I am currently herbalism/mining but was thinking of dropping one of them because I am tired of switching my search button back and forth. I am a lvl 43 priest right now. At 70 I plan to pick up tailoring to make a craftable set.
My question is, are any of the non gathering professions decent money makers for this lvl range? I had tailoring before, but I think I wasted more money on mats than I ever gained.
I could also go back and pick up skinning but I'm not sure it pays as well as the other gathering prof's. Plus I'd have to waste a few hours killing low lvl mobs to up my skill.
thanks,
John|||Keep mining, go skinning/mining until level 65~ish, then switch to tailoring and start doing xmutes.|||Quote:
I am currently herbalism/mining but was thinking of dropping one of them because I am tired of switching my search button back and forth. I am a lvl 43 priest right now. At 70 I plan to pick up tailoring to make a craftable set.
My question is, are any of the non gathering professions decent money makers for this lvl range? I had tailoring before, but I think I wasted more money on mats than I ever gained.
I could also go back and pick up skinning but I'm not sure it pays as well as the other gathering prof's. Plus I'd have to waste a few hours killing low lvl mobs to up my skill.
thanks,
John
All of 'em are if you know what to sell or craft.|||OK, I picked up skinning. Thanks for your help.|||I do herbalism and skinning, and make plenty of money that way. I prefer skinning over mining because you have so many more places to gather, and you can skin corpses that other people have left behind.
Plus, if you feel like grinding, you pick a grinding place with Yeti's or something like that which will give you exp and skins to sell...double bonus.
Saturday, April 21, 2012
Need lockpicking help!
I give up. I've been googling and browsing forums for a while and can't find a decent lockpicking guide. Everything out there is pre BC. Can anyone point me in the right direction? Thanks.|||Quote:
I give up. I've been googling and browsing forums for a while and can't find a decent lockpicking guide. Everything out there is pre BC. Can anyone point me in the right direction? Thanks.
Ok, I'm going to assume you're looking for help on where to skill lockpicking in Outlands. (based on the fact that you say you can only find pre-BC guides, and as far as I know skilling lockpicking is pretty straight forward)
So...here is a quick, and profitable guide to lockpicking in Outlands.
Step 1: Stealth
Step 2: Pickpocket every humanoid you find
Step 3: (optional) after picking their pockets, kill them and take the rest of the loot (apparently they hide coins in their boots or something )
Step 4: hone lockpicking skill on all the junk boxes you will get from pocket picking
And you really don't have to do this consistently. I usually dedicated 1 night of the week to this when I was approaching my next level.
That's really all their is to it. Half the quests in outlands will have you killing humanoids. I literally was running out of bank space storing junk boxes until I could get my next level and use up 5 more boxes. In addition, you would be surprised how much you profit from pickpocketing (especially if the mobs haven't been killed in a while)
There's a place in Blade's Edge...can't remember the name but you access the pit area through 1 of 2 tunnels, or by flying mount (which apparently is the preferred method). On my way out of there one night I went through the tunnel and I was getting between 90s and 1g from each mob by pickpocketing and then looting after I killed them.|||Quote:
I give up. I've been googling and browsing forums for a while and can't find a decent lockpicking guide. Everything out there is pre BC. Can anyone point me in the right direction? Thanks.
Pre-BC is still very valid. Your lockpick skill level is determined by character level, not like regular professions.
Search for the "pickpocket + cheapshot" or "pickpocket+ambush/garrote/whatever" macro, this will yield enough junkboxes to level your lockpicking to max in no time.
Also, check the Rogue forum, I know the macro's are listed in Osiris' Rogue Guide.|||http://www.wowwiki.com/Lockpicking
Remember that certain doors can be used to increase your lockpicking skill but when I was leveling my Rogue I got sick of waiting and ended up going back to pickpocketing.
Setting up your keys for easy access pickpocketing and quickloot in teh options menu will make life easier.
I had "MOUSE4" (side of my mouse) bound to it and I'd simply stealth past mob tapping MOUSE4 when close enough.
(Distract Shot if needed.)
Yes it can be annoying... but at least you aren't mining :)
(It took me 4 hours to get from 271 mining to 300 mining. I was level 60 and on a nice fast mount doing it.)|||Thanks alot people!|||Quote:
Thanks alot people!
Not really sure what your question is here honestly. But On my rogue, I leveled my LP post BC in Zangermarsh on the chests there.|||Quote:
I give up. I've been googling and browsing forums for a while and can't find a decent lockpicking guide. Everything out there is pre BC. Can anyone point me in the right direction? Thanks.
