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/adios
Thursday, June 16, 2011
Adios and Farewell
Well I guess it is time to say goodbye. It's been a bit of a crazy week for me as I have had an unforeseen medical issue come up. While I should be fine after a bit of thinking I have come to the conclusion that I am not going to have the time to update this site anymore. While it's been fun I need to focus a bit more on real life health and a bit less blogging about gold in Azeroth so this site and my guide are going to have to go the way of the dinosaurs.
Adios and Farewell
Well I guess it is time to say goodbye. It's been a bit of a crazy week for me as I have had an unforeseen medical issue come up. While I should be fine after a bit of thinking I have come to the conclusion that I am not going to have the time to update this site anymore. While it's been fun I need to focus a bit more on real life health and a bit less blogging about gold in Azeroth so this site and my guide are going to have to go the way of the dinosaurs.
There is a great community out there and if you are looking for places to learn how to make gold in Warcraft check out the Gold Blog Directory over at Powerword: Gold.
/adios
Tuesday, June 7, 2011
Making Gold With Craftable Items in Patch 4.2 Part II
Today I'll be going over all the items that look like they will be released around five weeks into patch 4.2. One of the interesting things about these items is that all of the items that don't have sources have a lot in common. They are all epic items; they are all obtainable only by people with the profession; all the items are BOE; and all the items use Living Embers. Because of all of these similarities I am guessing that the recipes, and Living Embers, will be some kind of drops, probably from instance bosses, and will be released together in a future PTR patch.
Click this link to download the Patch 4.2 Craftable Items From Vendor Spreadsheet. To download it click "File" at the top right and then choose "Save As" and "Excel" or "Open Office". Then open the spreadsheet in the appropriate program.
Materials of Note:
Elementium: Quite a lot of Hardened Elementium Bars are used in these recipes. However, because these are epics, there will probably be a smaller market size. Unless you are on a very competitive, and rich, server I wouldn't recommend stockpiling this. I would, however, recommend having some set aside if you plan on crafting.
Truegold: Since all of the Truegold is used in recipes that are known to come from vendors it stands to reason that a lot of people on your server will be unlocking these recipes at the same time (people who do the dailies everyday). I would stockpile a bit of these as I think that the price will rise significantly for a few days as people will be eager to craft these items once they get the recipe. The amount of items crafted at the same time, however, will probably crash the market. Because of this I don't expect the demand spike to last beyond one major round of crafting. I plan on stockpiling a few stacks but probably wouldn't recommend stockpiling more.
Chaos Orbs: Everyone should pay attention to these to see if they become BOE.
Living Embers: Where do these come from?!? If you have any ideas sound off below in the comments section.
Volatile Water and Volatile Fire: All of these volatiles are used in recipes that currently have no known source. When the source is determined the thing to think about is whether or not all the recipes will basically become available at the same time. If they do I would stockpile some extra of these as there will be a demand spike. If, on the other hand, it looks like the recipes of unknown source will be learned gradually then I would expect the demand spike to be much less as it will be more spread out.
Pristine Hides: Stockpile these. Stockpile Heavy Savage Leather also so that you can turn it into Pristine Hides. It doesn't matter so much where the unknown recipes come from in this case, even though that is where most of the Pristine Hides will be used. The fact that they are used in bags means there will be a sustained demand spike. Bags are always in demand.
Dreamcloth: If it becomes BOE with the patch stockpile it. If it isn't BOE and you will be able to get the unknown source recipes on your tailor, stockpile. If anything else don't bother.
Well that's all the items (I think). If you know of an item I missed please sound off in the comments below. What about you guys? Do you plan do to anything different from what I outlined above?
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Monday, June 6, 2011
Making Gold With Craftable Items in Patch 4.2
Patch 4.2, like all patches, is going to be prime gold making time. I went over the craftable item list along with what I planned on stockpiling a few weeks ago. Since that time, Blizzard hasn't released tons of new items - but they have clarified how some of the items will be obtained. We now have partial lists of both items that we will be able to craft right away along with items that will be obtained from vendors that only become available after doing certain dailies. Furthermore, it looks like it will take about five weeks to unlock the first vendor and a further five days to unlock each additional vendor (the amount of time needed could easily change).
