The finalists have been chosen! Now is the time to vote!!
The poll will close right before we record Episode 4!
You'll be able to vote 3 separate times
1. This blog, on the right side of the page! (If you're viewing on mobile, just
be sure to enable the web version of this page!)
2. The Kathtacular podcast page
3. Consortium Forums
If you've missed out on the first two episodes of the podcast, don't forget to listen when you stop by the page to vote! Episode 3 should be released for your listening pleasure this weekend but no later than Monday!
Thursday, October 2, 2014
Wednesday, September 17, 2014
New Podcast, New Contest, Extended Contest
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Okay.... so... I didn't exactly get the opportunity to do the Q&A session or give away yet. And that's good for all of you readers if you still want to participate! I pretty much had to get out of a really crappy living situation as soon as humanly possible and get set up on my own immediately. This meant finding time to get out of work to find a place to live, get my stuff moved, ect. Unfortunately I didn't get settled with all my ducks in a row in time to do the Q&A session and live give away. Now that I'm in my own place with out any reason to worry about the DEA breaking down my door at any given moment, I can begin to schedule things again. I've also had the time to FINALLY get to record the first episode of the new podcast with Kathroman of wow-gps.net which we've (Kathroman mostly) been hinting at for the past few weeks.
KathTacular WoW Gold-Making Podcast
Yep, recorded and released now! Thanks to the hard work and talent of Kathroman, our first episode has finally been released and has a home, but still needs a name! HELP! You can help us name the podcast by entering the Name the Podcast Contest! All details for the contest are listed in the link. You can also find a link to our first episode at podcast.wow-gps.net! The name and link will change once we have determined a winner for the contest and have a permanent name for the podcast. Did I mention there will be prizes? Well, now I did!
7,777th Tweet and 543 Follower Give Away - Extended
I do apologize for not being able to do the give away at the scheduled time. Like I said, that gives you guys more time to enter it by just answering a few questions. Also, it was brought to my attention that some people already have all of the Blizzard Store pets, and that's fine! You can hold your prize and redeem it at any time, say... when Blizzard releases a new pet? And with the recent news of the removal of Hoggs, and the mention that he may become obtainable by other means in a future patch, I'm hoping Hoggs is one of the new pets they add to the store!
So when is the give away now? I'm still going to keep it on a Sunday, my guaranteed day off. Sunday, September 29th at 7:00 PM is when I will do the live give away on twitch and also do the promised Q&A. To enter the give away, just participate on the original post. See you all there!!!
Wednesday, August 27, 2014
7,777th Tweet and 543 Follower Give Away and Q&A
For those of you that follow me on Twitter, you may have noticed that I'll be doing a give away of 1 Blizzard Store pet valued at $10 US. This give away is to celebrate reaching 543 Twitter followers!!!!
Rules for Give Away
1. Answer at least 2 of 3 of the questions listed below, in the comments of this post. Comments not following these rules are not eligible entries.
2. Include your twitter handle at the end of your comment.
3. Claim the prize within 1 week of the winner announcement, the winner will be announced LIVE on twitch.tv/selltacular on Sunday, September 7, 2014 @ 7:07 PM EDT. The winner will also be DM'd on Twitter for verification purposes.
4. If the winner does not respond by Sunday, September 14, 2014 @7:07 PM EDT, a new winner will be chosen, and announced via Twitter.
5. BONUS!!! You can earn a 2nd entry by answering all 3 questions in your comment.
6. All eligible twitter handles will be written on a 1" x 5" index card, folded in half and placed into a pillow case (best I could come up with). At the time of the drawing, I will reach into the pillow case and draw 1 entry.
7. If the winner forfeits their prize, I will then draw a 2nd entry from the case.
Questions
1. Are you looking forward to Warlords of Draenor and why?
2. What part of the game will you be most focused on in the upcoming expansion?
3. If you had to pick just ONE profession, which one would it be?
7,777th Tweet announcing Q&A
Since my 7,777th tweet will be linking this post, I decided to do the Q&A session at the same time as the drawing. I will go LIVE on twitch.tv/selltacular at 7:00 PM EDT and begin the Q&A session. At 7:07 PM EDT I will announce the winner from the give away and go back to answering as many questions as I can before 9:00 PM EDT
Rules for Q&A
1. Ask me anything about WoW or my personal life, I do have boundaries though.
2. If I don't know the answer, I will write the question down and answer them in a blog post.
3. Keep the questions PG rated.
4. Have fun!! Drinks are encouraged if you are of legal drinking age in your location.
5. Requests for WoD topics to cover will also be very welcome!
Rules for Give Away
1. Answer at least 2 of 3 of the questions listed below, in the comments of this post. Comments not following these rules are not eligible entries.
2. Include your twitter handle at the end of your comment.
3. Claim the prize within 1 week of the winner announcement, the winner will be announced LIVE on twitch.tv/selltacular on Sunday, September 7, 2014 @ 7:07 PM EDT. The winner will also be DM'd on Twitter for verification purposes.
4. If the winner does not respond by Sunday, September 14, 2014 @7:07 PM EDT, a new winner will be chosen, and announced via Twitter.
5. BONUS!!! You can earn a 2nd entry by answering all 3 questions in your comment.
6. All eligible twitter handles will be written on a 1" x 5" index card, folded in half and placed into a pillow case (best I could come up with). At the time of the drawing, I will reach into the pillow case and draw 1 entry.
7. If the winner forfeits their prize, I will then draw a 2nd entry from the case.
Questions
1. Are you looking forward to Warlords of Draenor and why?
2. What part of the game will you be most focused on in the upcoming expansion?
3. If you had to pick just ONE profession, which one would it be?
7,777th Tweet announcing Q&A
Since my 7,777th tweet will be linking this post, I decided to do the Q&A session at the same time as the drawing. I will go LIVE on twitch.tv/selltacular at 7:00 PM EDT and begin the Q&A session. At 7:07 PM EDT I will announce the winner from the give away and go back to answering as many questions as I can before 9:00 PM EDT
Rules for Q&A
1. Ask me anything about WoW or my personal life, I do have boundaries though.
2. If I don't know the answer, I will write the question down and answer them in a blog post.
3. Keep the questions PG rated.
4. Have fun!! Drinks are encouraged if you are of legal drinking age in your location.
5. Requests for WoD topics to cover will also be very welcome!
Saturday, July 5, 2014
WoD Beta - A Quick Glance at Alchemy
Hello all!! As I brought up blogger to write this post, I faced the disconnect boss so... no screenshots yet. I guess it's a sign that I need to get off my butt and take care of some IRL things for the fireworks tonight!
I was granted beta access to WoD in the first wave of invites, yet I just got around to being able to get some play time in yesterday. Currently on the PVE realm, we are level capped at 92, which I was able to reach. I've just obtained my Book of Alchemical Secrets and Garrison Blueprint: Alchemy Lab, Level 1 by completing quest. I've read in general chat that you can also get both items as random drops. I'm unsure if the blueprint requires you to be an alchemist to be obtainable through the random drop method.
Upon using the book to raise my alchemy from 600/600 to 600/700, I was immediately taught a few recipes to get my started. First and foremost was the Draenor Philosopher's Stone, at ilvl 620 it was an immediate upgrade to one of my trinkets. Before making the stone, I did have to do the daily cooldown, Alchemical Catalyst, which resulted in receiving 5 Alchemical Catalyst. As of right now, the new alchemy cool down is not shared with your Living Steel cool down. I think it's safe to assume that this is because the Catalyst creation is not a transmute. I'm looking forward to see if there is also a daily transmute that we'll be using, and whether or not it will share a cool down with our mount/pet making friend Living Steel.
I will be adding to this post once I'm able to connect to beta again, hopefully tomorrow. For now, I'm off to sip mojitos and enjoy the day with family!
I was granted beta access to WoD in the first wave of invites, yet I just got around to being able to get some play time in yesterday. Currently on the PVE realm, we are level capped at 92, which I was able to reach. I've just obtained my Book of Alchemical Secrets and Garrison Blueprint: Alchemy Lab, Level 1 by completing quest. I've read in general chat that you can also get both items as random drops. I'm unsure if the blueprint requires you to be an alchemist to be obtainable through the random drop method.
Upon using the book to raise my alchemy from 600/600 to 600/700, I was immediately taught a few recipes to get my started. First and foremost was the Draenor Philosopher's Stone, at ilvl 620 it was an immediate upgrade to one of my trinkets. Before making the stone, I did have to do the daily cooldown, Alchemical Catalyst, which resulted in receiving 5 Alchemical Catalyst. As of right now, the new alchemy cool down is not shared with your Living Steel cool down. I think it's safe to assume that this is because the Catalyst creation is not a transmute. I'm looking forward to see if there is also a daily transmute that we'll be using, and whether or not it will share a cool down with our mount/pet making friend Living Steel.
I will be adding to this post once I'm able to connect to beta again, hopefully tomorrow. For now, I'm off to sip mojitos and enjoy the day with family!
Thursday, April 3, 2014
Free Glyphs in Warlords of Draenor
I'm back!! Now, there's some patch notes for the Warlords of Draenor alpha testing phase!!! Woohoo!!! Stuff to chew on.... or at least I thought. Most of what was included in these patch notes has already been announced in Blizzard's news or strongly hinted at in tweets from various Blizzard devs and/or CMs. However, there is one thing that stuck out like a sore thumb in all of this, mainly because I don't remember hearing or reading about it anywhere before. (I have been afk for roughly 6 weeks though)
Automatically Learned Glyphs
Here's a little excerpt from the WoD Alpha Patch Notes about glyphs.
Here's the list of my best sellers that are getting removed in WoD, they have also been updated in my original post.
Ferocious Bite
Cat Form
Mending
Water Elemental
Dazing Shield
Alabaster Shield
Double Jeopardy
Penance
Flame Shock
Demon Training
Siphon Life
Bull Rush
I know that hwoome was working on 'revamping' inscription due to the massive amount of milling it takes to acquire the necessary inks to make all these glyphs. I'm hopeful that the resolution will be something we all can work with. Her tweet:
If you haven't already, give her a follow to keep up with profession questions as she answers them.
Well, well... while I was writing this post, Tailswish of Swishco Ventures posted his two cents on the patch notes as far as it's related to gold making. Tailswish has been afk a while and recently returned in March. So head on over there and give his posts a good read!
Automatically Learned Glyphs
Here's a little excerpt from the WoD Alpha Patch Notes about glyphs.
"All classes now learn some of their Major Glyphs as they level. Recipes for these Glyphs have been removed. "What does this mean exactly? Well, on the up side, that's 76 (correct me if I'm wrong) less glyphs for us scribes to worry about making, stocking, and listing/relisting. On the slight down side, of those 76, only 12 (15.78%) of them are in my best selling glyph list. To be honest, with all the spell removal, class chages, stat removal, and whatnot, we'll likely see some other glyphs move to the top of the top sellers list. Keep in mind that it's likely that we are going to see a few new glyphs per class, probably mostly cosmetic/minor glyphs, and the good ones are always decent sellers. If you're going to be slowly cutting back your stock in the months leading to WoD release, obviously you'll want to keep just a bit more of your better sellers than the others that are set to be removed.