I took my Rogue first to Alther's Mill, just up the road from Lakeshire, where there is an array of practice boxes. A little time and patience and I got to lvl 110. Then I went up the coast from Auberdine in Ashenvale to Blackfathom Deep (at least, the ruins that lie above it) and found numerous boxes lying about there to practice on. Got up to 125 that way. I haven't played this char much since, but I'm told that there are many boxes to be pickpocketed from Centaurs in Desolace using the suggested methods. I've also started opening low-level locked boxes for alts and people in Stormwind and that too is raising my level. The other thing is that once you gain the skill, you gain five points in lockpicking every time you level up (I think - have to admit I haven't played this guy for a while).|||Quote:
...The other thing is that once you gain the skill, you gain five points in lockpicking every time you level up (I think - have to admit I haven't played this guy for a while).
That's partly correct. Each time you level, you gain access to skill up 5 more points in lockpicking. (Or another way to say it, is that you can only skill up 5 points in LP per character level.) So if your LP skill is 100/100, you need to gain a level and then you will have 100/105. You still will have to earn the 5 skill points, but that is pretty easy to do.
Abeezil, there are also practice boxes in the Pirate Cove (fort) in lower Tanaris.
I give up. I've been googling and browsing forums for a while and can't find a decent lockpicking guide. Everything out there is pre BC. Can anyone point me in the right direction? Thanks.
Ok, I'm going to assume you're looking for help on where to skill lockpicking in Outlands. (based on the fact that you say you can only find pre-BC guides, and as far as I know skilling lockpicking is pretty straight forward)
So...here is a quick, and profitable guide to lockpicking in Outlands.
Step 1: Stealth
Step 2: Pickpocket every humanoid you find
Step 3: (optional) after picking their pockets, kill them and take the rest of the loot (apparently they hide coins in their boots or something )
Step 4: hone lockpicking skill on all the junk boxes you will get from pocket picking
And you really don't have to do this consistently. I usually dedicated 1 night of the week to this when I was approaching my next level.
That's really all their is to it. Half the quests in outlands will have you killing humanoids. I literally was running out of bank space storing junk boxes until I could get my next level and use up 5 more boxes. In addition, you would be surprised how much you profit from pickpocketing (especially if the mobs haven't been killed in a while)
There's a place in Blade's Edge...can't remember the name but you access the pit area through 1 of 2 tunnels, or by flying mount (which apparently is the preferred method). On my way out of there one night I went through the tunnel and I was getting between 90s and 1g from each mob by pickpocketing and then looting after I killed them.|||Quote:
I give up. I've been googling and browsing forums for a while and can't find a decent lockpicking guide. Everything out there is pre BC. Can anyone point me in the right direction? Thanks.
Pre-BC is still very valid. Your lockpick skill level is determined by character level, not like regular professions.
Search for the "pickpocket + cheapshot" or "pickpocket+ambush/garrote/whatever" macro, this will yield enough junkboxes to level your lockpicking to max in no time.
Also, check the Rogue forum, I know the macro's are listed in Osiris' Rogue Guide.|||http://www.wowwiki.com/Lockpicking
Remember that certain doors can be used to increase your lockpicking skill but when I was leveling my Rogue I got sick of waiting and ended up going back to pickpocketing.
Setting up your keys for easy access pickpocketing and quickloot in teh options menu will make life easier.
I had "MOUSE4" (side of my mouse) bound to it and I'd simply stealth past mob tapping MOUSE4 when close enough.
(Distract Shot if needed.)
Yes it can be annoying... but at least you aren't mining :)
(It took me 4 hours to get from 271 mining to 300 mining. I was level 60 and on a nice fast mount doing it.)|||Thanks alot people!|||Quote:
Thanks alot people!
Not really sure what your question is here honestly. But On my rogue, I leveled my LP post BC in Zangermarsh on the chests there.|||Quote:
I give up. I've been googling and browsing forums for a while and can't find a decent lockpicking guide. Everything out there is pre BC. Can anyone point me in the right direction? Thanks.
I took my Rogue first to Alther's Mill, just up the road from Lakeshire, where there is an array of practice boxes. A little time and patience and I got to lvl 110. Then I went up the coast from Auberdine in Ashenvale to Blackfathom Deep (at least, the ruins that lie above it) and found numerous boxes lying about there to practice on. Got up to 125 that way. I haven't played this char much since, but I'm told that there are many boxes to be pickpocketed from Centaurs in Desolace using the suggested methods. I've also started opening low-level locked boxes for alts and people in Stormwind and that too is raising my level. The other thing is that once you gain the skill, you gain five points in lockpicking every time you level up (I think - have to admit I haven't played this guy for a while).|||Quote:
...The other thing is that once you gain the skill, you gain five points in lockpicking every time you level up (I think - have to admit I haven't played this guy for a while).