With this in mind it is now looking like there will almost be two releases of items - and thus two chances to make gold. During the initial rush a market will develop for all of the newly available items - leading to a spike in demand (and prices) for the materials needed to make those items. This spike in prices will slowly decline until even more recipes become available and a new spike in demand will develop for goods needed to make the second set of items.
In order to best see where these spikes in demand (and price) are likely to develop I put all the patch 4.2 craftable items I could find (if you know of something that is missing please sound off in the comments below) into two spreadsheets. The first spreadsheet consists of items that will be available from the vendors as soon as patch 4.2 is released. The second spreadsheet consists of items that will become available roughly five weeks after patch 4.2 is released. This still left quite a few items left over. However, after looking at the items with no clear recipe source I decided to place them into the spreadsheet I believe they fit best in and mark the items with an "x" in column b for easy identification.
Each spreadsheet lists the craftable items along with the necessary materials required for crafting the item (items that are bought from vendors were ignored). At the bottom of each spread sheet I tallied up the number of each material needed to craft one of each item. The numbers in the row "Known Source" consist of all the materials need to craft the items with a known source on Wowhead. The numbers in the row "Unknown Source" consist of all the materials needed to craft the "known source" items plus the items that I think will be available soon after patch 4.2 is released but have no known source in Wowhead.
While I understand that demand will be higher for some items than others (Leatherworking leg armors, for instance, will have a higher demand than other armors) I believe that looking at all items equally does give a good "big picture" overview of where material demand will be high - even if the picture given will not be totally accurate. So just to reiterate - this information is not 100% accurate - I BELIEVE it will serve as a decent approximation of where price spikes are likely to occur but the information here could change at any time as the Blizzard PTR gods see fit.
One last note. Due to restrictions in Blogger the spreadsheet is a bit hard to navigate on this site. Click this link to be taken to the Patch 4.2 Craftable Items From Trainer spreadsheet. To download it click "File" at the top right and then choose "Save As" and "Excel" or "Open Office". Then open the spreadsheet in the appropriate program.
Here are the spreadsheets with my comments:
Elementium Bars - Depending on the prices on your server and how profitable the shuffle is now I would definitely consider stockpiling some Elementium. If you have a blacksmith and plan to craft the above items, I would definitely pre-stock the necessary Elementium now so that you don't have to buy ore/bars once the patch comes out. How long the spike in prices will last depends on the farmers. If your server has a lot of farmers and bots and they aren't nerfed in patch 4.2 expect the spike in price to be short lived as all the bots switch gears and farm Elementium. If your server is bot free and/or bots get a major nerf in patch 4.2 expect the spike in price to last longer.
Volatile Water - This volatile seems to be used quite a lot in patch 4.2. I think this is due to the fact that originally this patch was also supposed to have some content relating to Abyssal Maw but that has been abandoned in favor of Firelands only content. I THINK that originally Abyssal Maw content would have lead to more sources of volatile water and thus when gear was created volatile water was a major component. Now that Abyssal Maw has been abandoned, however, the materials for the craftable items haven't changed but the source of increased volatile water has (AKA there isn't one). I thus think that Volatile Water will suffer from increased demand and a probable decrease in supply as people spend more time in Firelands. I am defintly stockpiling Volatile Water and it wouldn't surprise me if in patch 4.2 alchemists transmute in order to get Volatile Water as opposed to Volatile Air.
Volatile Fire - Volatile Fire is used more than any other volatile and I plan on stockpiling quite a bit of it. It wouldn't surprise me though if more Volatile Fire was also made available in patch 4.2 (as drops from creatures, herbalism/mining in Firelands, etc.) so even though more Volatile Fire is required than Volatile Water I think that there might also be an increase in supply of Volatile Fire that makes up for the difference.