Here's the list of my best sellers that are getting removed in WoD, they have also been updated in my original post.
Ferocious Bite
Cat Form
Mending
Water Elemental
Dazing Shield
Alabaster Shield
Double Jeopardy
Penance
Flame Shock
Demon Training
Siphon Life
Bull Rush
I know that hwoome was working on 'revamping' inscription due to the massive amount of milling it takes to acquire the necessary inks to make all these glyphs. I'm hopeful that the resolution will be something we all can work with. Her tweet:
@Yogs_Zach In any case, for Warlords content, I'm planning on using a different mechanism for ink creation.
— Hwoo (@hwoome) February 4, 2014
If you haven't already, give her a follow to keep up with profession questions as she answers them.
Well, well... while I was writing this post, Tailswish of Swishco Ventures posted his two cents on the patch notes as far as it's related to gold making. Tailswish has been afk a while and recently returned in March. So head on over there and give his posts a good read!
Saturday, February 15, 2014
Selltacular's Sound - TSM Additions
You may or may not know that I'm leaving the Navy after 9 years of service and I'm moving back home pretty soon. I do not know how long I'll be 'AFK' but I will be returning to the internet as soon as possible. With that, I have something for all of you as sort of a temporary parting gift.
If you're using Trade Skill Master and don't have the TSM Additions Module installed, I highly suggest that you install it. Otherwise, this 'gift' will be useless to you unless you use some other add-on (use TSM Additions instead) that plays a sound file when you make a sale. As well as playing a sound when you make a sale, the module also provides a link to the item and a sale price when 'a buyer has been found for your auction', it also replaces that text in your chat window. Additions also allows you to buy stacks from vendors in any amount you like. Check it out if you haven't already!!
How to change the sound file in TSM Additions
If you open the TSM Additions folder, you'll see an mp3 file labeled 'register' . This is the file that plays every time you make a sale. If you want to change the sound file, you can remove the original mp3 and replace it with another of the same name. I chose to create my own sound file to use for this. Click this link to download the Selltacular Sound File. Don't forget to rename it to 'register.mp3' I hope you enjoy it!
UPDATE!!!!
I forgot to mention that you need to replace the file every time you update that module. I always forget until I hear the 'default' register sound.
If you're using Trade Skill Master and don't have the TSM Additions Module installed, I highly suggest that you install it. Otherwise, this 'gift' will be useless to you unless you use some other add-on (use TSM Additions instead) that plays a sound file when you make a sale. As well as playing a sound when you make a sale, the module also provides a link to the item and a sale price when 'a buyer has been found for your auction', it also replaces that text in your chat window. Additions also allows you to buy stacks from vendors in any amount you like. Check it out if you haven't already!!
How to change the sound file in TSM Additions
If you open the TSM Additions folder, you'll see an mp3 file labeled 'register' . This is the file that plays every time you make a sale. If you want to change the sound file, you can remove the original mp3 and replace it with another of the same name. I chose to create my own sound file to use for this. Click this link to download the Selltacular Sound File. Don't forget to rename it to 'register.mp3' I hope you enjoy it!
UPDATE!!!!
I forgot to mention that you need to replace the file every time you update that module. I always forget until I hear the 'default' register sound.
Tuesday, February 4, 2014
Selltacular's Glyph Groups 1.0
Awesome! I've gotten a few requests from the twitter crowd and I feel compelled to work on my glyph set up. For now, especially with as much as I'll have on my plate for the next week, this will have to suffice.
I divide my groups by class in order to easily cater to the insta 90's of the future. I will then create a substructure for each class based on the way that each glyph is learned:
5.4 World BoP
5.4 TI common
5.4 TI Rare
Scroll of Wisdom
Book of Glyph Mastery
Northrend Inscription Research
Minor Inscription Research
Vendor
Trainer First Pick
Trainer Rarely Picked
You can group these together however you'd like, but once you've gone through the tedious task of setting up your substructure, you can use a base operation for all of them just to get you started. Then, if you need/want to you can set operations based on your own circumstances and apply them to each subgroup. I honestly don't even recommend making the Trainer First Pick glyphs on servers with any scribe leveling activity. I'll identify why I decided to split trainer glyphs in that manner in a future post. For now, we're just gonna stick with the basic set up that I have at the moment.
group:all`Death Knight,104047,104046,104048,104049,104101,43533,43534,43535,43536,43537,43539,43541,43542,43543,43544,43546,43547,43548,43549,43550,43551,43552,43553,43554,43671,43672,43673,43825,43826,43827,45799,45800,45804,45806,68793,group:all`Druid,104102,104103,40896,40897,40899,40900,40901,40902,40903,40906,40908,40909,40912,40913,40914,40915,40916,40919,40920,40921,40922,40923,40924,43316,43331,43332,43334,43335,43674,44922,44928,45601,45602,45603,45604,45622,45623,48720,67484,67485,67486,67487,68039,89868,group:all`Hunter,104270,104276,42897,42898,42899,42900,42901,42902,42903,42904,42905,42906,42907,42908,42909,42910,42911,42912,42913,42914,42915,42917,43338,43350,43351,43355,43356,45625,45731,45732,45733,45734,45735,85683,85684,87278,87279,87393,group:all`Mage,104104,104105,42735,42736,42737,42738,42739,42741,42743,42744,42745,42746,42748,42749,42751,42752,42753,42754,43339,43359,43360,43361,43362,43364,44684,44920,44955,45736,45737,45738,45739,45740,50045,63416,63539,69773,group:all`Monk,82345,84652,85685,85687,85689,85691,85692,85695,85696,85697,85698,85699,85700,87880,87881,87882,87883,87884,87885,87887,87888,87889,87890,87891,87892,87893,87894,87895,87896,87897,87898,87899,87900,87901,90715,group:all`Paladin,104050,104051,104108,41092,41094,41095,41096,41097,41098,41099,41100,41101,41102,41103,41104,41105,41106,41107,41108,41109,41110,43340,43365,43366,43367,43368,43369,43867,43868,43869,45741,45742,45743,45744,45745,45746,45747,66918,80581,80584,80585,80586,81956,83107,group:all`Priest,104121,104122,42396,42397,42398,42399,42400,42401,42402,42403,42404,42405,42406,42407,42408,42409,42410,42411,42412,42414,42415,42416,42417,43342,43370,43371,43372,43373,43374,45753,45755,45756,45757,45758,45760,77101,79513,79514,79515,79538,86541,87276,87277,87392,87902,group:all`Rogue,104123,104124,42954,42955,42956,42957,42958,42959,42960,42961,42962,42963,42964,42965,42966,42967,42968,42969,42970,42971,42972,42973,42974,43343,43376,43377,43378,43379,43380,45761,45762,45764,45766,45767,45768,45769,63420,64493,group:all`Shaman,104127,104128,104129,104130,104133,104134,41517,41518,41524,41526,41527,41529,41530,41531,41532,41533,41534,41535,41536,41537,41538,41539,41540,41541,41542,41547,41552,43344,43381,43385,43386,43388,43725,44923,45770,45771,45772,45775,45776,45777,45778,71155,group:all`Warlock,42453,42454,42455,42456,42457,42458,42459,42460,42461,42462,42463,42464,42465,42466,42467,42470,42471,42472,42473,43389,43390,43391,43392,43393,43394,45779,45780,45781,45782,45783,45785,45789,50077,93202,group:all`Warrior,104055,104056,104135,104136,104137,104138,43395,43396,43397,43398,43399,43400,43412,43413,43414,43415,43416,43417,43418,43419,43421,43422,43423,43424,43425,43427,43428,43430,43431,43432,45790,45792,45793,45794,45795,45797,49084,63481,67482,67483,80587,80588,83096,85221
Copy that entire item string and paste it into a bare glyph group. Ensure you check 'Move Already Grouped Items' if your intention is to use this setup by class. Alternatively, you can paste into notepad and remove the group setup and re organize as you wish.
Operations
This is currently the ONLY auctioning operation I use for my glyphs, as there is almost no need for other auctioning operations in my situation. Your situation may vary and I'll try to suggest ways to set up your operations in the future. I highly recommend taking a look at Wowuction's section on glyphs and see which glyphs are more profitable for you to make. I also recommend studying the data so you can familiarize yourself with your server's glyph market before you decide to jump/dip your toes into the market. Keep in mind your average price to make an ink if you are doing the milling yourself.
Auctioning: I don't do cancel scans unless I've been lazy on restocking and need to cancel in order to relist the more popular glyphs. I have price ceilings (6g per ink of dreams, all inks are set to that cost due to herb availability on the AH) for my materials and a minimum profit 27g per glyph built in to my pricing scheme. This is why I choose manual pricing over market based pricing in most of my crafted groups. This is what my posting setup looks like:
I'm only posting 1 at a time since I'm on a low pop server. I tried 2 for a while, but rarely did I ever sell 2 of the same glyph in one posting cycle. If you'd like to read more on inventory, Stede of Late Night With Stede did an excellent post on the Power of Inventory. I highly recommend reading that post as well as the rest of his work. In that post he uses glyph inventory as an example to demonstrate his point. Oh while you're at it, listen to his shows, always good discussion about loads of gold making topics.
I hope this post can help some of you get started or adjust your glyph groups as you see fit. In my opinion, the ability to analyze your server and understand the logistics of the glyph market there, will give you a good edge over many of your competitors.
I'd like provide so much more really soon. As the time to move across the country draws near, I'm extremely pressed for time.
I divide my groups by class in order to easily cater to the insta 90's of the future. I will then create a substructure for each class based on the way that each glyph is learned:
5.4 World BoP
5.4 TI common
5.4 TI Rare
Scroll of Wisdom
Book of Glyph Mastery
Northrend Inscription Research
Minor Inscription Research
Vendor
Trainer First Pick
Trainer Rarely Picked
You can group these together however you'd like, but once you've gone through the tedious task of setting up your substructure, you can use a base operation for all of them just to get you started. Then, if you need/want to you can set operations based on your own circumstances and apply them to each subgroup. I honestly don't even recommend making the Trainer First Pick glyphs on servers with any scribe leveling activity. I'll identify why I decided to split trainer glyphs in that manner in a future post. For now, we're just gonna stick with the basic set up that I have at the moment.
!!!!!!!!DISCLAIMER!!!!!!!!
Please note that I do not have some of the newer glyphs (complete list here), so these will be missing from the item string for the time being.
