Monday, April 25, 2011

Patch 4.1 Is On Its Way

Everyone and their mother is now saying that patch 4.1 should be released this week so you probably have one last day to prepare before the trolls decide to make a go at retaking Azeroth. The official patch notes are up and you should definitely check them out if you haven't already. Below you will find my notes on what I am doing to prepare for the patch. I posted this list a few weeks ago but I'm going to repost today for anyone who missed it and as a reminder for those who've already seen it. Now is the time to make sure you have everything done - don't be the one who is left with thousands of green gems in their bank because you forgot to cut and vendor them.

1) I am stockpiling volatiles (with the exception of life). If the vendor price for green gems is decreased the price of all the cataclsym ores will decrease. This will lead to an increase in people crafting blacksmithing items (many of which require volatiles) at a time when actual mining is decreasing (meaning less volatiles) due to the drop in ore price.

2) Per Sterling’s suggestion I am buying up Elementium Geodes. If the price of ore does decrease and there are less people mining less of these pets will be put on the market in the future. I view these as a medium - long term investment and plan on selling them when supply has dried up and they fetch higher prices.

3) I will probably list a few extra leather leggings, spell threads, belt buckles, and gems just before patch time. I got this idea after talking with Catharsis and while I don’t think the market will be too large on my server I think people on PVE servers should definitly look into this as people who go straight into ZG and ZA will need these for the new gear they get.

4) I will make sure all of my green gems are sold (cut and vendored) before the patch so that if their vendor price does go down I don’t get stuck with them.
5) In addition I am making sure that I have a full supply of glyphs in order to supply people who will be re-specking along with ensuring that I have extra stock of the glyphs that are changing. If you have a scribe I would also make sure that you have a book of glyph mastery so that you can learn the new glyph (I still haven't seen any confirmation on how the new glyph will be learned).
Hope this list helps. Keep an eye out to see if the realms go down early and make sure you get everything that you need to before then.

Have fun making gold!

1 comment:

  1. As with Sterling's mention of picking up the Elementium Geode's, I have been snatching up quite a few of the "hatchlings" for a decent price (some as low as 50g) for the pet achievements. Make sure and check em as well!

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