Volatile Air - I don't see a big use for this volatile in patch 4.2 and wouldn't recommend stockpiling this volatile.
Savage Leather - Again I see a price spike here. I plan on stockpiling Savage Leather. If you have a leatherworker and plan on crafting I would definitely at least have enough leather stockpiled so that you can craft what you want without having to buy from the Auction House for a bit after the patch is released.
Pristine Hide - Since all Pristine Hide is used in items of unknown origin I plan on waiting to see where those items come from before making a decision on whether or not to stockpile some.
Blackened Dragonscale - See my recommendation on Savage Leather.
Embersilk Cloth - See my recommendation on Blackened Dragonscale.
Inferno Ink - I'd have a few set aside so that you can craft the relics if you have a toon that could make them.
Amberjewel and Ocean Sapphire - I wouldn't say stockpile as the market for these is already abysmal. You might have increased sales for a few hours but nothing to get excited about.
Inferno Rubies - I plan on stockpiling these. They always sell well and there will be a bit of extra demand.
Alright, well I had planned to post both spreadsheets today but seeing as this is already the world's longest post I am going to wait until tomorrow to post the second spreadsheet with the information on the craftable items that should become available later in the patch.
What do you guys think? Any items that I missed? Any other materials that you think should (or shouldn't) be stockpiled? Sound off below:
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With this in mind it is now looking like there will almost be two releases of items - and thus two chances to make gold. During the initial rush a market will develop for all of the newly available items - leading to a spike in demand (and prices) for the materials needed to make those items. This spike in prices will slowly decline until even more recipes become available and a new spike in demand will develop for goods needed to make the second set of items.
In order to best see where these spikes in demand (and price) are likely to develop I put all the patch 4.2 craftable items I could find (if you know of something that is missing please sound off in the comments below) into two spreadsheets. The first spreadsheet consists of items that will be available from the vendors as soon as patch 4.2 is released. The second spreadsheet consists of items that will become available roughly five weeks after patch 4.2 is released. This still left quite a few items left over. However, after looking at the items with no clear recipe source I decided to place them into the spreadsheet I believe they fit best in and mark the items with an "x" in column b for easy identification.
Each spreadsheet lists the craftable items along with the necessary materials required for crafting the item (items that are bought from vendors were ignored). At the bottom of each spread sheet I tallied up the number of each material needed to craft one of each item. The numbers in the row "Known Source" consist of all the materials need to craft the items with a known source on Wowhead. The numbers in the row "Unknown Source" consist of all the materials needed to craft the "known source" items plus the items that I think will be available soon after patch 4.2 is released but have no known source in Wowhead.
While I understand that demand will be higher for some items than others (Leatherworking leg armors, for instance, will have a higher demand than other armors) I believe that looking at all items equally does give a good "big picture" overview of where material demand will be high - even if the picture given will not be totally accurate. So just to reiterate - this information is not 100% accurate - I BELIEVE it will serve as a decent approximation of where price spikes are likely to occur but the information here could change at any time as the Blizzard PTR gods see fit.
One last note. Due to restrictions in Blogger the spreadsheet is a bit hard to navigate on this site. Click this link to be taken to the Patch 4.2 Craftable Items From Trainer spreadsheet. To download it click "File" at the top right and then choose "Save As" and "Excel" or "Open Office". Then open the spreadsheet in the appropriate program.
Here are the spreadsheets with my comments:
Items That Should Be Available to Craft Soon After Patch 4.2 Is Released
Materials of Note:
Elementium Bars - Depending on the prices on your server and how profitable the shuffle is now I would definitely consider stockpiling some Elementium. If you have a blacksmith and plan to craft the above items, I would definitely pre-stock the necessary Elementium now so that you don't have to buy ore/bars once the patch comes out. How long the spike in prices will last depends on the farmers. If your server has a lot of farmers and bots and they aren't nerfed in patch 4.2 expect the spike in price to be short lived as all the bots switch gears and farm Elementium. If your server is bot free and/or bots get a major nerf in patch 4.2 expect the spike in price to last longer.