That's partly correct. Each time you level, you gain access to skill up 5 more points in lockpicking. (Or another way to say it, is that you can only skill up 5 points in LP per character level.) So if your LP skill is 100/100, you need to gain a level and then you will have 100/105. You still will have to earn the 5 skill points, but that is pretty easy to do.
Abeezil, there are also practice boxes in the Pirate Cove (fort) in lower Tanaris.
discovery
was wondering how long it was till you all got your first discovery. ive made a crap ton of pots elixers and have not got one yet. i know its random and all but i figured i would get one by now. is there something im not doing right. i do all the high lvl pots and elixers. i have 3 of the major resist pot and make those as often as i can. dose it matter which pot im crafting or not. can it be gray. just looking for some info.|||I made like 150 Elixir of Major agility without getting one - then one night I sold a Primal Might transmute, and I discovered Transmute: Primal Mana to Fire.
*Yay me*|||From what I understand discoverys are completely random and doesn't matter what level pots you are making as long as they are post BC pots. I've personally made 1000's of potions/elixir of all different levels and still have not made a discover. oh well, gues I will get lucky eventually.|||I've only discovered one - flask of relentless assault and I discovered that in the Bone Wastes while I was making a stack of volatile healing potion (grey at alch lvl 375) and my rogue is a Master of elixirs. Haven't discovered any more yet.|||I had 3 discoveries in my first 30 pots made. None since, about 300 pots.|||I've made easily over 1000 pots of all different types and still have yet to get a discover. It is completely random from what I have heard.|||There have been nights when I have made hunderds of pots and discovered nothing... and then there was one hnight where I made one elixir of Mastery and procced a discovery.
Totally random like they said above.|||wanted to add that since the previous posting, I have discovered 3 more recipes, and one of them was while I was making volitile healing potion.|||*feels nubbish* What's a discovery? I'm not an alchemist.|||Quote:
*feels nubbish* What's a discovery? I'm not an alchemist.
it is when you are making a high level potion/elixir in the Outlands anywhere and 'discover' another one (for some reason I haven't figured out yet, only Alchemists have this discovery, not any other profession). You can discover any potion or elixir - don't have to be one of the masters of anything to get that discovery. I went for weeks & months and now have a few.
Do not have any insight for the transmute discovery because I've never had one process yet, however, I do think that transmute discoveries are limited to happening while you are transmuting, and do not proc while making potions or elixirs (from reading other posts about this).
*Yay me*|||From what I understand discoverys are completely random and doesn't matter what level pots you are making as long as they are post BC pots. I've personally made 1000's of potions/elixir of all different levels and still have not made a discover. oh well, gues I will get lucky eventually.|||I've only discovered one - flask of relentless assault and I discovered that in the Bone Wastes while I was making a stack of volatile healing potion (grey at alch lvl 375) and my rogue is a Master of elixirs. Haven't discovered any more yet.|||I had 3 discoveries in my first 30 pots made. None since, about 300 pots.|||I've made easily over 1000 pots of all different types and still have yet to get a discover. It is completely random from what I have heard.|||There have been nights when I have made hunderds of pots and discovered nothing... and then there was one hnight where I made one elixir of Mastery and procced a discovery.
Totally random like they said above.|||wanted to add that since the previous posting, I have discovered 3 more recipes, and one of them was while I was making volitile healing potion.|||*feels nubbish* What's a discovery? I'm not an alchemist.|||Quote:
*feels nubbish* What's a discovery? I'm not an alchemist.
it is when you are making a high level potion/elixir in the Outlands anywhere and 'discover' another one (for some reason I haven't figured out yet, only Alchemists have this discovery, not any other profession). You can discover any potion or elixir - don't have to be one of the masters of anything to get that discovery. I went for weeks & months and now have a few.
Do not have any insight for the transmute discovery because I've never had one process yet, however, I do think that transmute discoveries are limited to happening while you are transmuting, and do not proc while making potions or elixirs (from reading other posts about this).
