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.
Showing posts with label Back to Basics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Back to Basics. Show all posts
Friday, 9 July 2010
Wednesday, 30 June 2010
Back to Basics - The Beginnings
Ok, last night I was bored. Really really bored. Don't get me wrong, I was enjoying wow. Maybe it was the heat. Maybe that something I was trying to watch off the computer kept causing me issues leading me to the conclusion that maybe I have a hard disk fault developing but I just didn't want to do much last night.
I was checking over auctions and what not. I should have being taking advantage of the midsummer festival to help level my rogue. I could have done SS dailies on my Warlock. I could even have leveled my Death Knight or Paladin a bit. But in all honesty I just didn't feel like it. So I tried something else.
I have characters on other servers. I have friends who play on other servers too. But I have a lot invested in the server I play on. However, I have been intrigued for a while over the project Stokpile did involving creating a new character with no support. Well, I can't do that on my server. I have characters on both sides and besides I would just cheat. So I thought how about creating a character on another server. Well, last night I did.
I mentioned that I had friends on another server. I thought to create a character there so that in future I could go "Hi there, remember me." They play with characters with very suggestable names. Names that have hidden meanings or are double entendres. I do too. I created a Death Knight there called Itsafloppin so that I would fit right in. They don't know I have done that. Besides, I haven't even played him at all. I might use him for some profession stuff later but to start with I wanted to see how I could do from scratch.
So, I created a fresh new level 1 character. I thought go with an Orc. That way I am going to be able to get to the commerce centre of the Horde, should I need it. So, Orc it is. Now to class. Well, I haven't ever really played a Warrior so lets give that a go. So, Orc Warrior it is. Now I need a name. Maybe something suggestive so I can fit in later with that crowd. I don't have to worry about RP names, anything like that. So... A name... A name... And I could only think of one. It just kept going round and round and round. I entered the name and proceeded to login...
Lunchmoney the Orc Warrior was born and ready to start making money in a new frontier (and if you are reading this Stokpile, I'm sorry but I just couldn't come up with anything else).
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I picked up the quests in the starting area and got going to make a little to start with. It had been a while since I had been here so I ended up going into the demon cave twice because of the order I did quests. Bit annoyed at the waste of time there. And I also foolishly bought the first available skill at level 2 even though I should have been saving my money for later. But soon I was out of the starting zone and heading North to Orgrimmar where I had plans to make my fortune. I had 6 shiny silver pieces from doing jobs and selling the rubbish I had picked up.
But first there was some stops I needed to make. I had a quest to deliver a package to the inn in Razor Hill. While there, I visited the fire outside and bought a cooking recipe from the vendor there. My 6s had now dropped to 4 and a half. But soon I was walking into the bustling city of Orgrimmar. I spoke to the innkeeper there about having a room for the foreseeable future and headed further into the city to learn how to handle fire. I was given a number of torches and blossoms, the latter of which I handed in for more torches. I then headed to the Auction House to see if any one was interested in what I had.
I put up the recipe (the one that converts scorpid stingers into something edible, apparently a delicacy enjoyed by Thrall) and the 30 torches I had up for sale. The auctioneer said he could take them for up to 2 days if I was interested. I would have to put a small deposit down on the recipe but the torches were unusual enough that he would take them for free. I could check back later to see if they had sold and he would happily mail them to me if no one was interested, minus the deposit of course.
I decided to then go and wash the dust off me, Durotar is covered in the stuff and I was quite dirty after my travels. So, after a relaxing soak I put on my worn travelling clothes and checked in on the Auction House to see how my wares were doing. Imagine my supprise when I checked the ledger to find my recipe had sold. I had paid a little over a silver piece with a few coppers for it and had decided to try my luck. I had asked the steep sum of 10g and found that someone had paid that price. The payment was being sorted and I was informed that it would be delivered to me by secure courier. I headed off to bed knowing that this truly was the land of dreams. Maybe I could make my fortune.
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This narative style is completely unintended. I started off by trying to approach it from what I did, how I got started and all but found myself telling it from a first person perspective as if I was there. Quite unusual as I normally play on an RP realm where I do little RP and find myself writing the entry of my new non-RP character as more of a story narative. I might see about keeping that up.
I was quite pleased with the start though. I have a play time of less than an hour, Lunchmoney is already level 6 and has around 10g coming in. The torches haven't sold yet and I am not holding out much hope this late into the festival but there is no deposit on posting them so I might just see about keeping them up, maybe lowering the price and then either ditching them or storing for next year if I keep this up.
This is just an exercise in seeing whether I can make money with just what I have learnt over the last few years and more importantly what I have learnt through reading other peoples blogs. I may or may not make this a long term project. I enjoy playing a lot on the other realm and can't relly spend time with both. But we will see. Who knows what the future holds.