Volatile Water - This volatile seems to be used quite a lot in patch 4.2. I think this is due to the fact that originally this patch was also supposed to have some content relating to Abyssal Maw but that has been abandoned in favor of Firelands only content. I THINK that originally Abyssal Maw content would have lead to more sources of volatile water and thus when gear was created volatile water was a major component. Now that Abyssal Maw has been abandoned, however, the materials for the craftable items haven't changed but the source of increased volatile water has (AKA there isn't one). I thus think that Volatile Water will suffer from increased demand and a probable decrease in supply as people spend more time in Firelands. I am defintly stockpiling Volatile Water and it wouldn't surprise me if in patch 4.2 alchemists transmute in order to get Volatile Water as opposed to Volatile Air.
Volatile Fire - Volatile Fire is used more than any other volatile and I plan on stockpiling quite a bit of it. It wouldn't surprise me though if more Volatile Fire was also made available in patch 4.2 (as drops from creatures, herbalism/mining in Firelands, etc.) so even though more Volatile Fire is required than Volatile Water I think that there might also be an increase in supply of Volatile Fire that makes up for the difference.
Volatile Air - I don't see a big use for this volatile in patch 4.2 and wouldn't recommend stockpiling this volatile.
Savage Leather - Again I see a price spike here. I plan on stockpiling Savage Leather. If you have a leatherworker and plan on crafting I would definitely at least have enough leather stockpiled so that you can craft what you want without having to buy from the Auction House for a bit after the patch is released.
Pristine Hide - Since all Pristine Hide is used in items of unknown origin I plan on waiting to see where those items come from before making a decision on whether or not to stockpile some.
Blackened Dragonscale - See my recommendation on Savage Leather.
Embersilk Cloth - See my recommendation on Blackened Dragonscale.
Inferno Ink - I'd have a few set aside so that you can craft the relics if you have a toon that could make them.
Amberjewel and Ocean Sapphire - I wouldn't say stockpile as the market for these is already abysmal. You might have increased sales for a few hours but nothing to get excited about.
Inferno Rubies - I plan on stockpiling these. They always sell well and there will be a bit of extra demand.
Alright, well I had planned to post both spreadsheets today but seeing as this is already the world's longest post I am going to wait until tomorrow to post the second spreadsheet with the information on the craftable items that should become available later in the patch.
What do you guys think? Any items that I missed? Any other materials that you think should (or shouldn't) be stockpiled? Sound off below:
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Sunday, June 5, 2011
Some Notes on Patch 4.2
Since I've spent a good part of the last few weeks putting my new gold guide together I haven't been updating my previous post on new items and recipes coming in patch 4.2. I spent most of the day today going over the information now available for patch 4.2 and I should have a major post ready for tomorrow discussing what to stockpile, what we currently know, what information we're still waiting on, and at what point in the patch certain materials should be needed - all with spreadsheets for all of you uber nerds.
For today I want to go over a few minor items of interest I uncovered while researching patch 4.2 that didn't fit well into tomorrow's post on crafted items.
That's all for today. Return tomorrow for a larger post discussing making money with the new crafted items in patch 4.2.
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For today I want to go over a few minor items of interest I uncovered while researching patch 4.2 that didn't fit well into tomorrow's post on crafted items.
- People on a few realms got lucky and have seen the price for Formula: Enchant Cloak - Lesser Agility rise into the hundreds of gold because it hasn't been available since the Cataclysm. If you are one of these people and you have some of these formulas sell now as they are returning to the game in patch 4.2.
- While there is currently very little information available, Ez-Drop Parachute could be a new item that engineers are able to sell. It doesn't look to be BoP and it fits into engineer tool boxes.
- Due to new companion pets being added for people who accomplish the achievements Petting Zoo, Menagerie, and Littlest Pet Shop you can expect the market for pets to remain strong - especially for any of the rarer pets that people often don't think of selling on the Auction House.