Tracking Herbs/Nodes
I've read in a couple of places that you can now track herbs and nodes at the same time. Naturally now that I want to look up that info again I obviously cannot find it.. :S
Can anyone confirm/deny this?|||I can confirm that you cannot have herbalism and mining trackers up at the same time.|||I can deny that you can have herbalism and mining trackers up at the same time.|||I can confirm this denial of dual simultaneous tracking surveillance modes.|||I deny everything. *shifty eyes*|||Just get the gatherer mod, and you'll know where nodes and herbs are typically located...Then, go from there.
Most people don't mine and herb at the same time.|||Ummm...nope, it is true, you can track both herbs and mines at the same time. I asked on the official boards if there was a way to do it and was told no, but use a macro you could click to change back and forth as you fly along. I made the macro, clicked it one time and since then both yellow blips are on my mini-map. I have a feeling it is a bug that will be fixed.
Can anyone confirm/deny this?|||I can confirm that you cannot have herbalism and mining trackers up at the same time.|||I can deny that you can have herbalism and mining trackers up at the same time.|||I can confirm this denial of dual simultaneous tracking surveillance modes.|||I deny everything. *shifty eyes*|||Just get the gatherer mod, and you'll know where nodes and herbs are typically located...Then, go from there.
Most people don't mine and herb at the same time.|||Ummm...nope, it is true, you can track both herbs and mines at the same time. I asked on the official boards if there was a way to do it and was told no, but use a macro you could click to change back and forth as you fly along. I made the macro, clicked it one time and since then both yellow blips are on my mini-map. I have a feeling it is a bug that will be fixed.
Cooking - clamlette surprise quick question
i know we get this as a quest reward along with artisan cooking.
but is there a recipe for it??? if so where/how can i get it? thanks a lot!|||Quote:
i know we get this as a quest reward along with artisan cooking.
but is there a recipe for it??? if so where/how can i get it? thanks a lot!
Nope, you get taught the recipe, when you do the quest as far as I recall. No separate reciple scroll involved. It's been a while since I've done that quest.|||The food reward is only that: food, and you don't get to learn how to make it. The major reward of this quest is the ability to get Cooking to 300 (which is normally also the reason for doing the quest).
There are more quests which give food but not a recipe to make it, one that springs to mind is the Cactus Apple Surprise quest in Durotar, but there are more.|||ahhh i see. i was a bit confused because most of the quests that i have done where i'd get food would also give me the recipe too. easy strider stew, murloc fin soup, goretusk liver pie, blood sausage, soothing turtle bisque.... etc.
but is there a recipe for it??? if so where/how can i get it? thanks a lot!|||Quote:
i know we get this as a quest reward along with artisan cooking.
but is there a recipe for it??? if so where/how can i get it? thanks a lot!
Nope, you get taught the recipe, when you do the quest as far as I recall. No separate reciple scroll involved. It's been a while since I've done that quest.|||The food reward is only that: food, and you don't get to learn how to make it. The major reward of this quest is the ability to get Cooking to 300 (which is normally also the reason for doing the quest).
There are more quests which give food but not a recipe to make it, one that springs to mind is the Cactus Apple Surprise quest in Durotar, but there are more.|||ahhh i see. i was a bit confused because most of the quests that i have done where i'd get food would also give me the recipe too. easy strider stew, murloc fin soup, goretusk liver pie, blood sausage, soothing turtle bisque.... etc.
First Aid after Triage Training?
I got the Triage Training at Theremore but have not got the Heavy Mageweave Bandage or Runecloth bandage skill--do I have to go back to Arathi Highlands to get another book from that fellow?|||no, you have to skill up. he'll teach you heavy mageweave at around 240 skill. so stick around and get your skill up. you'll get the next one at 280 or so. he'll teach you that too. again, im estimating the skill levels. but its around those numbers.|||The next three things are all from the trama surgeon in Theremore.
240 - Heavy mageweave
260 - Runecloth
290 - Heavy runecloth
After that, FA goes back to BoE books, this time available in Hellfire Peninsula.
300 - Next level of first aid skill
330 - Netherweave bandages
360(?) - Heavy Netherweave bandages|||lol thanks for clarifying. i totally forgot about the skill at 260. hehe.
240 - Heavy mageweave
260 - Runecloth
290 - Heavy runecloth
After that, FA goes back to BoE books, this time available in Hellfire Peninsula.
300 - Next level of first aid skill
330 - Netherweave bandages
360(?) - Heavy Netherweave bandages|||lol thanks for clarifying. i totally forgot about the skill at 260. hehe.
Do any crafting professions earn good gold?
Hi guys
I'm lvl 61, currently have 2 gathering professions, skinning and mining.