TSM Glyph itemstring as I have it set up:
group:all`Death Knight,104047,104046,104048,104049,104101,43533,43534,43535,43536,43537,43539,43541,43542,43543,43544,43546,43547,43548,43549,43550,43551,43552,43553,43554,43671,43672,43673,43825,43826,43827,45799,45800,45804,45806,68793,group:all`Druid,104102,104103,40896,40897,40899,40900,40901,40902,40903,40906,40908,40909,40912,40913,40914,40915,40916,40919,40920,40921,40922,40923,40924,43316,43331,43332,43334,43335,43674,44922,44928,45601,45602,45603,45604,45622,45623,48720,67484,67485,67486,67487,68039,89868,group:all`Hunter,104270,104276,42897,42898,42899,42900,42901,42902,42903,42904,42905,42906,42907,42908,42909,42910,42911,42912,42913,42914,42915,42917,43338,43350,43351,43355,43356,45625,45731,45732,45733,45734,45735,85683,85684,87278,87279,87393,group:all`Mage,104104,104105,42735,42736,42737,42738,42739,42741,42743,42744,42745,42746,42748,42749,42751,42752,42753,42754,43339,43359,43360,43361,43362,43364,44684,44920,44955,45736,45737,45738,45739,45740,50045,63416,63539,69773,group:all`Monk,82345,84652,85685,85687,85689,85691,85692,85695,85696,85697,85698,85699,85700,87880,87881,87882,87883,87884,87885,87887,87888,87889,87890,87891,87892,87893,87894,87895,87896,87897,87898,87899,87900,87901,90715,group:all`Paladin,104050,104051,104108,41092,41094,41095,41096,41097,41098,41099,41100,41101,41102,41103,41104,41105,41106,41107,41108,41109,41110,43340,43365,43366,43367,43368,43369,43867,43868,43869,45741,45742,45743,45744,45745,45746,45747,66918,80581,80584,80585,80586,81956,83107,group:all`Priest,104121,104122,42396,42397,42398,42399,42400,42401,42402,42403,42404,42405,42406,42407,42408,42409,42410,42411,42412,42414,42415,42416,42417,43342,43370,43371,43372,43373,43374,45753,45755,45756,45757,45758,45760,77101,79513,79514,79515,79538,86541,87276,87277,87392,87902,group:all`Rogue,104123,104124,42954,42955,42956,42957,42958,42959,42960,42961,42962,42963,42964,42965,42966,42967,42968,42969,42970,42971,42972,42973,42974,43343,43376,43377,43378,43379,43380,45761,45762,45764,45766,45767,45768,45769,63420,64493,group:all`Shaman,104127,104128,104129,104130,104133,104134,41517,41518,41524,41526,41527,41529,41530,41531,41532,41533,41534,41535,41536,41537,41538,41539,41540,41541,41542,41547,41552,43344,43381,43385,43386,43388,43725,44923,45770,45771,45772,45775,45776,45777,45778,71155,group:all`Warlock,42453,42454,42455,42456,42457,42458,42459,42460,42461,42462,42463,42464,42465,42466,42467,42470,42471,42472,42473,43389,43390,43391,43392,43393,43394,45779,45780,45781,45782,45783,45785,45789,50077,93202,group:all`Warrior,104055,104056,104135,104136,104137,104138,43395,43396,43397,43398,43399,43400,43412,43413,43414,43415,43416,43417,43418,43419,43421,43422,43423,43424,43425,43427,43428,43430,43431,43432,45790,45792,45793,45794,45795,45797,49084,63481,67482,67483,80587,80588,83096,85221
Copy that entire item string and paste it into a bare glyph group. Ensure you check 'Move Already Grouped Items' if your intention is to use this setup by class. Alternatively, you can paste into notepad and remove the group setup and re organize as you wish.
Operations
This is currently the ONLY auctioning operation I use for my glyphs, as there is almost no need for other auctioning operations in my situation. Your situation may vary and I'll try to suggest ways to set up your operations in the future. I highly recommend taking a look at Wowuction's section on glyphs and see which glyphs are more profitable for you to make. I also recommend studying the data so you can familiarize yourself with your server's glyph market before you decide to jump/dip your toes into the market. Keep in mind your average price to make an ink if you are doing the milling yourself.
Auctioning: I don't do cancel scans unless I've been lazy on restocking and need to cancel in order to relist the more popular glyphs. I have price ceilings (6g per ink of dreams, all inks are set to that cost due to herb availability on the AH) for my materials and a minimum profit 27g per glyph built in to my pricing scheme. This is why I choose manual pricing over market based pricing in most of my crafted groups. This is what my posting setup looks like:
I'm only posting 1 at a time since I'm on a low pop server. I tried 2 for a while, but rarely did I ever sell 2 of the same glyph in one posting cycle. If you'd like to read more on inventory, Stede of Late Night With Stede did an excellent post on the Power of Inventory. I highly recommend reading that post as well as the rest of his work. In that post he uses glyph inventory as an example to demonstrate his point. Oh while you're at it, listen to his shows, always good discussion about loads of gold making topics.
I hope this post can help some of you get started or adjust your glyph groups as you see fit. In my opinion, the ability to analyze your server and understand the logistics of the glyph market there, will give you a good edge over many of your competitors.
I'd like provide so much more really soon. As the time to move across the country draws near, I'm extremely pressed for time.
Saturday, February 1, 2014
Glyph Selling - Trimming the Fat Part 2
Welcome to part 2 of this series, (a long time coming) where I list glyphs that have NOT sold in the last 90 days, as that's as far back as my data goes. Glyph Selling Part 1 lists my best selling glyphs, check it out if you missed that post!
At first glance, the following glyphs are posting at my normal price due to loads of these being posted by people leveling inscription, but I'll take an in depth look at that in a later post.
Worst Selling Glyphs
The following list will tell you: Name - Major/Minor - Source
Freezing Trap - Major - Trainer
Blind - Major - Trainer
Blinding Light - Major - Trainer
Psychic Scream - Major - Trainer
Death Grip - Major - Trainer
Devotion Aura - Major - Trainer
Purge - Major - Trainer
Shiv - Major - Trainer
Lava Lash - Minor - Trainer
Breath of Fire - Major - Scroll of Wisdom
Direction - Minor - Scroll of Wisdom
Die by the Sword - Major - Trainer
Totemic Recall - Major - Trainer
Mind Freeze - Major - Trainer
Telluric Currents - Major - Trainer
Loose Mana - Minor - Trainer
Shifting Presences - Major - Trainer
Illumination - Major - Trainer
Holy Wrath - Major - Trainer
Fire Nova - Major - Trainer
Guided Stars - Major - Trainer
the Raging Whirlwind - Minor - 5.4 World Drop
Shield Wall - Major - Book of Glyph Mastery
Purify - Major - Trainer
Gouge Major - Trainer
Hindering Strikes - Major - Trainer
Fighting Pose - Minor - Trainer
Hoarse Voice - Major - Trainer
Fear Ward - Major - Trainer
Arcane Explosion - Major - Trainer
Summary
I'm not surprised at all to see that most of the NON sellers are trainer taught. In part 3 of this series I will explore the reason that some of the trainer glyphs are good sellers and some are not. I'll also take a look at why some of the non trainer glyphs aren't selling for me.
At first glance, the following glyphs are posting at my normal price due to loads of these being posted by people leveling inscription, but I'll take an in depth look at that in a later post.
Worst Selling Glyphs
The following list will tell you: Name - Major/Minor - Source
Freezing Trap - Major - Trainer
Blind - Major - Trainer
Blinding Light - Major - Trainer
Psychic Scream - Major - Trainer
Death Grip - Major - Trainer
Devotion Aura - Major - Trainer
Purge - Major - Trainer
Shiv - Major - Trainer
Lava Lash - Minor - Trainer
Breath of Fire - Major - Scroll of Wisdom
Direction - Minor - Scroll of Wisdom
Die by the Sword - Major - Trainer
Totemic Recall - Major - Trainer
Mind Freeze - Major - Trainer
Telluric Currents - Major - Trainer
Loose Mana - Minor - Trainer
Shifting Presences - Major - Trainer
Illumination - Major - Trainer
Holy Wrath - Major - Trainer
Fire Nova - Major - Trainer
Guided Stars - Major - Trainer
the Raging Whirlwind - Minor - 5.4 World Drop
Shield Wall - Major - Book of Glyph Mastery
Purify - Major - Trainer
Gouge Major - Trainer
Hindering Strikes - Major - Trainer
Fighting Pose - Minor - Trainer
Hoarse Voice - Major - Trainer
Fear Ward - Major - Trainer
Arcane Explosion - Major - Trainer
Summary
I'm not surprised at all to see that most of the NON sellers are trainer taught. In part 3 of this series I will explore the reason that some of the trainer glyphs are good sellers and some are not. I'll also take a look at why some of the non trainer glyphs aren't selling for me.
Thursday, January 9, 2014
Competing with Phat Lewts for Profitz' Twitch Give Away
In the spirit of supporting my favorite (clown) gold maker in the community, Phat Lewts and I have started a friendly competition that is taking place on Earthen Ring - US. The goal is to make as much gold as possible within the set time frame, while strictly adhering to the rules that we have set in place. Once the competition has ended, we will both be donating our hard earned gold to Profitz' Mega 2014 Twitch Stream Follower Give Away. <<<< Click this link for all of the awesome details of Profitz' give away....... DO IT!!!
Competition Rules
Phat Lewts and I will be trading sales and purchasing data using the Accounting Export feature in the Trade Skill Master App. I plan to save my data to share with you once this competition has come to an end.
BAM!!!! Achievement earned! To earn your Supporter of the Clown Achievement, click on the achievement above to get to Profitz' twitch channel and click the follow button! Oh, if you haven't clicked that link for all of the awesome give away details yet, here's your reminder:
Profitz' Mega 2014 Twitch Stream Follower Give Away!!!!
Competition Rules
- Realm: Earthen Ring - US
- Two characters allowed. One main character and one bank character. Alliance (Selltacular) vs Horde (Phat Lewts)
- No DKs allowed, we're doing this the 'hard' way!
- BoAs are acceptable, no vendoring.
- No battle pet selling from current inventory. Any means of transferring gold from other servers/factions is strictly prohibited.
- Using the daily Blingtron quest is allowed.
- Begin January 9, 2014
- End January 23, 2014
Phat Lewts and I will be trading sales and purchasing data using the Accounting Export feature in the Trade Skill Master App. I plan to save my data to share with you once this competition has come to an end.
BAM!!!! Achievement earned! To earn your Supporter of the Clown Achievement, click on the achievement above to get to Profitz' twitch channel and click the follow button! Oh, if you haven't clicked that link for all of the awesome give away details yet, here's your reminder:
Profitz' Mega 2014 Twitch Stream Follower Give Away!!!!
Sunday, January 5, 2014
Glyph Selling - Trimming the Fat Part 1
In this series of posts, I hope to accomplish several things. All of which should hopefully help you and I take a look at our glyphs and see which ones we probably shouldn't be bothering with.