That's all for today. Return tomorrow for a larger post discussing making money with the new crafted items in patch 4.2.
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Bangkok Bill's World of Goldcraft Gold Tutorials Are Finally Here!
After centuries[1] of toiling away as a slave chained to my computer[2] I have finally produced the finest document[3] ever known to mankind. Bangkok Bill’s World of Goldcraft Gold Tutorials Full Of Miraculous Gold Secrets Which Trade Prince Gallywix Wishes He Had But Doesnt Because He Is Not Real Which Definitively Answers The Question Of Whether Pirates Ninjas Or Zombies Are More Powerful Which Provides Answers To How The Movie Skyline Could Have Sucked So So So So Badly And Yet Still Have Been Released As If It Were A Real Movie Which Survived A Full Three Days In The Lions Pride Inn In Goldshire On Moonguard Without Being Sullied In The Slightest[4] is here!
Bangkok Bill’s World of Goldcraft Gold Tutorials are so complete that they will answer EVERY question you have![5] All of the gold making information you need in one easy to navigate website. Constantly updated and expanded so that it is always up to date.
Bangkok Bill[6] is making his guide available until June 11th for the low price of $19.99! After that the price will go up to its regular price of around $40 – so now is the time to buy.
On a bit more of a serious note my guide is out now and I do think it rocks. If you buy it and think something is missing or unclear e-mail me and chances are I will add information on what you want and/or clear up anything that is unclear. If you buy it and think that it sucks and I am a total douchebag you can e-mail me telling me so and then take advantage of the 60 day money back guarantee. So, please, check out my guide and get all of your gold making questions answered.
Warcraft Gold Tip: Unless you are in a rush there is no need to use Books of Glyph Mastery to learn new glyphs now. When patch 4.2 comes all glyphs will be learnable through research.
[1] By “centuries” I mean weeks or perhaps a month or two.
[2] By “toiling away as a slave chained to my computer” I mean working at my computer in my free time.
[3] By “document” I mean membership website.
[4] This guide is generally known by its shorter name of “Bangkok Bill’s World of Goldcraft Gold Tutorials”.
[5] Assuming you have questions like, “What professions should I take to make gold?”, “What items are good to resell on the Auction House?”, “What addons should I have and how do I install them and set them up?”, and “How can I become rich in Warcraft so that I never have to worry about gold again?”.
[6] Yes, I did just refer to myself in the third person.
Friday, June 3, 2011
It's a Bad, Bad Day to Be a Goblin
While most of us are studying patch notes for 4.2 so that we can prepare it would appear Blizzard has decided to spend some time nerfing patch 4.1. They made a couple of changes that, while relatively minor, you should be aware of.
- Skinning
- Players can no longer continue gaining Skinning skill points using low-level creatures below the intended skill threshold.
- Okay. No big deal. I probably won't even notice this.
- Archaeology
- The Bountiful Bags guild perk should no longer sometimes incorrectly reward Archaeologists with multiple keystones from dig sites.
- Man. That's a bummer. Won't really effect me too much but that was a rather nice perk (or bug).
- Races
- The goblin racial Best Deals Anywhere should now only be applying to vendors with associated reputations. It no longer incorrectly applies to vendors with no attached reputations, nor does it apply to flight path costs. (Note: the displayed costs for flight paths require a client-side patch to update and are not currently reflecting this racial change). In addition, it is no longer possible for goblin characters exalted with their guild to receive an extra discount on top of the exalted faction discount from guild vendors.
- Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo! Why on earth did I just switch some of my toons over to be goblins. Good bye cheaper Vial of the Sands for Goblins. Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!
On a side note. I am working on a rather large post listing all of the coming changes for 4.2 and at the same time waiting for final approval for my new gold making guide. I hope to have both out within the next couple of days so be sure to check them out.
Warcraft Gold Tip: Remember how you rolled/race changed to a goblin so that you could get cheaper materials to make Vial of the Sands? Yea, well that's not working so well right now. Not that I'm bitter or anything.
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