Skinning is at 316/375, but I'm a bit behind in the mining 184/225, and wondering if I should drop it and get a crafting profession or take some time and level it up (I quest in Outland now, and can't mine anything there, so I'd have to go find Mithril to mine to lvl up my mining)
This is my first toon, so I'm wondering if maybe first I should keep both gathering professions and save up for my epic flying mount (how much is that by the way?) and only after that choose a profession (?)
Or, do any professions earn good money? From what I've seen in many professions most don't really make much. Many items sell at or below the cost of the mats.
I'd be interested in Swordsmithing for example (even though I'd drop mining I would just get mats on AH when they are cheap), but that apparently is a losing profession too,
I'm thinking about Leatherworking, since I want to keep skinning. But I'd want to make Elemental gear, and just one Recipe for one piece is selling at AH right now on my server for like 300g so that would not make sense either.
Do any crafting profession earn a decent amount of gold?
Or are they just for fun?|||Flying mounts are 900G for training and mount, epic Flying mounts are 5200G for training and mount.
You can make some money with most any profession, but unless you find a market that few other people on your server are working on, you won't get sure money with any of them. Once you're lvl 70, it's easy enough to knock out a few daily quests in under an hour for about 60-70G a day. Not the fastest way to make money, but good enough for most people, I've paid for 5 epic fliers that way.|||Thanks
I guess what I'll do for now, is keep mining and skinning and save for my epic flying mount, and once I have enough gold I'll drop mining for Leatherworking
In the meantime, I'm keeping my eye on the auction house for any good deals on rare leatherworking recipes so I'll have them for when I do switch over.|||Pretty much all professions can you make you money if yer smart about it.
I've made money through leatherworking, engineering, enchanting, tailoring (though I haven't hit the gold mine there yet) and alchemy. Jewelcrafting would've made me money if my li'l priest had been a higher level so she could get over the 300 bump. I even found a few interesting recipes in Blacksmithing that do well.
Every single profession can earn you good, solid money.|||Is the smart way getting your hands on rare recipes? (so that you aren't competing with all the other people in your profession)|||For the average player gathering professions will always make more than crafting.
For the more hardcore player who has access to the more rare expensive patterns and low % drop patterns a crafting profession can be more profitable.
I would only advise things like tailoring or leatherworking that you can produce great gear for yourself that you'll actually use.
At 61 you need a lot of gold for the future, keep your gathering professions at least until your flying... my 2cp anyway.|||Thanks
Yes exactly what I was thinking. Save for epic flying first.
Just have to lvl up my mining now as I can't mine anything in Outland yet :(|||Quote:
Is the smart way getting your hands on rare recipes? (so that you aren't competing with all the other people in your profession)
No. It's selling stuff that people need (e.g. leg enchants, enchanting rods, quest items), combining mats for profit (e.g. transmutes/flasks) or making cheap stuff that disenchants into something more valuable than its original materials.
Most of my money comes from quite simply being handy with a calculator and comparing prices.
I'll give you an example. If Clefthide Leg Armour sells for 50g, and the combined mats cost 40g to purchase on the AH... there's a profit to be had.
There's nothing more to it really - just what will sell well or disenchant well is highly variable from server to server.|||Quote:
I'll give you an example. If Clefthide Leg Armour sells for 50g, and the combined mats cost 40g to purchase on the AH... there's a profit to be had.
And if you can gather some of those mats you will be even further ahead...
Supplement that with buying and reselling things off of the AH (anything that is cheaper than it should be) and you will be ahead of the game.|||Quote:
And if you can gather some of those mats you will be even further ahead....
No.
That's a common misconception.
Buying things off the AH takes about 2 minutes. Taking the time to farm it might be about half an hour. In half an hour I can make far more killing something profitable than the mats for a single leg armour (or whatever) would cost.
Grinding for mats costs you money. If you happen to run into them whilst doing other stuff - that's all good. E.g. - yer killing thousands of clefthoofs for Nesingwary in Nagrand and get leather that way ? Sure.
But killing those cows for a low drop rate on skinning thingy ? No.
As the goblins are apt to remind one: "Time is money, friend."
//edit: to put a bit more nuance in my previous reply:
Rare patterns *can* be worth it, but most times they're quite simply not all that rare. And while there's money to be had in being able to craft something fancy that not everyone can... those are generally once-off big shots. You might make 100g with one of those patterns once a week. But, if you can make 25g/day with the more common patterns, it's still a higher profit overall.
