Phase 3: Profit !

Today, Monday, October 4, 2010, we received an official Cataclysm expansion release date: December 7, 2010. We also know that Patch 4.0.X will come ahead of Cataclysm, changing the world in anticipation of the expansion. The end, Dear Reader, is nigh. The game as you know it, that you’ve been playing for almost a decade (I’m rounding up), is going away in a few weeks. And you can make money on this.

We’ve talked about it on the Call To Auction podcast (subscribe on ITunes/Zune!), but I’ve not yet written about it, so here’s a sure-fire money maker: go farm Zul’Gurub. Seriously. Go do it right now. Kill everything in there and loot, loot, loot!

Why? Well, there are a bunch of reasons. First of all, ZG is going away. In Cata, it’s not going to be there in the same fashion as it is currently (ie: a 20-man instance). It may still exist in some watered-down, part-of-the-zone fashion- we can’t be sure about that yet. However, the ZG that so many know and love is gone in a few weeks. So the best reason to go farm it is to see it now, before it no longer exists. It is a truly gorgeous instance, and one that I’ve come to love over the past few months.

But why have I been in there so much, you ask? Because there’s gold to be made! First of all, there are two bosses that have a very small chance to drop mounts: the Raptor mount and the Tiger mount. They’re both gorgeous. The drop is pure RNG, and since I have the Baron’s mount, I seem to be unable to get either of the ZG mounts to drop. While that has nothing to do with making gold, it is still a good reason to head into ZG.

But if you want gold? Well, because the instance is going away, the corresponding reputation achievement, Hero Of The Zandalar Tribe, is also going away. It’s going to be a Feat of Strength in Cata. This means that everyone and their mother(s) are grinding Zandalar rep right now. Zandalar rep is achieved by killing mobs in ZG, but also is achieved by turning in items that drop only in ZG- various Hakkari Coins and Bijous.

The Coins and Bijous drop frequently off of trash mobs and bosses, so you can farm them even if you can’t solo a boss in ZG. The coins are going for 1g-4g each, and the Bijous are going for upwards of a whopping 20g each! Furthermore, they are selling like hotcakes! Demand for these items is very high, as folks are trying to knock out the Zandalar rep while they still have the chance.

Here’s the take-away: Go farm ZG, right now! If you don’t have a tank spec, this could make some of the bosses difficult. But no matter what, if you have a level 80 toon, you’ll make great gold per hour by farming ZG and selling what drops.

Normally I’m not one to recommend farming, but this opportunity is just too juicy. Seriously, go do it. Now is the chance. If you’re spending your time running in circles around a zone (Sholazar-Un’Goro-wherever) to farm nodes, you’re losing money. Every second in ZG will make you more money for the next few weeks.

So seriously, go farm ZG! Right now!

(Also, I’ve totally ignored the potential to get the Turtle Book off of the optional boss, Gahz’ranka, and the potential to get a pet. The book and/or pet will sell for thousands of gold each in the next few weeks, making this an even more desirable place to farm. Plus, you get all the greens that you can handle, as well as vendor trash and souldbound items to disenchant or vendor. So even if you get unlucky with drops, you’ll still have a chance to make good gold per hour in there.)

GL! /bow

Top 5 reasons which stop people from rich in wow, and make goblin (us) rich.

With trading,
Anyone in azeroth can be in a farm-free state
Anyone in azeroth no longer need to grind for consumable, repair bill, enchanting and gemming
Anyone in azeroth can be on baby mammoth (Not recommended however)

Excuses

“I don’t need gold” -
you need, let’s face it. Even you are not into vanity like Me/Gevlon/Seth. You still need to pay your repair bill / consumption/ gear enchants etc. Unless you stop raiding and pvping altogether, you need money. And there are different way to gather the money you need. Why don’t take your time and find a good way for it? (And proven profitable e.g. crafting)

“I don’t have time for this” -
Trading didn’t mean AH-camping, which some of our fellow trader trade in that style, but it’s not necessary. You can still be rich without camping. Yes, you may earn less compared to those camper. (Here’s why). But so are working, you work less, you gain less. I would said the loss is acceptable, Trading still give you much higher gold/hour then other form of grinding.

Take my glyph industry as example, I post twice a day, which takes me 1 hour, which reward around 1-2k gold per day, While the mail getting and posting part is mostly afk.

“It’s too complicate for me” -
if you notice, this is the same line a M&S would said. “I can’t do 1800+ dps” , “I can’t get out of the fire”, “I can’t interrupt/CC/[Insert any task here]“. No, trading is not hard, compare the time you need to grind to the same amount of gold. Some area in the trade is easy to learn, e.g. Cross Faction Pet Selling, Cooking Receipt Gathering.

I know the picture is scary to some of us, but this is not the only way.

“I am not that kinda evil trader, who prey on poor and clueless people” -
These group of people, In Gevlon’s word, Social. Trading is not evil, in terms of economic, a efficient trade will give everyone better off. Econ 101: Alisa want an glyph/[whatever goods], she is willing to pay 20g, Bob want to sell a glyph, he’s willing part with it at 5g. When the transaction happen, we had a 10g net gain. The bargaining only occur between 5-20g range, otherwise, the trade will never occur. The so-called evil-trader can and will do his twit and twist on pushing the price near 20g, but can never exceed it, the trade will always be efficient, as long as the trade is voluntary.

“I may lost money” -
This is the greatest resistance for anyone to get into trading.
Translated in Social’s word, “losing make me feel stupid, and that should be avoid at all cost. Grinding, Farming, Doing Daily is risk-free, I rather spend my time there”.
Everything induce risk, and the price for “risk-free” is so high that you don’t even had to think twice on that. And, the risk factor usually is over estimated by ignorance. Trading is not about luck.

For 100% risk free investment, everybody will be drawn into it, and thus the profit will be lowered. Simple Demand Supply rules.
However, since most of the people drawn to those risk-free option, which left the risk bearing opportunity much more profitable. Identify those risk, and when odds are good, strike. That’s what it takes for a trader.

Conclusion

Did you hear these word from your guild mate? Or did you hear this from your heart?
It’s okay, everyone prefer a comfortable place and afraid of change, but given embracing this can change the very game play of yours (farm-free state, anyone?)

At least give it a try.

No, this post is not about gold.
It’s about pursuits of the Brewfest Mount

So, a normal player are meeting Direbrew 5 times a day.
Some of them is wishing the brewfest mount drop, so they gotta roll on that. With many replicated trinket left behind.

Is that the only way?
How about paying people for summoning Direbrew?

I got an even cheaper solution.

Asking player to summon Direbrew for free…
Yes, it’s cool, but how to get them to do it for free?

Secret ingredient: 75-79 player.

Of course, some of them will fight the boss with their guildmate, but still lots of them are rejected in the PUG channel.

Offer them the Trinket you don’t need anyway
(if it drops, let them have it, Not suitable of their class? it’s free, come tomorrow)
And request that you can get the mount if it drop.

It’s a fair deal for both of you.
Free Summon for Free Trinket.

P.s I know this post is kinda late, but we still got couple of days left~~