Things to Keep in Mind
My Glyph Pricing:
Best Sellers
The following list will tell you: Name - Quantity Sold - Major/Minor - Avg Sell Price - Source
Nightmares - 19 - Minor - 284g62s40c - Northrend Research
Unending Rage - 18 - Major - 258g62s23c - Trainer
Water Elemental - 17 - Major - 267g23s77c - Book of Glyph Mastery to be removed in WoD
Demon Training - 14 - Major - 278g16s34c - Northrend Research to be removed in WoD
the Treant - 13 - Minor - 268g97s00c - Minor Research
Unstable Affliction - 11 - Major - 271g78s02c - Northrend Research
Chain Lightning - 11 - Major - 270g22s99c - Northrend Research
10 SOLD
Enslave Demon - Minor - 243g39s74c - Minor Research
Death From Above - Major - 219g37s05c - Book of Glyph Mastery
Zen Flight - Minor - 161g01s15c - Scroll of Wisdom
Regrowth - Major - 270g11s59c - Northrend Research
9 SOLD
Mirror Image - Minor - 213g39s00c - Book of Glyph Mastery
Bull Rush - Major - 184g29s89c - Trainer to be removed in WoD
the Sprouting Mushroom - Minor - 65g46s54c - 5.4 World Drop
Penance - Major - 276g72s72c - Book of Glyph Mastery to be removed in WoD
Blackout Kick - Minor - 267g84s93c - Scroll of Wisdom
Double Jeopardy - Major - 100g63s19c - Trainer to be removed in WoD
Touch of Karma - Major - 180g47s19c - Trainer
Demon Hunting - Major - 268g3s19c - Book of Glyph Mastery
Mind Flay - Major - 160g35s41c - Trainer
8 SOLD
Shadow - Minor - 265g54s50c - Minor Research
Dazing Shield - Major - 254g85s84c - Northrend Research to be removed in WoD
Conjure Familiar - Minor - 284g64s26c - Minor Research
the Falling Avenger - Minor - 169g86s39c - Scroll of Wisdom
the Luminous Charger - Minor - 241g53s21c - Minor Research
Illusion - Minor - 283g35s58c - Book of Glyph Mastery
Inner Sanctum - Major - 174g26s79c - Trainer
Mending - Major - 80g07s83c - Trainer to be removed in WoD
Conflagrate - Major - 286g73s55c - Northrend Research
Cheetah - Minor - 244g68s32c - Scroll of Wisdom
the Spectral Wolf - Minor - 270g71s18c - Minor Research
Cat Form - Major - 153g51s05c - Trainer to be removed in WoD
the Blazing Trail - Minor - 143g14s63c - Scroll of Wisdom
Flame Shock - Major - 189g41s69c - Trainer to be removed in WoD
Weakened Soul - Major - 251g01s11c - Northrend Research
the Alabaster Shield - Major - 214g51s18c - Book of Glyph Mastery to be removed in WoD
Burning Anger - Minor - 87g93s27c - Scroll of Wisdom
Siphon Life - Major - 227g95s60c - Trainer to be removed in WoD
Ferocious Bite - Major - 128g70s73c - Trainer to be removed in WoD
There are a good handful of glyphs that have not sold at all for me which I will name in the next post in this series. Also, keep in mind that I do not currently know the following glyphs, which are all Timeless Isle drops or World Drops, introduced in 5.4. If you're after a full list of those glyphs, check out the List of 5.4 Glyphs on my 5.4 Preparation post.
Unknown Glyphs (Updated 6/04/2014)
Festering Blood - World Drop (Acquired 2/9/2014)
Swift Death - World Drop (Acquired 2/9/2014)
the Skeleton - Rattleskew (Technique can be found on AH)
Condensation - Zesqua (Acquired 5/30/2014)
the Exorcist - World Drop (Acquired 5/29/2014)
Angels - World Drop (Acquired 5/29/2014)
the Sha - World Drop (Acquired 6/04/2014)
Eternal Earth - World Drop
Purging - World Drop
the Compy - World Drop (Acquired 2/9/2014)
Elemental Familiars - World Drop
Flaming Serpent - World Drop (Acquired 2/9/2014)
Spirit Raptors - World Drop
Spirit Wolf - World Drop (Acquired 2/9/2014)
the Executor - World Drop (actually I just got this one to drop while writing this)
I should really get out on my scribe and grind these! I really can't wait to get into the details as to why some of these sell better than others. Also, I'd like to send a huge thanks to Stede of Late Night With Stede for giving me a spreadsheet to work with for these glyphs. That spreadsheet helped me identify the source of each glyph rather quickly.
A Little Summary
I was surprised to see that some of my top sellers are trainer taught glyphs and not surprised at all to see so many Northrend Research and Book of Glyph Mastery taught glyphs. We'll take a closer look at those in the 3rd part of this post. Check back later for Part 2 of this series where I will list the glyphs that haven't sold at all in the last 3 months.
Things to Keep in Mind
My Glyph Pricing:
- Minimum = 60g
- Normal = 300g
- Maximum = 600g
- Minimum = Free is good!!!
- Maximum = 10g
- I do no purchase herbs/pigments/inks that result in greater than a 10g/ink cost
- Lately with the drop in herb prices, I'll be reducing my minimum glyph prices to stay at about double my max crafting cost.
Best Sellers
The following list will tell you: Name - Quantity Sold - Major/Minor - Avg Sell Price - Source
Nightmares - 19 - Minor - 284g62s40c - Northrend Research
Unending Rage - 18 - Major - 258g62s23c - Trainer
Water Elemental - 17 - Major - 267g23s77c - Book of Glyph Mastery to be removed in WoD
Demon Training - 14 - Major - 278g16s34c - Northrend Research to be removed in WoD
the Treant - 13 - Minor - 268g97s00c - Minor Research
Unstable Affliction - 11 - Major - 271g78s02c - Northrend Research
Chain Lightning - 11 - Major - 270g22s99c - Northrend Research
10 SOLD
Enslave Demon - Minor - 243g39s74c - Minor Research
Death From Above - Major - 219g37s05c - Book of Glyph Mastery
Zen Flight - Minor - 161g01s15c - Scroll of Wisdom
Regrowth - Major - 270g11s59c - Northrend Research
9 SOLD
Mirror Image - Minor - 213g39s00c - Book of Glyph Mastery
Bull Rush - Major - 184g29s89c - Trainer to be removed in WoD
the Sprouting Mushroom - Minor - 65g46s54c - 5.4 World Drop
Penance - Major - 276g72s72c - Book of Glyph Mastery to be removed in WoD
Blackout Kick - Minor - 267g84s93c - Scroll of Wisdom
Double Jeopardy - Major - 100g63s19c - Trainer to be removed in WoD
Touch of Karma - Major - 180g47s19c - Trainer
Demon Hunting - Major - 268g3s19c - Book of Glyph Mastery
Mind Flay - Major - 160g35s41c - Trainer
8 SOLD
Shadow - Minor - 265g54s50c - Minor Research
Dazing Shield - Major - 254g85s84c - Northrend Research to be removed in WoD
Conjure Familiar - Minor - 284g64s26c - Minor Research
the Falling Avenger - Minor - 169g86s39c - Scroll of Wisdom
the Luminous Charger - Minor - 241g53s21c - Minor Research
Illusion - Minor - 283g35s58c - Book of Glyph Mastery
Inner Sanctum - Major - 174g26s79c - Trainer
Mending - Major - 80g07s83c - Trainer to be removed in WoD
Conflagrate - Major - 286g73s55c - Northrend Research
Cheetah - Minor - 244g68s32c - Scroll of Wisdom
the Spectral Wolf - Minor - 270g71s18c - Minor Research
Cat Form - Major - 153g51s05c - Trainer to be removed in WoD
the Blazing Trail - Minor - 143g14s63c - Scroll of Wisdom
Flame Shock - Major - 189g41s69c - Trainer to be removed in WoD
Weakened Soul - Major - 251g01s11c - Northrend Research
the Alabaster Shield - Major - 214g51s18c - Book of Glyph Mastery to be removed in WoD
Burning Anger - Minor - 87g93s27c - Scroll of Wisdom
Siphon Life - Major - 227g95s60c - Trainer to be removed in WoD
Ferocious Bite - Major - 128g70s73c - Trainer to be removed in WoD
There are a good handful of glyphs that have not sold at all for me which I will name in the next post in this series. Also, keep in mind that I do not currently know the following glyphs, which are all Timeless Isle drops or World Drops, introduced in 5.4. If you're after a full list of those glyphs, check out the List of 5.4 Glyphs on my 5.4 Preparation post.
Unknown Glyphs (Updated 6/04/2014)
Festering Blood - World Drop (Acquired 2/9/2014)
Swift Death - World Drop (Acquired 2/9/2014)
the Skeleton - Rattleskew (Technique can be found on AH)
Condensation - Zesqua (Acquired 5/30/2014)
the Exorcist - World Drop (Acquired 5/29/2014)
Angels - World Drop (Acquired 5/29/2014)
the Sha - World Drop (Acquired 6/04/2014)
Eternal Earth - World Drop
Purging - World Drop
the Compy - World Drop (Acquired 2/9/2014)
Elemental Familiars - World Drop
Flaming Serpent - World Drop (Acquired 2/9/2014)
Spirit Raptors - World Drop
Spirit Wolf - World Drop (Acquired 2/9/2014)
the Executor - World Drop (actually I just got this one to drop while writing this)
I should really get out on my scribe and grind these! I really can't wait to get into the details as to why some of these sell better than others. Also, I'd like to send a huge thanks to Stede of Late Night With Stede for giving me a spreadsheet to work with for these glyphs. That spreadsheet helped me identify the source of each glyph rather quickly.
A Little Summary
I was surprised to see that some of my top sellers are trainer taught glyphs and not surprised at all to see so many Northrend Research and Book of Glyph Mastery taught glyphs. We'll take a closer look at those in the 3rd part of this post. Check back later for Part 2 of this series where I will list the glyphs that haven't sold at all in the last 3 months.
Friday, November 29, 2013
December Gold Blogging Carnival Topic
Everyone is welcome to write a post for the blogging carnivals at Copper to Gold. All of the previous carnival topics that were hosted at Cold's Gold Factory can still be found there.
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December 2013 Gold Blogging Carnival Topic
This month's topic is pretty straightforward but gives you quite a bit of flexibility. Blizzcon '13 happened earlier this month and there's been quite a bit of clarification and new announcments since then. From garrisons to no flying until 6.1, to reducing enchant slots and number of sockets on gear.
"What impacts do you think that any of the Blizzcon announcements will have on gold making?"
Monday, November 11, 2013
Realm Mergers - Preparing and Adapting - October/November Gold Blogging Carnival
Cold's Gold Blogging Carnival - October/November 2013
Originally created by Cold of Cold's Gold Factory, his format for the carnival post will continue to be used in all future posts. Just returning from a break? Read Cold's Gold Blogging Carnival Announcement to find out why his carnival has found a new home. I also did a short summary about becoming the new host for Cold's Gold Blogging Carnival.