I'm lvl 61, currently have 2 gathering professions, skinning and mining.
Skinning is at 316/375, but I'm a bit behind in the mining 184/225, and wondering if I should drop it and get a crafting profession or take some time and level it up (I quest in Outland now, and can't mine anything there, so I'd have to go find Mithril to mine to lvl up my mining)
This is my first toon, so I'm wondering if maybe first I should keep both gathering professions and save up for my epic flying mount (how much is that by the way?) and only after that choose a profession (?)
Or, do any professions earn good money? From what I've seen in many professions most don't really make much. Many items sell at or below the cost of the mats.
I'd be interested in Swordsmithing for example (even though I'd drop mining I would just get mats on AH when they are cheap), but that apparently is a losing profession too,
I'm thinking about Leatherworking, since I want to keep skinning. But I'd want to make Elemental gear, and just one Recipe for one piece is selling at AH right now on my server for like 300g so that would not make sense either.
Do any crafting profession earn a decent amount of gold?
Or are they just for fun?|||Flying mounts are 900G for training and mount, epic Flying mounts are 5200G for training and mount.
You can make some money with most any profession, but unless you find a market that few other people on your server are working on, you won't get sure money with any of them. Once you're lvl 70, it's easy enough to knock out a few daily quests in under an hour for about 60-70G a day. Not the fastest way to make money, but good enough for most people, I've paid for 5 epic fliers that way.|||Thanks
I guess what I'll do for now, is keep mining and skinning and save for my epic flying mount, and once I have enough gold I'll drop mining for Leatherworking
In the meantime, I'm keeping my eye on the auction house for any good deals on rare leatherworking recipes so I'll have them for when I do switch over.|||Pretty much all professions can you make you money if yer smart about it.
I've made money through leatherworking, engineering, enchanting, tailoring (though I haven't hit the gold mine there yet) and alchemy. Jewelcrafting would've made me money if my li'l priest had been a higher level so she could get over the 300 bump. I even found a few interesting recipes in Blacksmithing that do well.
Every single profession can earn you good, solid money.|||Is the smart way getting your hands on rare recipes? (so that you aren't competing with all the other people in your profession)|||For the average player gathering professions will always make more than crafting.
For the more hardcore player who has access to the more rare expensive patterns and low % drop patterns a crafting profession can be more profitable.
I would only advise things like tailoring or leatherworking that you can produce great gear for yourself that you'll actually use.
At 61 you need a lot of gold for the future, keep your gathering professions at least until your flying... my 2cp anyway.|||Thanks
Yes exactly what I was thinking. Save for epic flying first.
Just have to lvl up my mining now as I can't mine anything in Outland yet :(|||Quote:
Is the smart way getting your hands on rare recipes? (so that you aren't competing with all the other people in your profession)
No. It's selling stuff that people need (e.g. leg enchants, enchanting rods, quest items), combining mats for profit (e.g. transmutes/flasks) or making cheap stuff that disenchants into something more valuable than its original materials.
Most of my money comes from quite simply being handy with a calculator and comparing prices.
I'll give you an example. If Clefthide Leg Armour sells for 50g, and the combined mats cost 40g to purchase on the AH... there's a profit to be had.
There's nothing more to it really - just what will sell well or disenchant well is highly variable from server to server.|||Quote:
I'll give you an example. If Clefthide Leg Armour sells for 50g, and the combined mats cost 40g to purchase on the AH... there's a profit to be had.
And if you can gather some of those mats you will be even further ahead...
Supplement that with buying and reselling things off of the AH (anything that is cheaper than it should be) and you will be ahead of the game.|||Quote:
And if you can gather some of those mats you will be even further ahead....
No.
That's a common misconception.
Buying things off the AH takes about 2 minutes. Taking the time to farm it might be about half an hour. In half an hour I can make far more killing something profitable than the mats for a single leg armour (or whatever) would cost.
Grinding for mats costs you money. If you happen to run into them whilst doing other stuff - that's all good. E.g. - yer killing thousands of clefthoofs for Nesingwary in Nagrand and get leather that way ? Sure.
But killing those cows for a low drop rate on skinning thingy ? No.
As the goblins are apt to remind one: "Time is money, friend."
//edit: to put a bit more nuance in my previous reply:
Rare patterns *can* be worth it, but most times they're quite simply not all that rare. And while there's money to be had in being able to craft something fancy that not everyone can... those are generally once-off big shots. You might make 100g with one of those patterns once a week. But, if you can make 25g/day with the more common patterns, it's still a higher profit overall.
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