deepholm to get herbs to level alchemy some more. Eventually, I will have to take advantage of transmutes. Truegold transmutes could still be quite lucrative.
On the gold-making front, I am at just under 40k, and am slowly selling enchants and glyphs. I still have a lot of things to work out (professions-wise) as well as a few things stockpiled in my guild bank, ready to be sold at the right time. Right now though, I just want to enjoy the game and get my three chosen toons to 85 with maxed professions. :)
Level 85 Holy Priest Preview
I want to heal at level 85. I have enjoyed it in every iteration since rolling my priest during the Burning Crusade expansion. I love melting faces, but I want to focus again on keeping people alive. There's just something about that sense of accomplishment when you play well as a healer and get through each challenge successfully. I don't profess to be the best healer out there, but I have never been terrible at it either.
Holy build (6/33/2) - I can't say for sure if this is what I'm after for normals and going into heroics, and I won't know until I try. But I've played around with the talents and this looks like a good holy build that incorporates both mana conservation / regeneration and utility, while making sure there is enough emphasis on Renew: a more important spell for holy priests than ever before.
Spiritmend Cowl (Tailoring)
Pendant of Elemental Balance (Vendor - Honored with The Earthen Ring)
Blight-Lifter's Mantle (Quest - Lost City of the Tol'vir)
Cloak of the Dryads (Vendor - Honored with Guardians of Hyjal)
Anraphet's Regalia (Anraphet - Halls of Origination)
Crimsonborne Bracers (Drahga Shadowburner - Grim Batol)
Roffle's Ruffly Gloves (Binds when equipped)
Truth-Seeker Belt (Quest - Stormwind City)
Narkall's Leggings (Quest - Twilight Highlands)
Hekatic Slippers (Rajh - Halls of Origination)
Veneficial Band (Lockmaw - Lost City of the Tol'vir)
Ammunae's Blessing (Vendor - Honored with Ramkahen)
Figurine - Dream Owl (Jewelcrafting)
Blood of Isiset (Isiset - Halls of Origination)
Staff of Siphoned Essences (Erudax - Grim Batol)
Scepter of Power (Setesh - Halls of Origination)
Book of Origination (Binds when equipped)
Wand of Untainted Power (Forgemaster Throngus - Grim Batol)
See it on Wowhead.
Peace.
Gaiwyn of Proudmoore
Gem cutting is a tricky business. It's hard to find time to dabble in everything I want to, and so the tokens pile up while no gold comes in from buying cuts and putting them to good use.
4.0.6 brings with it some notable professions changes:
- The Bag of Shiny Things from the Fishing dailies will have a chance to include a rare fishing pole. That, plus the currently existing but rare Strand Crawler, will continue to make doing the dailies worthwhile.
- Three new meta gems are being introduced. They will be rare world drops, so I would imagine the designs will go for a pretty penny and be snatched up before anyone can sneeze.
- Minor, but important changes to some existing meta requirements will make certain metas (eg. Chaotic Shadowspirit Diamond) much more popular and BiS for certain classes.
Gaiwyn is level 84, 525 enchanting and 460 tailoring. I have yet to try and take advantage of being a max level enchanter and am taking my sweet time to both level to 85 and level tailoring. Archaeology has slowed down for me, but I will get there eventually.
Ilyaena is also level 84, and is 525 jewelcrafting and 525 mining. However, as a Draenei, this is not max level jc, but 10 points short; so I haven't quite got Working Around the Clock. I could be starting on Uldum this week, provided I find time to play. I look forward to healing at 85 (more on that below).
Selaena is level 83, with 517 herbalism and 485 alchemy. I intend to work my way through Deepholm to get herbs to level alchemy some more. Eventually, I will have to take advantage of transmutes. Truegold transmutes could still be quite lucrative.
On the gold-making front, I am at just under 40k, and am slowly selling enchants and glyphs. I still have a lot of things to work out (professions-wise) as well as a few things stockpiled in my guild bank, ready to be sold at the right time. Right now though, I just want to enjoy the game and get my three chosen toons to 85 with maxed professions. :)
Level 85 Holy Priest Preview
I want to heal at level 85. I have enjoyed it in every iteration since rolling my priest during the Burning Crusade expansion. I love melting faces, but I want to focus again on keeping people alive. There's just something about that sense of accomplishment when you play well as a healer and get through each challenge successfully. I don't profess to be the best healer out there, but I have never been terrible at it either.
Holy build (6/33/2) - I can't say for sure if this is what I'm after for normals and going into heroics, and I won't know until I try. But I've played around with the talents and this looks like a good holy build that incorporates both mana conservation / regeneration and utility, while making sure there is enough emphasis on Renew: a more important spell for holy priests than ever before.