Welcome to another 2013 edition of Cold's Gold Blogging Carnival. These carnivals will continue to take place the 11th day of every month and will be hosted here at Copper to Gold. All World of Warcraft bloggers are welcome to participate and feedback both here and on the original authors' sites is strongly encouraged. So show some support and please leave some feedback in the comments section. These bloggers put a lot of time and hard work into these blogging carnival posts so please tell them what you think.
If you would like to be included in the next month's carnival, please review the guidelines for Cold's Gold Blogging Carnivals and submit your live post link via email (sonomad98@gmail.com) before the 10th of the month. Read up on the benefits of participating in blogging carnivals at Cold's blog designed to help new bloggers, Blogging Vitals. (Lots of tips for those of you starting out or interested in blogging.) Articles for the CGF carnival are listed in the order they are received. Thank you to all the bloggers participating in this month's carnival!
Now I present to you this month's participant on the topic of:
See you next month with posts from the December topic, until then, keep on making that gold!!
If you enjoy the monthly carnivals, spread the word and help support the carnival as it continues to grow:
Originally created by Cold of Cold's Gold Factory, his format for the carnival post will continue to be used in all future posts. Just returning from a break? Read Cold's Gold Blogging Carnival Announcement to find out why his carnival has found a new home. I also did a short summary about becoming the new host for Cold's Gold Blogging Carnival.
Welcome to another 2013 edition of Cold's Gold Blogging Carnival. These carnivals will continue to take place the 11th day of every month and will be hosted here at Copper to Gold. All World of Warcraft bloggers are welcome to participate and feedback both here and on the original authors' sites is strongly encouraged. So show some support and please leave some feedback in the comments section. These bloggers put a lot of time and hard work into these blogging carnival posts so please tell them what you think.
If you would like to be included in the next month's carnival, please review the guidelines for Cold's Gold Blogging Carnivals and submit your live post link via email (sonomad98@gmail.com) before the 10th of the month. Read up on the benefits of participating in blogging carnivals at Cold's blog designed to help new bloggers, Blogging Vitals. (Lots of tips for those of you starting out or interested in blogging.) Articles for the CGF carnival are listed in the order they are received. Thank you to all the bloggers participating in this month's carnival!
Now I present to you this month's participant on the topic of:
"If you knew in advance, which realm would be merged with yours, what would you do to prepare and adapt to the changes to your AH economy?"
Realm Mergers - Preparing for a Change or Maybe Just Sameness - By Selltacular of Copper to Gold
If you'd like to follow the participants via twitter, you can visit each of their twitter feeds by clicking on their names.
Sadly, I did not get any entries on this topic for 2 MONTHS. But, from what I've noticed, most of the normal participants have been pretty busy, and this was a pretty tough topic. With that, I'm really looking forward to next month's topic which should be an easier topic to tackle and pretty fun to write too.
Realm Mergers - Preparing for a Change or Maybe Just Sameness - By Selltacular of Copper to Gold
If you'd like to follow the participants via twitter, you can visit each of their twitter feeds by clicking on their names.
Sadly, I did not get any entries on this topic for 2 MONTHS. But, from what I've noticed, most of the normal participants have been pretty busy, and this was a pretty tough topic. With that, I'm really looking forward to next month's topic which should be an easier topic to tackle and pretty fun to write too.
If you enjoy the monthly carnivals, spread the word and help support the carnival as it continues to grow:
Realm Mergers - Preparing for a Change or Maybe Just Sameness
Hopefully, this post will turn out as good as it's original iteration that I somehow managed to highlight, type over, and then let blogger autosave my one keystroke. Lesson learned though, I'm going to start doing my posts via notepad or something and then importing into blogger.
So far we've only seen quite a few low pop servers connected, and there's already quite a bit of data out there on these connected realms. And with that, we are brought to the October/November Gold Blogging Carnival Topic: "If you knew in advance what realm would be merged with yours, what would you do to prepare and adapt to the changes in your AH economy?"
Preparation
First thing's first, know your competition. I know my current competition and I have a pretty good idea as to how they operate, given the fact that I've worked with/against them for the past few years. We're now talking about an alliance, when and if we're connected to another realm, but more on that later. I need to figure out who, on the other server, is regularly competing in my markets. To do so, I will mosey on over to The Undermine Journal, select the new server/faction combo and then look at the busy sellers. I'll research those busy sellers and figure out which ones I need to worry about. Let's look at what I sell on Selltacular and just pretend for a second that I'm the competition.
The best time to look at all the goods that he/she sells is the first scan after their normal peak posting time. If you're trying to look at what they have up after their auctions have expired, you're wasting your time.
So far we've only seen quite a few low pop servers connected, and there's already quite a bit of data out there on these connected realms. And with that, we are brought to the October/November Gold Blogging Carnival Topic: "If you knew in advance what realm would be merged with yours, what would you do to prepare and adapt to the changes in your AH economy?"
Preparation
First thing's first, know your competition. I know my current competition and I have a pretty good idea as to how they operate, given the fact that I've worked with/against them for the past few years. We're now talking about an alliance, when and if we're connected to another realm, but more on that later. I need to figure out who, on the other server, is regularly competing in my markets. To do so, I will mosey on over to The Undermine Journal, select the new server/faction combo and then look at the busy sellers. I'll research those busy sellers and figure out which ones I need to worry about. Let's look at what I sell on Selltacular and just pretend for a second that I'm the competition.
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| Busy Sellers via The Undermine Journal |
The best time to look at all the goods that he/she sells is the first scan after their normal peak posting time. If you're trying to look at what they have up after their auctions have expired, you're wasting your time.
Here we can see that the normal posting time is about 5 pm. For me, this week's been a little wacky since I took a little staycation. Put for the sake of this post, let's just pretend that the normal posting time is 5 pm. You can click the busy seller, or search for them on The Undermine Journal. You will be brought to their page which will show their heat map, auctioning history and a breakdown of what they are selling, as well as an itemized list of their current auctions. There is a ton that you can do with all of this information which can take a lot of time and spreadsheets and such, which I really don't get into anymore. But, I'll be taking down a list of sellers in my markets and I'll be ready to add them to my friends list once the merger goes live. I like to see when my competition is on, and when they log off. Going back to basics, you can always wait until your competitor is finished posting before you go back and undercut him. On the flip side, your competitor can do the same thing to you, or bait you to post so he can just log back in and undercut again. Undercutting wars aren't fun, and often, all involved parties lose if their not careful. That gem that you posted for about 40g profit, then cancelled and reposted several times, well, it just cost you your profit to repost like that. With that being said, I think I might wind up making a new toon on the 'other' server and talking to some of my future competitors, in hopes that we can still operate without stepping on each others toes too much.
Price Normalization
Two realms being connected will definitely upset your current pricing systems at least a little. Ore at 3g per on realm 'A' and at 4g per on realm 'B', once connected, may end up settling somewhere in the middle of those two prices. Let's look at the different factors that could determine what will happen to the market value of an item.
Scenario 1 - Supply and demand for said item are pretty equal on both servers, but the prices currently differ. Once connected, the price will likely settle somewhere in the middle.
Scenario 2 - Supply exceeds demand on server 'A' but on server 'B' , demand exceeds supply. Server 'A' has a much lower price than server 'B' because of this factor. The final price of an item will favor whichever server has the lower supply/demand ratio.
Scenario 3 - Supply and demand don't matter that much. The sellers of item X collaborate and decide that they will make more profit if they just go with the highest price. This is more likely to happen with niche markets and/or rare items.
Final Thoughts
Once/if my server is connected with another, I hope that any collaborating that I have done to prepare will not fall apart.
Before purchasing crafting mats in bulk, I will first determine whether I'm getting a good deal or not by giving some thought into those purchases. "Was this seller selling item 'X' before?" "Was this seller selling this quantity of item 'X' before?" "Was this amount of item 'X' always available on either server before?" This will help me determine if it's a sudden offload of someone's stockpile or if it's just some farmers competing with each other. If it's the latter, I might be better off waiting for the cheaper price.
If sellers for some of my niche markets don't exist on my future 'brother' realm, I need to remember to raise my prices.
In anticipation of being 'connected' to another realm, I've priced all of my rarely seen items to match or slightly exceed the REGION MARKET PRICE, which is almost always higher than my server's normal price, especially for an item I've not yet acquired. This means I need to remember to adjust my pricing once connected, but that's if I can't get my competition to collaborate with me on the matter. Some people are just plain stubborn, or too blind to see an opportunity to make more gold, OR sometimes they just don't care.
Monday, September 30, 2013
October/November Gold Blogging Carnival Topic
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October 2013 Gold Blogging Carnival Topic
This month's topic was inspired by the recent merging of the servers Boulderfist and Bloodscalp.
With the recent merging of 2 PvP servers, in what Blizzard calls Virtual Realms, I've been pondering quite a bit as to how that type of change should be handled as far as the AH economy is concerned. You'll be dealing with new competitors and more buyers as expected, but what is the optimal strategy for once again dominating or at least keeping your chunk of the market? How would you prepare yourself if you're given the name of your companion realm ahead of time?
"If you knew in advance what realm would be merged with yours, what would you do to prepare and adapt to the changes to your AH economy?"
Monday, September 9, 2013
Patch Preparation - September Gold Blogging Carnival
Cold's Gold Blogging Carnival - September 2013
Originally created by Cold of Cold's Gold Factory, his format for the carnival post will continue to be used in all future posts. Just returning from a break? Read Cold's Gold Blogging Carnival Announcement to find out why his carnival has found a new home. I also did a short summary about becoming the new host for Cold's Gold Blogging Carnival.
Welcome to another 2013 edition of Cold's Gold Blogging Carnival. These carnivals will continue to take place the 11th day of every month and will be hosted here at Copper to Gold. All World of Warcraft bloggers are welcome to participate and feedback both here and on the original authors' sites is strongly encouraged. So show some support and please leave some feedback in the comments section. These bloggers put a lot of time and hard work into these blogging carnival posts so please tell them what you think.
If you would like to be included in the next month's carnival, please review the guidelines for Cold's Gold Blogging Carnivals and submit your live post link via email (sonomad98@gmail.com) before the 10th of the month. Read up on the benefits of participating in blogging carnivals at Cold's blog designed to help new bloggers, Blogging Vitals. (Lots of tips for those of you starting out or interested in blogging.) Articles for the CGF carnival are listed in the order they are received. Thank you to all the bloggers participating in this month's carnival!
Now I present to you this month's participants on the topic of:
See you next month with posts from the October topic, until then, keep on making that gold!!
