It was a brand new day and I had money in my pocket. The cooking recipe I had paid little more than a silver for had given me returns in the golds. I had more money than I had ever had before. All for selling one recipe. I looked at the money in my hand and had a thought. Could I do the same with other recipes?
I decided to try expanding my horizons. When I had entered the city the night before I had noticed 2 towers outside the main gates. One of them had a large boat suspended beneath a large bag that seemed to be holding it off the ground. That morning I decided to check them out. Heading out and walking West a ways I got to the closest tower. I headed up to the top platform using the stairs within. Up there were a couple of goblins who explained that the flying ships or zeppelins were free transport provided by the leadership of the Horde to allow their members to travel great distances with ease.
I hopped on the first one to Thunder Bluff and enjoyed the ride looking at the ground passing below. It was a very pleasant trip and I marveled at how much more tranquil the wilderness became the closer we got to the city of the Taurens.
I marvelled at the great city when I arrived. Situated high above the ground upon 3 great pillars, there was a quietness and calm not present in Orgrimmar. Stopping briefly to have some fun with the festival that was still running, I then went for a pleasant walk through the city.
It was as I was wandering, I came across a little hut out of the way. There, a young Tauren offered small prairie dogs. It seems the surrounding lands teamed with them and this enterprising fellow was selling them as pets. I pondered on this and saw an opportunity here for me. The city was a little out of the way and I could reach more customers by using the auction houses present in all cities. Handing over a gold and a half, I bought 3 of the critters and ran to place one straight up for auction at almost 20 times what I paid for it.
I had heard of a village out in the plains of Mulgore and took a leisurely walk to Bloodhoof Village, situated on the edge of a most peaceful lake. Once there, I perused the vendors and bought a few cooking recipes I found. If it had worked once then maybe it would work again.
I decided then to use the magical item the innkeeper in Orgrimmar had given me. The world shimmered around me and I found myself standing in the front of the inn in the hot dusty bustle of the Orc capital. I decided there and then that very soon I would have to trade my room in here for one out with the Taurens. It would be further from the busy trade but the peaceful nature appealed to me more.
I chose then to run to Razor Hill and back, buying a few more recipes while there. These to were given to the auctioner to try and find some buyers for.
The next few days were spent relaxing in Orgrimmar. I checked with the auctioner and started to get my goods returned unsold. I found that someone else started selling the same things that I was. In fact more of them and at a cheaper price. I now had competition. I would have to start lowering my prices but I wasn't bothered to much. I had started with 6s and now had a lot of gold. I could afford it.
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This has been written while away from wow and from memory so I am not sure exactly how much I have made so far. Play time is around 2 hours if memory serves me right. Will be trying to get back into updating this blog better in future.
Friday, 9 July 2010
Farmers Market - Enchanting
This is how to make a little extra through grinding. How many people out there are still trying to get Baron Rivendere's mount? Hands up. Thought so. What about grinding through Argent Dawn or trying to find that old world recipe that has eluded us. At 80 it is easy to go back to old dungeons and fairly quickly clear them but we can find ourselves doing it over and over again.
I recently went through Stratholme again. I think I had some reason. It may have been that I just wanted to test what I was about to explain. I did want another crack at the mount. Wanted to see if i could go through it quicker as Survival over Beast Mastery. And wanted to see if I could get some more Righteous Orbs (1 dropped).
Anyway, what you need for this is a friend who is an enchanter, assuming you aren't one yourself. As long as they don't want to do any group work themselves, ask if they wouldn't mind grouping while you run through. Doesn't matter where they are in the world, the looting rules recognises there is an enchanter in the group. Now I don't know about you but those blues that drop in late vanilla dungeons are worth a lot more to me as shards than as vendor items. 5-15 times as much, considering the cost on AH.
Make sure you make it worth your friends while. Throw some gold, shards or something their way. Do they need cloth for rep? Plenty of runecloth in there.
And somewhere like Strath is great for this. 10 bosses if my count was right plus I came across a rare. I walked out with 11 or so shards from that. Otherwise I would have been vendoring the blues afterwards. Plus I did the same with the greens as it meant less bag space taken up.
Oh, and the mount didn't drop in case you were wondering.
NOTE: I wrote this a couple of weeks ago and noticed Markco had posted something similar a while ago while going through his blog earlier this week. I don't want to be seen to be stealing other peoples ideas and honestly hadn't finished going through his blog. This was something I think I remember seeing in passing as a comment and wanted to check to see if this was a workable strategy. Lots of people have probably mentioned it already. I just want to help spread the word a bit.
I recently went through Stratholme again. I think I had some reason. It may have been that I just wanted to test what I was about to explain. I did want another crack at the mount. Wanted to see if i could go through it quicker as Survival over Beast Mastery. And wanted to see if I could get some more Righteous Orbs (1 dropped).
Anyway, what you need for this is a friend who is an enchanter, assuming you aren't one yourself. As long as they don't want to do any group work themselves, ask if they wouldn't mind grouping while you run through. Doesn't matter where they are in the world, the looting rules recognises there is an enchanter in the group. Now I don't know about you but those blues that drop in late vanilla dungeons are worth a lot more to me as shards than as vendor items. 5-15 times as much, considering the cost on AH.
Make sure you make it worth your friends while. Throw some gold, shards or something their way. Do they need cloth for rep? Plenty of runecloth in there.
