tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529183485378908367.post5773623790464972279..comments2024-03-25T08:23:34.118-05:00Comments on The Art of Solo-ing WoW, life and other games: LF CrafterDarth Solohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01110818057322485070noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529183485378908367.post-59285301227076953432009-06-24T20:49:20.753-05:002009-06-24T20:49:20.753-05:00Ahh yes, the White Bandit Mask. DE'ing that w...Ahh yes, the White Bandit Mask. DE'ing that was what I used to get my first 700 gold, as well as paying for leveling my other toons in all the other professions (only up to 225).Bloodshrikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00593403055750661597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529183485378908367.post-5940237152592426212009-06-24T20:01:04.687-05:002009-06-24T20:01:04.687-05:00I love selling enchanting mats. I never undercut. ...I love selling enchanting mats. I never undercut. In fact, I always overcut. And they always sell.<br /><br />My Tailor has a rare recipe: White Bandit Mask. Since that one uses very few mats to craft, I disenchant it and sell the mats.Darth Solohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01110818057322485070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529183485378908367.post-66479569844685055252009-06-24T18:25:26.412-05:002009-06-24T18:25:26.412-05:00@David
You might not get a ton more money for the ...@David<br />You might not get a ton more money for the mats, but at least you don't have a posting cost to deal with. If you post armor and weapons, and they don't sell, you're wasting gold. With enchaning mats, no posting cost = win.<br /><br />@Darth<br />I've found there's actually good money to be made in the lower levels of professions, and especially if you've gotten a rare recipe. I just spent a few hours farming the Arkkhoran Oracles in Azshara for the http://www.wowhead.com/?item=15753, since the set sells very well to feral druids, rogues, and glass cannon hunters.<br />I sell the entire set for around 200 gold, when I remember to log on to the toon.Bloodshrikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00593403055750661597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529183485378908367.post-26382170475112757492009-06-24T08:56:54.368-05:002009-06-24T08:56:54.368-05:00I've actually really toyed with the idea of ju...I've actually really toyed with the idea of just having gathering professions on all of my alts to maximize their money making abilities. It always seems to be very easy to find someone willing to make you something if you've got the mats and usually a guildie that can do it for free.<br /><br />That being said, I love having enchanting on maxed on one of my toons because I think it's a great resource to be able to DE all of those various greens and blues that you accumulate. I'm not always sure you get a ton more gold for the mats, but they do seem to sell faster, which requires less mailbox maintenance and less time at the AH!<br /><br />I really would like to level Jewelcrafting on at least one of my toons as well but haven't bothered with it yet. Seems to be the only one that has something that I can't get elsewhere.Joarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06343975994265805336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529183485378908367.post-35650859436002280012009-06-22T19:55:07.264-05:002009-06-22T19:55:07.264-05:00You got a very valid point Shawn. Professions aren...You got a very valid point Shawn. Professions aren't for everyone. Some people simply don't enjoy that aspect of the game. I tend to like though sometimes it's frustrating.<br /><br />If you don't have enough gold to satisfy your main priorities, I would definitely skip professions. However, you may reach a point where you're looking for something new, some way in which to spend your gold. In that case, leveling a profession is not a bad idea. You can even consider it an investment of sorts.Darth Solohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01110818057322485070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529183485378908367.post-27841388669913012712009-06-21T19:00:04.774-05:002009-06-21T19:00:04.774-05:00I'm having a hard time getting myself to do an...I'm having a hard time getting myself to do anything with the crafting professions. What makes me pause is not the fact that I could be using all these mats for money, but the fact that it's taking all this extra time to get anything worthwhile out of it. Time that I could be spending actually playing the game, not sitting in a town somewhere smelting things into bars, and making 6 runed copper belts at a time just so I can get the next skill up from the trainer. Sure, I can DE them, which takes more time to mail them to another toon, or I can just sell them back for a huge loss. Nobody buys basic crafted stuff from the AH, so that's pointless. Gah, why bother when I can be hitting something in the face?Shawnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529183485378908367.post-25060283710035166812009-06-20T09:24:33.134-05:002009-06-20T09:24:33.134-05:00It's all about opportunity cost. My understand...It's all about opportunity cost. My understanding of economics is dodgy at best but this much I do understand.<br /><br />If you hadn't leveled that crafting skill, let's say, to 450, how much gold would you have saved by not burning through those mats, or how much gold would you have made by simply selling the mats?<br /><br />That's the question that always haunts me.<br /><br />Yes, the professions are useful to yourself but if you hadn't spent all that money to level them, you would afford enchants and crafted items more easily now.<br /><br />Some professions, for me, are definitely profitable. Inscription is right there on top. Enchanting is second and now it's slowly paying for itself with vellum enchants and disenchants.Darth Solohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01110818057322485070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529183485378908367.post-15578386603882281892009-06-20T05:51:34.345-05:002009-06-20T05:51:34.345-05:00great to sell *great to sell *Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529183485378908367.post-90937588621346971852009-06-20T05:50:28.958-05:002009-06-20T05:50:28.958-05:00Hmm, my main has maxed Herbalism and Alchemy. This...Hmm, my main has maxed Herbalism and Alchemy. This also supplies my DK, who has Inscription leveled up to about 420, which as you say is definitely the most profitable - Alchemy flasks are great to see but the Frost Lotuses are darned hard to find.<br /><br />I also have an Enchanter and Tailor in the 400s - don't currently use these professions for money making as I'm focused on leveling, but once it gets too expensive or they effectively max out, I'm going to start selling enchants and bags and what-not on the AH.<br /><br />Jewelcrafting I've not really bothered with; I have it on a low level alt somewhere for completeness' sake but I can't say as I fancy leveling it up. It looks costly and really fiddly - or as you termed it, it needs a lot of micro-management.<br /><br />Overall though it is handy to be able to make everything yourself as it really cuts costs. This is especially true of enchanting - just saving all the Outland and Northrend BoE greens and blues that drop randomly (3 or 4 alts in NR at this time) and sending them to my mage to be disenchanted has left me swimming in mats.<br /><br />Vel.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com