I am very pleased with the recipe sale. I remembered while running up the road that there was a recipe only sold there so I picked up one to have a try. I wanted to keep the rest of my money in case I found something else. But I am gambled on the laziness of someone and won. And I shall try to capitalise on this in future.
Watch out, Lunchmoney is here.
I was checking over auctions and what not. I should have being taking advantage of the midsummer festival to help level my rogue. I could have done SS dailies on my Warlock. I could even have leveled my Death Knight or Paladin a bit. But in all honesty I just didn't feel like it. So I tried something else.
I have characters on other servers. I have friends who play on other servers too. But I have a lot invested in the server I play on. However, I have been intrigued for a while over the project Stokpile did involving creating a new character with no support. Well, I can't do that on my server. I have characters on both sides and besides I would just cheat. So I thought how about creating a character on another server. Well, last night I did.
I mentioned that I had friends on another server. I thought to create a character there so that in future I could go "Hi there, remember me." They play with characters with very suggestable names. Names that have hidden meanings or are double entendres. I do too. I created a Death Knight there called Itsafloppin so that I would fit right in. They don't know I have done that. Besides, I haven't even played him at all. I might use him for some profession stuff later but to start with I wanted to see how I could do from scratch.
So, I created a fresh new level 1 character. I thought go with an Orc. That way I am going to be able to get to the commerce centre of the Horde, should I need it. So, Orc it is. Now to class. Well, I haven't ever really played a Warrior so lets give that a go. So, Orc Warrior it is. Now I need a name. Maybe something suggestive so I can fit in later with that crowd. I don't have to worry about RP names, anything like that. So... A name... A name... And I could only think of one. It just kept going round and round and round. I entered the name and proceeded to login...
Lunchmoney the Orc Warrior was born and ready to start making money in a new frontier (and if you are reading this Stokpile, I'm sorry but I just couldn't come up with anything else).
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I picked up the quests in the starting area and got going to make a little to start with. It had been a while since I had been here so I ended up going into the demon cave twice because of the order I did quests. Bit annoyed at the waste of time there. And I also foolishly bought the first available skill at level 2 even though I should have been saving my money for later. But soon I was out of the starting zone and heading North to Orgrimmar where I had plans to make my fortune. I had 6 shiny silver pieces from doing jobs and selling the rubbish I had picked up.
But first there was some stops I needed to make. I had a quest to deliver a package to the inn in Razor Hill. While there, I visited the fire outside and bought a cooking recipe from the vendor there. My 6s had now dropped to 4 and a half. But soon I was walking into the bustling city of Orgrimmar. I spoke to the innkeeper there about having a room for the foreseeable future and headed further into the city to learn how to handle fire. I was given a number of torches and blossoms, the latter of which I handed in for more torches. I then headed to the Auction House to see if any one was interested in what I had.
I put up the recipe (the one that converts scorpid stingers into something edible, apparently a delicacy enjoyed by Thrall) and the 30 torches I had up for sale. The auctioneer said he could take them for up to 2 days if I was interested. I would have to put a small deposit down on the recipe but the torches were unusual enough that he would take them for free. I could check back later to see if they had sold and he would happily mail them to me if no one was interested, minus the deposit of course.
I decided to then go and wash the dust off me, Durotar is covered in the stuff and I was quite dirty after my travels. So, after a relaxing soak I put on my worn travelling clothes and checked in on the Auction House to see how my wares were doing. Imagine my supprise when I checked the ledger to find my recipe had sold. I had paid a little over a silver piece with a few coppers for it and had decided to try my luck. I had asked the steep sum of 10g and found that someone had paid that price. The payment was being sorted and I was informed that it would be delivered to me by secure courier. I headed off to bed knowing that this truly was the land of dreams. Maybe I could make my fortune.
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This narative style is completely unintended. I started off by trying to approach it from what I did, how I got started and all but found myself telling it from a first person perspective as if I was there. Quite unusual as I normally play on an RP realm where I do little RP and find myself writing the entry of my new non-RP character as more of a story narative. I might see about keeping that up.
I was quite pleased with the start though. I have a play time of less than an hour, Lunchmoney is already level 6 and has around 10g coming in. The torches haven't sold yet and I am not holding out much hope this late into the festival but there is no deposit on posting them so I might just see about keeping them up, maybe lowering the price and then either ditching them or storing for next year if I keep this up.
This is just an exercise in seeing whether I can make money with just what I have learnt over the last few years and more importantly what I have learnt through reading other peoples blogs. I may or may not make this a long term project. I enjoy playing a lot on the other realm and can't relly spend time with both. But we will see. Who knows what the future holds.
I am very pleased with the recipe sale. I remembered while running up the road that there was a recipe only sold there so I picked up one to have a try. I wanted to keep the rest of my money in case I found something else. But I am gambled on the laziness of someone and won. And I shall try to capitalise on this in future.
Watch out, Lunchmoney is here.
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