And somewhere like Strath is great for this. 10 bosses if my count was right plus I came across a rare. I walked out with 11 or so shards from that. Otherwise I would have been vendoring the blues afterwards. Plus I did the same with the greens as it meant less bag space taken up.
Oh, and the mount didn't drop in case you were wondering.
NOTE: I wrote this a couple of weeks ago and noticed Markco had posted something similar a while ago while going through his blog earlier this week. I don't want to be seen to be stealing other peoples ideas and honestly hadn't finished going through his blog. This was something I think I remember seeing in passing as a comment and wanted to check to see if this was a workable strategy. Lots of people have probably mentioned it already. I just want to help spread the word a bit.
Monday Musings - Mental Block
I suppose apologies are the order of business first. I have not been particularly good at updating the blog over the last week. Just look at this, posting the Monday Musings on a Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday along with a number of other posts. I started writing this on Monday and have only just managed to post it. I mean to do better but things have just been getting in the way, particularly the game itself. There have been days that I have meant to post but I haven't managed to get something written. But then there have been times I have been lethargic about doing anything. In fact I now have found myself doing less in game at the moment.
I am very good at wasting time. I always have stuff I need to do but often leave it for another time. I am going on holiday in less than 4 weeks and have done very little planning for it. My brother is going to give me a new TV but I need to sort out space for that. I have less than 3 weeks there. Look at this blog and how spotty in the last week it has become. I dread to think how long I have had the films from Lovefilm. And then there is the game.
I have a lot I want to do in game. I was going to say need but I don't need to play the game. I am trying to stay away from that phrase. But there is a lot to do. I have 4 characters I want to level and are at different points. I would like to get them all up but either am reticent for certain reasons or just can't face doing it. Leveling the rogue seems just so slow. Don't know if it is compared to the others but it seems that way. I know once I hit Outland things should change but that's still over 20 levels away.
Another case in point, my battered hilt and the recent holiday. My hilt is still almost just that. I haven't gone in to the instances yet. I also skipped Ahune in the recent festival. Sure, the dungeon finder should make things easy for me but its an instance. Its almost my kryptonite. I just seem to have a block when it comes to it.
There are other things I need, grrr, WANT to do but I just seem to put it off. Its almost as if I have a mental block at times. So in the meantime I can find myself wasting time.
But time for a quick update on things that have happened. My tailor went from 2k down to around 80g just over a week ago. I filled up on raw materials, as in a lot of cloth and some dust and shards. Yesterday I collected a number of auctions putting me at around 3k. I then bought even more materials but always at a good price. I'm down to around 1.6k on him. But more than enough materials to make it back and more.
I also hit 30k spread over all my characters Horde side but then later dropped to around 27.5k. How? I bought more raw goods but at an amazing price. I picked up over 90 Frozen Orbs at 10g each and a bunch more at 15g. Normally they go for over 30g but sometimes come down to 25g. I will be looking at converting these to other items and saving some for epics. I also picked up a large amount of Infinite Dust at under 1.7g an item. Very rare to see them under 2.3g. I now have lots and lots of dust. I did intend to use this for Frostweave Bags (I'm getting very possessive of the bag market) but am thinking of using some of it to level Enchanting. I had planned on leveling it while leveling the character through Northrend but that might be a ways off yet. We'll see.
I am very good at wasting time. I always have stuff I need to do but often leave it for another time. I am going on holiday in less than 4 weeks and have done very little planning for it. My brother is going to give me a new TV but I need to sort out space for that. I have less than 3 weeks there. Look at this blog and how spotty in the last week it has become. I dread to think how long I have had the films from Lovefilm. And then there is the game.
I have a lot I want to do in game. I was going to say need but I don't need to play the game. I am trying to stay away from that phrase. But there is a lot to do. I have 4 characters I want to level and are at different points. I would like to get them all up but either am reticent for certain reasons or just can't face doing it. Leveling the rogue seems just so slow. Don't know if it is compared to the others but it seems that way. I know once I hit Outland things should change but that's still over 20 levels away.
Another case in point, my battered hilt and the recent holiday. My hilt is still almost just that. I haven't gone in to the instances yet. I also skipped Ahune in the recent festival. Sure, the dungeon finder should make things easy for me but its an instance. Its almost my kryptonite. I just seem to have a block when it comes to it.
There are other things I need, grrr, WANT to do but I just seem to put it off. Its almost as if I have a mental block at times. So in the meantime I can find myself wasting time.
But time for a quick update on things that have happened. My tailor went from 2k down to around 80g just over a week ago. I filled up on raw materials, as in a lot of cloth and some dust and shards. Yesterday I collected a number of auctions putting me at around 3k. I then bought even more materials but always at a good price. I'm down to around 1.6k on him. But more than enough materials to make it back and more.
I also hit 30k spread over all my characters Horde side but then later dropped to around 27.5k. How? I bought more raw goods but at an amazing price. I picked up over 90 Frozen Orbs at 10g each and a bunch more at 15g. Normally they go for over 30g but sometimes come down to 25g. I will be looking at converting these to other items and saving some for epics. I also picked up a large amount of Infinite Dust at under 1.7g an item. Very rare to see them under 2.3g. I now have lots and lots of dust. I did intend to use this for Frostweave Bags (I'm getting very possessive of the bag market) but am thinking of using some of it to level Enchanting. I had planned on leveling it while leveling the character through Northrend but that might be a ways off yet. We'll see.
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