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Where Did All My Gold Go?

itemsocketIt started out great. Hitting 80, jumping into dungeons, my first downing of the Black Knight and subsequent farming of ToC. Then came the daily heroics. I was slowly building up my collection of purples, and it showed as my DPS jumped from really crappy to only moderately crappy (still working on that part - hoping rounding out with more purples helps!)

Yes, Locomomo's advancements in Azeroth made me giddy. What did not was the depletion of my bank from a couple thousand gold to only a couple hundred; mostly from high repair bills and buying gems to socket into my shiny new gear. Those stupid jewels, if you want the good ones, are ridiculously expensive. And I DO want the good ones, at least for the gear that I probably won't replace for a while. I haven't even started looking at enchants yet, unless it's something a guildy can help me out with.

In the grand scheme of things, what I've spent so far isn't all that much gold - I'm sure I could make it back pretty quickly if I really needed to. But therein lies the problem. If I take the time each day to run the dailies I need to make back gold, I lose out on raiding time. If I raid, I get more awesome gear that needs gems to make it even more awesome. Not to mention higher repair costs. What's a girl to do!?

I'm thinking it comes down to time management. I don't play as much during the week anyway, but if I can manage to pop on for a few dailies each day, then save up longer raiding sessions for the weekend, that might be the key. Finishing up my exploring may have to be put on hold.

Another possible solution - finishing off leveling up my leatherworking so I can get my buffs from the profession, and maybe even making some money off what I can make. Then once I get the leatherworking up, I could drop skinning and pick up another crafting profession. But then there's the issue of leveling it up without the gathering profession - of course, that takes more money! Then again, if it's jewelcrafting I pick up, then I won't have to buy jewels anymore, just the reagents. Ack, too many decisions!

Any readers out there with two crafting professions? For that matter, any with dual gathering? Do you use it more for the benefit of your own buffs, or for money making? What other methods have you found to manage gold-making and gold-spending?

Reader Comments (15)

You can make tons of money working the auction house. Find something easy to farm (wool cloth, for example) that sells at an unreasonable amount, and corner that market. There are other ways to get your epic gems as well, via Honor points, badges, etc.

I have some characters with double gathering and some with double crafting. You can make a lot of money with Alchemy and Jewelcrafting by transmuting rare gems into epic ones.

September 17, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterEfern

well there is one solution well a few options really, have one gather character ie mine and skin and one that either leather works or makes those shinies that we all want mmmmm shinies.....seeing as blacksmithing these days doesn't realy seem to be in hot demand which is a bummer i got the hippy wanna be shammie spitting out potions, flasks and elixers like a pepsi factory but like you said you got to find the time to put it in.....i set aside a non raiding day to make back the hard yet quickly depleting gold and yes it is like watching paint dry and yes you may want to put matchstick under the eyelids as you make your 10-11 sweep of the area but that is the nature of the beast.
so here's to you mr gather, make gold or fall asleep trying
Apoxz

September 17, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterApoxz

My main is a blacksmith / jewelcrafter. Best combination for raiding in my opinion. You can make your own gems and you get a couple extra sockets to put them in. BEst of all, no grinding for money. Just drop a grand every once in a while on ore when it gets cheap on the AH, convert those to gems, cut them and sell them back on the AH for 5-10x the profit.

This of course depends on the economy on your server, however I've found it most effective in the past for me. Gives me plenty of money to fuel raiding and all my alts. Best of all, you can keep a steady supply of money coming in by just spending 10-15 minutes a day on the AH if you don't want to go too hardcore about it.

September 17, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterMuanta

@Apoxz

pixie isnt a *MR Gather*

September 17, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterMahabone

@Apoxz good point, money making definitely can be done by alts. If my attempts to get in dailies doesnt worrk, maybe I'll try an alt with two gathering skills.

@Mahabone You've got my back :) Now if it was MRS. crafter, that might work!

September 17, 2009 | Unregistered Commenterpixiestixy

Well, I was mining/skinning for a long time. I was alchemy/herbalism on my very first tune, and the seeming uselessness of the potions I made while level grinding turned me off crafting. I've just switched to engineering and am now pining for skinning again. I've spent gobs of money just trying to level it, and since I'm a shammy, not a single thing I've made to 333 has been of use to me. I did it all for the mounts, and perhaps a bit of the lulz.

September 17, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterCuppincakes

well Pixie as a fellow Leatherworker, once you get the plans for Ice Strikers Cloak you are in the clear. the mats arent too difficult to farm and they sell for about 350 to 650 gold a peice. I dont really have time to do dailies every day, so when i do i farm for mats at the same time. takes a little longer to get things done but i can make a few hundred gold a day if i work my time right.

September 18, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterVayder

Well, I have basically every profession spread out on my toons but Inscription, just haven't bothered really. LW on my server isnt in that high of demand but my main is a LW, Miner. My warrior is JC/Engineer and i have to say I love my warrior because he is one of my two cash cows. The other cash cow for me is my Warlock is my Herbalist and those sell well for a couple of reasons. They are the primary resource for two professions, Inscription and Alchemy. Yes mining is too, but Blacksmith's aren't in high demand and there is few things an Engineer needs to make a lot to warrant tons of ore. In writing this I would say if you have another character that is in the 70's along with your main I would do these three professions for making money. Herbalism, Mining and Jewelcrafting. Have your main be your JC due to the really nice gems you can only use for yourself. Dont spend a ton of time farming ore yourself but do spend some time doing it and then do as somebody else suggested, buy tons of ore when its cheap on the AH for the rest.

The professions that will keep on giving are those that people will always need, and continue to need the items from on a regular basis, Gems, Potions and Flasks etc.

September 18, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterFattness

Honour Points is the quickest way to specific raw epic gems and the easiest way to those is a couple of Wintergrasps including the WG Weeklies.
If you are a miner you can get the one you want really quickly if you're really lucky. Also quick is Alchemy transmutes, though getting those mats can take a little time.

You could buy them with Emblems, but you'd be better off spending those on gear, until there's nothing at the EoC emblem vendor that you need (will happen around mid-late Ulduar).

I have a JC/Mi alt that does the cuts for my Enc/Ta main. Works quite well. Currently levelling a He/Ins DK to provide the herbs for my main's Flasks. Once that's done, I'll only need to pay for repairs, and spend time gethering herbs. Get guildies to provide the Craftings until you can do it yourself. Guild Alchemists are more likely to throw in the Procs they get too.

September 18, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterPegraath

My Dork Knoob has enchanting and Alchemy, both of which I'm still skilling up. I basically just sell the spare enchanting ingredients I have and use the money to buy Alchemy goodies. Works fine, and enchanting can get to be kinda easy to level in the 1-300 range (Can get kinda tricky/pricy after that).

September 18, 2009 | Unregistered Commenterspifftastic

For those in my guild who make decent in-game money it's a gather skill and the Auctioneer add-on.

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