If you enjoy the monthly carnivals, spread the word and help support the carnival as it continues to grow:
Originally created by Cold of Cold's Gold Factory, his format for the carnival post will continue to be used in all future posts. Just returning from a break? Read Cold's Gold Blogging Carnival Announcement to find out why his carnival has found a new home. I also did a short summary about becoming the new host for Cold's Gold Blogging Carnival.
Welcome to another 2013 edition of Cold's Gold Blogging Carnival. These carnivals will continue to take place the 11th day of every month and will be hosted here at Copper to Gold. All World of Warcraft bloggers are welcome to participate and feedback both here and on the original authors' sites is strongly encouraged. So show some support and please leave some feedback in the comments section. These bloggers put a lot of time and hard work into these blogging carnival posts so please tell them what you think.
If you would like to be included in the next month's carnival, please review the guidelines for Cold's Gold Blogging Carnivals and submit your live post link via email (sonomad98@gmail.com) before the 10th of the month. Read up on the benefits of participating in blogging carnivals at Cold's blog designed to help new bloggers, Blogging Vitals. (Lots of tips for those of you starting out or interested in blogging.) Articles for the CGF carnival are listed in the order they are received. Thank you to all the bloggers participating in this month's carnival!
Now I present to you this month's participants on the topic of:
"How do you prepare for changes in the game? How does it affect you at patch time?"
Preparing for Patches - All Change! - By Nev of Auction House Addict
Being Well Prepared for Patches - By Phat Lewts of Phat Lewts' Gold Blog
My Patch Preparation Rundown - By Selltacular of Copper to Gold
How Patch Prep Affects Me Now - By Stede of Late Night With Stede
If you'd like to follow the participants via twitter, you can visit each of their twitter feeds by clicking on their names.
Thanks again to all of this month's participants. And a special thanks to Stede of Late Night with Stede for suggesting this month's topic. Be sure to check back later for next month's carnival topic and remember to look for next month's gold blogging carnival on the 11th. If you have a topic idea, don't be afraid to send it in. I might use your idea, which will get you proper credit as well.
Preparing for Patches - All Change! - By Nev of Auction House Addict
Being Well Prepared for Patches - By Phat Lewts of Phat Lewts' Gold Blog
My Patch Preparation Rundown - By Selltacular of Copper to Gold
How Patch Prep Affects Me Now - By Stede of Late Night With Stede
If you'd like to follow the participants via twitter, you can visit each of their twitter feeds by clicking on their names.
Thanks again to all of this month's participants. And a special thanks to Stede of Late Night with Stede for suggesting this month's topic. Be sure to check back later for next month's carnival topic and remember to look for next month's gold blogging carnival on the 11th. If you have a topic idea, don't be afraid to send it in. I might use your idea, which will get you proper credit as well.
If you enjoy the monthly carnivals, spread the word and help support the carnival as it continues to grow:
Saturday, September 7, 2013
My Patch Preparation Rundown
For this month's Gold Blogging Carnival, Stede of Late Night With Stede asks, "How do you prepare for changes in the game? How does it affect you at patch time"
Reading the Patch Notes
The first thing I do for a new patch is read the patch notes in their entirety and then re read them while taking notes of my own. Normally these notes are just taken mentally but I've vowed to write them down and share them from now on in order to (hopefully) avoid missing something. I can't even begin to stress how important it is to read the patch notes. Often times I'll find myself in trade chat, dungeons and raids, trying to explain changes to those who haven't taken the time to read the patch notes. While I don't mind being helpful, it's impossible to help those who won't help themselves.
How I Take Notes
I categorize my notes in the same way that the official patch notes are categorized. I start at each category and take a mental note of the change, then I look at how that change could affect me, and more recently I also look at how each change could affect my readers as far as gold making goes.
I start with the classes and look for any changes that will affect popular glyph, gem, and/or enchant choices. I'm actually horrible with this, as I'm not SUPER familiar with all of the classes. This is something I'm working to improve upon.
Second, I look at the profession notes. For each profession, I review the new recipes and take note of the new recipes, materials and calculate new material requirements. From these notes, I then determine whether or not demand for their materials will be affected. I then act accordingly. Stock more mats if needed or stock less than normal. For me, it's all about having a feel for my server's economy. In addition, for materials obtained by daily cool downs, I look at the requirements for those cool downs and decide when and how I will be either selling the materials or buying them up.
After that, it's all about catching changes to items and creatures. This time around, the popularly farmed troggs in Deepholm are getting their drops nerfed, which may mean even less availability of Embersilk Cloth. I didn't go out on a farming frenzy but I'm buying up some less than normal priced cloth to hopefully sell off for a higher price once I see the availability of it decrease. If it doesn't, then no big deal, I should easily be able to break even at least. As for changes to gear that can be purchased via valor, justice, conquest, or honor points, it pays to know when it gets extremely easier to get that gear. And with the LFR and Flex content being released in stages, it's good to know that your "LFR only" affected customers may be focused on other alts until they get their new content. What's this mean for me? Well for certain, I won't be camping the AH after day one of the new patch!!! Hmm... that's kind of falling into the next part of the question.
How Patch Preparation Affects Me
Preparing for an upcoming patch helps me know what to expect and develop a game plan for meeting customer demands as theirs begin to match or outweigh the supply. If I do it correctly, or at least close to it, I'll see my rewards in terms of high return on initial investments and I'll especially yield significantly more profit in significantly less time.
Every Day
Every day, I'll be shopping for all of my crafting materials and buying as long as I feel comfortable with the prices. Ensuring that I keep doing this every day will help me keep track of availability and cost of all of my required materials. It will also help me determine if I need to increase the cost of any of my end products that I sell. I can also keep track of this via charts from The Undermine Journal, but I like my mental notes better :)
Day One - Tuesday
On the first day of this patch I will be doing my normal posting routine of gems and glyphs since these sales will be affected by the class changes and changes to items with effects that no longer benefit from haste. From there I will log all of my crafting characters to farm their patterns and complete their cool downs. I will also craft any new items learned as a result of this. I will avoid posting any gear other than the new ilvl 476 pvp gear until the weekend. After that, I'll do another round of posting those glyphs and gems Oh... I might want to make sure all of my gold making related add-ons are up to date, which pretty much means updating TSM and all of its modules.
Day Two Through Four - Wednesday to Friday
If my competitors in the glyph, gem, and item enhancement markets are still wasting their time, fighting over sales, I won't even bother with those markets. With ONE exception: New glyphs!!!! I'll make a separate group in TSM just for the new glyphs and I'll use it until my competitors become more competitive in this market. I'll be posting more of these than the older glyphs for sure.
I'll continue to do my daily cool downs, craft the new items and send them off to list on the AH. With the normal SoO just being released, content isn't going to go down that fast. Only 1 wing of Flex difficulty will be available and none of the LFR content will be released until day eight!! This means (for my server, your mileage may vary) everyone will have time to gear up their alts with the points they've been stockpiling and they'll likely eat through my competition's 'cheap' supplies. Depending on how things look, I may take the time to OVER CUT everyone by 100-300 gold, just to see what happens.
Days Five Through Seven - Saturday to Monday
For me, this means it's time to start selling those greens again and to attempt to sell what's left of my 458 pvp gear. I'll continue on with posting glyphs, posting 1 extra for the new glyphs. Gems and item enhancements may or may not be posted, dependent upon how the market is acting. As stated in days two through four if the market looks right, I'll just OVER CUT everyone, just to see what happens.
Week Two Through Week Seven - 17 September to 21 October
In the following weeks, I'll be slightly ramping up my efforts to make some sales. I'll continue to do cool downs and craft new items and restock any that have sold. However, for the most part, I'll be lying in wait. The real sales most likely will pick up on 22 October, when everyone will have all modes of SoO available to them. This will be the first week that my LFR customers get their full experience and a chance at gear from EVERY boss on ALL of their toons. And IMO, most of my sales go to LFR loot and new alts since most people don't have time to raid in a normal group 7 days a week.
My List
Check out my Patch 5.4 Preparation Post for detailed information on all of the profession changes and updates. I wish you all the best with your upcoming sales in this new patch!!!
Reading the Patch Notes
The first thing I do for a new patch is read the patch notes in their entirety and then re read them while taking notes of my own. Normally these notes are just taken mentally but I've vowed to write them down and share them from now on in order to (hopefully) avoid missing something. I can't even begin to stress how important it is to read the patch notes. Often times I'll find myself in trade chat, dungeons and raids, trying to explain changes to those who haven't taken the time to read the patch notes. While I don't mind being helpful, it's impossible to help those who won't help themselves.
How I Take Notes
I categorize my notes in the same way that the official patch notes are categorized. I start at each category and take a mental note of the change, then I look at how that change could affect me, and more recently I also look at how each change could affect my readers as far as gold making goes.
I start with the classes and look for any changes that will affect popular glyph, gem, and/or enchant choices. I'm actually horrible with this, as I'm not SUPER familiar with all of the classes. This is something I'm working to improve upon.
Second, I look at the profession notes. For each profession, I review the new recipes and take note of the new recipes, materials and calculate new material requirements. From these notes, I then determine whether or not demand for their materials will be affected. I then act accordingly. Stock more mats if needed or stock less than normal. For me, it's all about having a feel for my server's economy. In addition, for materials obtained by daily cool downs, I look at the requirements for those cool downs and decide when and how I will be either selling the materials or buying them up.
After that, it's all about catching changes to items and creatures. This time around, the popularly farmed troggs in Deepholm are getting their drops nerfed, which may mean even less availability of Embersilk Cloth. I didn't go out on a farming frenzy but I'm buying up some less than normal priced cloth to hopefully sell off for a higher price once I see the availability of it decrease. If it doesn't, then no big deal, I should easily be able to break even at least. As for changes to gear that can be purchased via valor, justice, conquest, or honor points, it pays to know when it gets extremely easier to get that gear. And with the LFR and Flex content being released in stages, it's good to know that your "LFR only" affected customers may be focused on other alts until they get their new content. What's this mean for me? Well for certain, I won't be camping the AH after day one of the new patch!!! Hmm... that's kind of falling into the next part of the question.
How Patch Preparation Affects Me
Preparing for an upcoming patch helps me know what to expect and develop a game plan for meeting customer demands as theirs begin to match or outweigh the supply. If I do it correctly, or at least close to it, I'll see my rewards in terms of high return on initial investments and I'll especially yield significantly more profit in significantly less time.
Every Day
Every day, I'll be shopping for all of my crafting materials and buying as long as I feel comfortable with the prices. Ensuring that I keep doing this every day will help me keep track of availability and cost of all of my required materials. It will also help me determine if I need to increase the cost of any of my end products that I sell. I can also keep track of this via charts from The Undermine Journal, but I like my mental notes better :)
Day One - Tuesday
On the first day of this patch I will be doing my normal posting routine of gems and glyphs since these sales will be affected by the class changes and changes to items with effects that no longer benefit from haste. From there I will log all of my crafting characters to farm their patterns and complete their cool downs. I will also craft any new items learned as a result of this. I will avoid posting any gear other than the new ilvl 476 pvp gear until the weekend. After that, I'll do another round of posting those glyphs and gems Oh... I might want to make sure all of my gold making related add-ons are up to date, which pretty much means updating TSM and all of its modules.