Spiritmend Cowl (Tailoring)
Pendant of Elemental Balance (Vendor - Honored with The Earthen Ring)
Blight-Lifter's Mantle (Quest - Lost City of the Tol'vir)
Cloak of the Dryads (Vendor - Honored with Guardians of Hyjal)
Anraphet's Regalia (Anraphet - Halls of Origination)
Crimsonborne Bracers (Drahga Shadowburner - Grim Batol)
Roffle's Ruffly Gloves (Binds when equipped)
Truth-Seeker Belt (Quest - Stormwind City)
Narkall's Leggings (Quest - Twilight Highlands)
Hekatic Slippers (Rajh - Halls of Origination)
Veneficial Band (Lockmaw - Lost City of the Tol'vir)
Ammunae's Blessing (Vendor - Honored with Ramkahen)
Figurine - Dream Owl (Jewelcrafting)
Blood of Isiset (Isiset - Halls of Origination)
Staff of Siphoned Essences (Erudax - Grim Batol)
Scepter of Power (Setesh - Halls of Origination)
Book of Origination (Binds when equipped)
Wand of Untainted Power (Forgemaster Throngus - Grim Batol)
See it on Wowhead.
Peace.
Gaiwyn of Proudmoore
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Rob Pardo at the GDC
Rob Pardo, Blizzard's Executive Vice President of Game Design, held a panel at the Game Developers Conference the other day about the success of World of Warcraft; what Blizzard did and didn't do right.
Go to wow.com to see a summary, complete with images.
Recently, I have been doing Argent Tournament dailies with Gaiwyn. I initially intended to save up for one of the heirloom trinkets to make levelling Kynthaea easier when Cataclysm hits (as I have upgraded her gear significantly). But now, I want to see if I can get the 150 Champion's Seals that I need to purchase a Silver Covenant Hippogryph.
It would also be nice to get a Great Red Elekk, a Swift Gray Steed, a Swift Moonsaber, a Swift Violet Ram and a Turbostrider -- each costing a mere 5 Champion's Seals and 400g (with faction discount).
I'm also hoping that they introduce a good range of new mounts in Cataclysm to make getting Mountain o' Mounts much more possible, and thus bringing my Blue Dragonhawk within reach.
Not much else to report. I play when I can and have been trying to recruit for my guild. It's hard to find casual players that are patient enough to stick around while we find other casual players.
Gaiwyn of Proudmoore
Go to wow.com to see a summary, complete with images.
Recently, I have been doing Argent Tournament dailies with Gaiwyn. I initially intended to save up for one of the heirloom trinkets to make levelling Kynthaea easier when Cataclysm hits (as I have upgraded her gear significantly). But now, I want to see if I can get the 150 Champion's Seals that I need to purchase a Silver Covenant Hippogryph.
It would also be nice to get a Great Red Elekk, a Swift Gray Steed, a Swift Moonsaber, a Swift Violet Ram and a Turbostrider -- each costing a mere 5 Champion's Seals and 400g (with faction discount).
I'm also hoping that they introduce a good range of new mounts in Cataclysm to make getting Mountain o' Mounts much more possible, and thus bringing my Blue Dragonhawk within reach.
Not much else to report. I play when I can and have been trying to recruit for my guild. It's hard to find casual players that are patient enough to stick around while we find other casual players.
Gaiwyn of Proudmoore
Thursday, April 16, 2009
Hardcore Guild is Hardcore
Ensidia has downed Yogg-Saron, the final boss of Ulduar.
Mind you, they are possibly the most hardcore guild in the world at present. And they, along with every other insane guild, have yet to complete Ulduar on "hardmode". Let's just hope that it really will be a serious gear check, and that no one will even get to Algalon the Observer for a few weeks yet.
In other news, I started on the Argent Tournament today. I will try and log in each day to do the dailies and work towards not only becoming a Champion representative, but also to earn enough tokens to get both the ground and flying mounts that are available.
A Mage with a lance. Funfun. >.<
My Warlock is level 30, finally. And I will try and find time also to play my Priest a bit. I will be speccing Discipline next time I log her. I just miss healing. ^_^
Of course, I will fill the build out as I level, until it is 57/14/0. I look forward to healing heroics!
Gaiwyn of Proudmoore
Mind you, they are possibly the most hardcore guild in the world at present. And they, along with every other insane guild, have yet to complete Ulduar on "hardmode". Let's just hope that it really will be a serious gear check, and that no one will even get to Algalon the Observer for a few weeks yet.
In other news, I started on the Argent Tournament today. I will try and log in each day to do the dailies and work towards not only becoming a Champion representative, but also to earn enough tokens to get both the ground and flying mounts that are available.
A Mage with a lance. Funfun. >.<
My Warlock is level 30, finally. And I will try and find time also to play my Priest a bit. I will be speccing Discipline next time I log her. I just miss healing. ^_^
Of course, I will fill the build out as I level, until it is 57/14/0. I look forward to healing heroics!
Gaiwyn of Proudmoore
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