Day Two Through Four - Wednesday to Friday
If my competitors in the glyph, gem, and item enhancement markets are still wasting their time, fighting over sales, I won't even bother with those markets. With ONE exception: New glyphs!!!! I'll make a separate group in TSM just for the new glyphs and I'll use it until my competitors become more competitive in this market. I'll be posting more of these than the older glyphs for sure.
I'll continue to do my daily cool downs, craft the new items and send them off to list on the AH. With the normal SoO just being released, content isn't going to go down that fast. Only 1 wing of Flex difficulty will be available and none of the LFR content will be released until day eight!! This means (for my server, your mileage may vary) everyone will have time to gear up their alts with the points they've been stockpiling and they'll likely eat through my competition's 'cheap' supplies. Depending on how things look, I may take the time to OVER CUT everyone by 100-300 gold, just to see what happens.
Days Five Through Seven - Saturday to Monday
For me, this means it's time to start selling those greens again and to attempt to sell what's left of my 458 pvp gear. I'll continue on with posting glyphs, posting 1 extra for the new glyphs. Gems and item enhancements may or may not be posted, dependent upon how the market is acting. As stated in days two through four if the market looks right, I'll just OVER CUT everyone, just to see what happens.
Week Two Through Week Seven - 17 September to 21 October
In the following weeks, I'll be slightly ramping up my efforts to make some sales. I'll continue to do cool downs and craft new items and restock any that have sold. However, for the most part, I'll be lying in wait. The real sales most likely will pick up on 22 October, when everyone will have all modes of SoO available to them. This will be the first week that my LFR customers get their full experience and a chance at gear from EVERY boss on ALL of their toons. And IMO, most of my sales go to LFR loot and new alts since most people don't have time to raid in a normal group 7 days a week.
My List
Check out my Patch 5.4 Preparation Post for detailed information on all of the profession changes and updates. I wish you all the best with your upcoming sales in this new patch!!!
Wednesday, September 4, 2013
September Gold Blogging Carnival Topic
Thank you Cold for passing this carnival off to me. It's an honor to host this project.
Thanks to all who have congratulated me on being the new host.
Everyone is welcome to write a post for the blogging carnivals at Copper to Gold. All of the previous carnival topics that were hosted at Cold's Gold Factory can still be found there.
Everyone is welcome to write a post for the blogging carnivals at Copper to Gold. All of the previous carnival topics that were hosted at Cold's Gold Factory can still be found there.
What If I Don't Have A Blog And I Want To Participate?
Be sure to check out How To Get More From Blogging Carnival Participation.
The friendly sites willing to host your content are:
- Squidoo - Join up and make a lens on the topic and earn money too.
September 2013 Gold Blogging Carnival Topic
This month's topic was suggested by Stede of Late Night With Stede via a twitter response.
I'd like to ask all of the participants to please include any of their own 5.4 related links in their posts as well. It's not required but would be very helpful to sum everything up for all of your readers.
Due to Patch 5.4 releasing the day before the normal live carnival date, I'll be launching this carnival tomorrow, on the 5th of September and will continue to update the carnival entries as submissions are received and added. Follow me on twitter @Selltacular to receive all updates as they are published.
"How do you prepare for changes in the game? How does it affect you at patch time"
Sunday, September 1, 2013
Patch 5.4 - Speculation, Preparation, Price Inflation
***Any further PTR changes will be noted in red as they pertain to gold making***
There are soooo many changes coming in Patch 5.4, The Siege of Orgrimmar! I feel so overwhelmed just thinking about covering them all from a gold making perspective. Check out that link to the official 5.4 patch notes and feel free to follow my reference links as you follow along.
Flex Raiding
I'm hoping that along with the new raid content, flex raiding will increase the number of people picking up gear upgrades. As of right now, flex raid will have its own lock out, separate from raid finder and normal/heroic modes. To account for the increase in gear avaliability, my stockpile of gems, enchants, belt buckles, and shoulder inscriptions are stocked even more than they were for the release of patch 5.2! This time, I also have the tailoring leg enchants to add to my arsenal. I'm getting close to being able to obtain the leather working ones as well! Despite all of my stockpiling, I believe that I still won't be able to keep up with the demand. Which is fine by me, with that kind of market, it makes it really easy to inflate the prices.
Redesigned Arena System
With just a quick look at the patch notes, I can see that it would be much easier just to grab a friend or two and queue up for an arena match. The necessity of having a team is one of the factors that drove me away from PvP. Couple this change with the upcoming Connected Realms, and you might have a formula for increased PvP related sales. My realm is pretty much dead when it comes to PvP. When it comes to being able to spread the availability of gems, amongst a larger variety of cuts, combined with the increased AH activity brought to us by Connected Realms, I actually welcome this change. I probably won't venture back into the realm of PvP, but you can bet I'll be keeping my eye on that market once again. Should the opportunity for profit present itself again, in the name of PvP, I'll be quick to capitalize on it.
New Freaking Glyphs!!!!!
Currently 38 new glyphs are being added, I'll list them below by class to make it easier to read through than the patch notes. All of these are technique type patterns that drop off of Pandaria creatures or off of powerful creatures on the Timeless Isle. If your scribe isn't geared up or can't rely on a group for the Timeless Isle, I'd suggest getting some gear together to make the acquisition of the new glyphs a little easier for you. Of course, this is assuming that the techniques are only visible to be looted by a scribe. To top this off, I'd recommend that you go ahead and stockpile a little extra ink for these while you can. New zones without resources normally leads to a slight dip in AH resource availability and a slight rise in their prices. Expect to sell quite a few of these glyphs, especially if your competition has left the glyph market, or the game for that matter.
Death Knight
Major Glyphs
Minor Glyphs
Druid
Minor Glyphs
Hunter
Major Glyphs
Mage
Minor Glyphs
Monk
No new glyphs to learn
Paladin
Major Glyphs
Minor Glyphs
Priest
Minor Glyphs
Minor Glyphs
Major Glyphs
Minor Glyphs
No new glyphs to learn.
Warrior
Major Glyphs
Minor Glyphs
Blacksmithing - More Cool Downs, Yay!!!
Plans: Balanced Trillium Ingot and Its Uses - This drops from any pandaria mob and teaches your blacksmith how to make a Balanced Trillium Ingot as well as one of the new recipes. The Balanced Trillium Ingot is made using only one Trillium Bar OR you can use one Trillium Bar and one Spirit of War for Accelerated Balanced Trillium Ingot as often as you like, in order to learn the new recipes faster. The new 476 PvP recipes (Crafted Malevolent Gladiator) will require Ghost Iron Bars to craft. Top off your stockpiles of bars while (if) you still can.
12 Ghost Iron Bars - Bracers
15 Ghost Iron Bars - Belt, Gloves, Shoulders, Boots
20 Ghost Iron Bars - Helm, Chest, Legs, Shield
Yep, there are currently 3 476 PvP shields that can be created this time around. The two intellect ones may rival the current 476 PvE Off Hand Items (created by Inscription) when it comes to sales. Here's a link to the comparison of the intellect based items: 476 PvP vs 476 PvE
Cooking - Ummm, at Least I Have a Chef's Hat?
Nev of Auction House Addict did a couple of excellent posts, summarizing everything I can think of as far as cooking goes. Read her 2 part post in Feeding the Raiders and Cooking for Raiders in 5.4. I've never really focused on cooking other than leveling the profession. When it comes to cooking, I go to Nev to see what she's written.
Enchanting - Fragments and Scaling
Sha Crystal Fragment - Obtain these fromthe newly crafted 496 PvP gear, or from the Justice Point gear that was previously available for Valor Points. Take 3 of them and combine them to make a single Sha Crystal. I wouldn't spend justice points just to get your hands on these fragments though, I'd stick with the 220 JP per Wrath epic gem. This method of obtaining a Sha Crystal does NOT have a cooldown. The least amount of mats to get one fragment will be 6 Bolts of Windwool Cloth (30 Windwool Cloth) which ends up being 90 Windwool Cloth to make 1 Sha Crystal as often as you'd like. Currently I use 4 bolts (20 cloth) to make the pvp bracers or cloaks and disenchant them into Ethereal Shards and then convert 5 of the shards (100 cloth) into a Sha Crystal. With the new fragments being added, Sha Crystals will be a little cheaper to make. Lots of one lining due to the 27 August change :( new PvP gear now only DE's into an Ethereal Shard.
Enchant Scaling - All enchants will scale down to level 1, regardless of the original intended level. All enchants will scale up to their intended level only. Meaning the Crusader Enchant will scale appropriately from level 1 to 60. At level 61, the enchant will still work, but it will no longer get any powerful as you increase your character level. I am unsure as to whether or not this will affect twink enchant markets as of yet, as I do not know how each enchant will stack up to others at certain levels. Unless twink guides are updated to show the comparisons between the current BiS enchants and their counterparts, in each twink bracket, I don't see many people venturing off to buy a different enchant than what is recommended for them.
05 September Update ~ A thread on this topic was started in the forums at stormspire.net. Sterling posted a pretty good preliminary list of enchants and there is some additional discussion on this topic, it's definitely worth reading!!
Engineering - Peculiar Additions
Jard's Peculiar Energy Source will be a new item that Engineers will be able to create using a daily cool down.
Daily Cooldown - 10 Ghost Iron Bars
Sky Golem - 30 Jard's Peculiar Energy Source and 30 Living Steel
Advanced Refrigeration Unit - 5 Jard's Peculiar Energy Source and 5 Living Steel
Pierre - 15 Jard's Peculiar Energy Source and 15 Living Steel
Rascal-Bot - 15 Jard's Peculiar Energy Source and 15 Living Steel
Sadly, both pets are BoP and neither can be caged and traded. Perhaps this may be an opportunity to sell some engineering profession kits to those who are obsessive pet collectors.
Inscription - Techniques
In addition to all of the new glyphs listed above, there is also a technique for crafting a ilvl 476 trinket.
Technique: Crafted Malevolent Gladiator's Medallion of Tenacity - Likely drops from the more powerful creatures of the Timeless Isle and teaches you how to create the Crafted Malevolent Gladiator's Medallion of Tenacity which only takes 10 Ghost Iron Bars to craft. This will make a great companion to the Ghost Iron Dragonling trinket for quickly boosting a new 90's ilvl.
Leatherworking - Hardened Magnificent Hide
Another new set of cool downs for another new set of materials!!!
Hardened Magnificent Hide - Learned from Pattern: Hardened Magnificent Hide and Its Uses . The pattern drops from any pandaria mob. Once you use the Pattern, you will learn a random recipe (either ilvl 476 PvP or ilvl 553 PvE). The pattern also teaches you how to bypass the daily Hardened Magnificent Hide cool down with Accelerated Hardened Magnificent Hide. You can use 2 Magnificent Hide and 1 Spirit of War, the new special item you get from disenchanting your SoO raid gear. Hardened Magnificent Hide will be used for crafting the ilvl 553 crafted PvE gear.
The new ilvl 476 PvP gear will require Magnificent Hide to craft.
2 Magnificent Hide - Bracers, Belt, Boots, Shoulders, Gloves
3 Magnificent Hide - Helm, Chest, Pants
Tailoring - Celestial Cloth
Yay!! Even more cool downs for another new set of materials!!!
Celestial Cloth - Learned from Pattern: Celestial Cloth and Its Uses . The pattern drops from any pandaria mob. Once you use the Pattern, you will learn a random recipe (either ilvl 476 PvP or ilvl 553 PvE). The pattern also teaches you how to bypass the daily Celestial Cloth cool down with Accelerated Celestial Cloth. You can use 10 Bolt of Windwool Cloth and 1 Spirit of War, the new special item you get from disenchanting your SoO raid gear. Celestial Cloth will be used for crafting the ilvl 553 crafted PvE gear.
The new ilvl 476 PvP gear will require Bolt of Windwool Cloth to craft.
6 Bolt of Windwool Cloth - Bracers, Cloaks
7 Bolt of Windwool Cloth - Belt, Shoulders, Gloves, Boots
8 Bolt of Windwool Cloth - Helm, Chest, Pants
Summary
This should post should serve as a pretty good run down of everything a gold maker needs to know for 5.4. If you have any questions or suggestions, please feel free to provide your input in the comments section. This should post should serve as a pretty good run down of everything a gold maker needs to know for 5.4 and will even get it's own page pretty soon.
***Any further PTR changes will be noted in red as they pertain to gold making***
There are soooo many changes coming in Patch 5.4, The Siege of Orgrimmar! I feel so overwhelmed just thinking about covering them all from a gold making perspective. Check out that link to the official 5.4 patch notes and feel free to follow my reference links as you follow along.
Flex Raiding
I'm hoping that along with the new raid content, flex raiding will increase the number of people picking up gear upgrades. As of right now, flex raid will have its own lock out, separate from raid finder and normal/heroic modes. To account for the increase in gear avaliability, my stockpile of gems, enchants, belt buckles, and shoulder inscriptions are stocked even more than they were for the release of patch 5.2! This time, I also have the tailoring leg enchants to add to my arsenal. I'm getting close to being able to obtain the leather working ones as well! Despite all of my stockpiling, I believe that I still won't be able to keep up with the demand. Which is fine by me, with that kind of market, it makes it really easy to inflate the prices.
Redesigned Arena System
With just a quick look at the patch notes, I can see that it would be much easier just to grab a friend or two and queue up for an arena match. The necessity of having a team is one of the factors that drove me away from PvP. Couple this change with the upcoming Connected Realms, and you might have a formula for increased PvP related sales. My realm is pretty much dead when it comes to PvP. When it comes to being able to spread the availability of gems, amongst a larger variety of cuts, combined with the increased AH activity brought to us by Connected Realms, I actually welcome this change. I probably won't venture back into the realm of PvP, but you can bet I'll be keeping my eye on that market once again. Should the opportunity for profit present itself again, in the name of PvP, I'll be quick to capitalize on it.
New Freaking Glyphs!!!!!
Currently 38 new glyphs are being added, I'll list them below by class to make it easier to read through than the patch notes. All of these are technique type patterns that drop off of Pandaria creatures or off of powerful creatures on the Timeless Isle. If your scribe isn't geared up or can't rely on a group for the Timeless Isle, I'd suggest getting some gear together to make the acquisition of the new glyphs a little easier for you. Of course, this is assuming that the techniques are only visible to be looted by a scribe. To top this off, I'd recommend that you go ahead and stockpile a little extra ink for these while you can. New zones without resources normally leads to a slight dip in AH resource availability and a slight rise in their prices. Expect to sell quite a few of these glyphs, especially if your competition has left the glyph market, or the game for that matter.
Death Knight
Major Glyphs
Minor Glyphs
Druid
Minor Glyphs
Hunter
Major Glyphs
Mage
Minor Glyphs
Monk
No new glyphs to learn
Paladin
Major Glyphs
Minor Glyphs
Priest
Minor Glyphs
- Glyph of Angels - as listed in the Wowhead database. The patch notes refer to this as the Glyph of Feathers
- Glyph of Inspired Hymns
- Glyph of Shifted Appearances
- Glyph of the Sha
Minor Glyphs
- Glyph of Improved Distraction
- Glyph of Headhunting - as listed in the Wowhead database. The patch notes refer to this as the Glyph of the Headhunter which is the name of the aura applied to the character.
Major Glyphs
Minor Glyphs
- Glyph of Astral Fixation
- Glyph of the Compy
- Glyph of Elemental Familiars
- Glyph of Flaming Serpents
- Glyph of Lingering Ancestors
- Glyph of Rain of Frogs
- Glyph of Spirit Raptors
- Glyph of Spirit Wolf
No new glyphs to learn.
Warrior
Major Glyphs
Minor Glyphs
- Glyph of the Raging Whirlwind
- Glyph of the Subtle Defender
- Glyph of the Weaponmaster
- Glyph of the Watchful Eye
Blacksmithing - More Cool Downs, Yay!!!
Plans: Balanced Trillium Ingot and Its Uses - This drops from any pandaria mob and teaches your blacksmith how to make a Balanced Trillium Ingot as well as one of the new recipes. The Balanced Trillium Ingot is made using only one Trillium Bar OR you can use one Trillium Bar and one Spirit of War for Accelerated Balanced Trillium Ingot as often as you like, in order to learn the new recipes faster. The new 476 PvP recipes (Crafted Malevolent Gladiator) will require Ghost Iron Bars to craft. Top off your stockpiles of bars while (if) you still can.
12 Ghost Iron Bars - Bracers
15 Ghost Iron Bars - Belt, Gloves, Shoulders, Boots
20 Ghost Iron Bars - Helm, Chest, Legs, Shield
Yep, there are currently 3 476 PvP shields that can be created this time around. The two intellect ones may rival the current 476 PvE Off Hand Items (created by Inscription) when it comes to sales. Here's a link to the comparison of the intellect based items: 476 PvP vs 476 PvE
Cooking - Ummm, at Least I Have a Chef's Hat?
Nev of Auction House Addict did a couple of excellent posts, summarizing everything I can think of as far as cooking goes. Read her 2 part post in Feeding the Raiders and Cooking for Raiders in 5.4. I've never really focused on cooking other than leveling the profession. When it comes to cooking, I go to Nev to see what she's written.
Enchanting - Fragments and Scaling
Sha Crystal Fragment - Obtain these from
Enchant Scaling - All enchants will scale down to level 1, regardless of the original intended level. All enchants will scale up to their intended level only. Meaning the Crusader Enchant will scale appropriately from level 1 to 60. At level 61, the enchant will still work, but it will no longer get any powerful as you increase your character level. I am unsure as to whether or not this will affect twink enchant markets as of yet, as I do not know how each enchant will stack up to others at certain levels. Unless twink guides are updated to show the comparisons between the current BiS enchants and their counterparts, in each twink bracket, I don't see many people venturing off to buy a different enchant than what is recommended for them.
05 September Update ~ A thread on this topic was started in the forums at stormspire.net. Sterling posted a pretty good preliminary list of enchants and there is some additional discussion on this topic, it's definitely worth reading!!
Engineering - Peculiar Additions
Jard's Peculiar Energy Source will be a new item that Engineers will be able to create using a daily cool down.
Daily Cooldown - 10 Ghost Iron Bars
Sky Golem - 30 Jard's Peculiar Energy Source and 30 Living Steel
Advanced Refrigeration Unit - 5 Jard's Peculiar Energy Source and 5 Living Steel
Pierre - 15 Jard's Peculiar Energy Source and 15 Living Steel
Rascal-Bot - 15 Jard's Peculiar Energy Source and 15 Living Steel
Sadly, both pets are BoP and neither can be caged and traded. Perhaps this may be an opportunity to sell some engineering profession kits to those who are obsessive pet collectors.
Inscription - Techniques
In addition to all of the new glyphs listed above, there is also a technique for crafting a ilvl 476 trinket.
Technique: Crafted Malevolent Gladiator's Medallion of Tenacity - Likely drops from the more powerful creatures of the Timeless Isle and teaches you how to create the Crafted Malevolent Gladiator's Medallion of Tenacity which only takes 10 Ghost Iron Bars to craft. This will make a great companion to the Ghost Iron Dragonling trinket for quickly boosting a new 90's ilvl.
Leatherworking - Hardened Magnificent Hide
Another new set of cool downs for another new set of materials!!!
Hardened Magnificent Hide - Learned from Pattern: Hardened Magnificent Hide and Its Uses . The pattern drops from any pandaria mob. Once you use the Pattern, you will learn a random recipe (either ilvl 476 PvP or ilvl 553 PvE). The pattern also teaches you how to bypass the daily Hardened Magnificent Hide cool down with Accelerated Hardened Magnificent Hide. You can use 2 Magnificent Hide and 1 Spirit of War, the new special item you get from disenchanting your SoO raid gear. Hardened Magnificent Hide will be used for crafting the ilvl 553 crafted PvE gear.
The new ilvl 476 PvP gear will require Magnificent Hide to craft.
2 Magnificent Hide - Bracers, Belt, Boots, Shoulders, Gloves
3 Magnificent Hide - Helm, Chest, Pants
Tailoring - Celestial Cloth
Yay!! Even more cool downs for another new set of materials!!!
Celestial Cloth - Learned from Pattern: Celestial Cloth and Its Uses . The pattern drops from any pandaria mob. Once you use the Pattern, you will learn a random recipe (either ilvl 476 PvP or ilvl 553 PvE). The pattern also teaches you how to bypass the daily Celestial Cloth cool down with Accelerated Celestial Cloth. You can use 10 Bolt of Windwool Cloth and 1 Spirit of War, the new special item you get from disenchanting your SoO raid gear. Celestial Cloth will be used for crafting the ilvl 553 crafted PvE gear.
The new ilvl 476 PvP gear will require Bolt of Windwool Cloth to craft.
6 Bolt of Windwool Cloth - Bracers, Cloaks
7 Bolt of Windwool Cloth - Belt, Shoulders, Gloves, Boots
8 Bolt of Windwool Cloth - Helm, Chest, Pants
Summary
This should post should serve as a pretty good run down of everything a gold maker needs to know for 5.4. If you have any questions or suggestions, please feel free to provide your input in the comments section. This should post should serve as a pretty good run down of everything a gold maker needs to know for 5.4 and will even get it's own page pretty soon.
***Any further PTR changes will be noted in red as they pertain to gold making***
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