How to level up and other tips

[noevra]

btw go grind herbs on a alt. even low level thinks are going for 4g in 20 stacks

[Jamoe]

Originally posted by Bastet@Mar 2 2006, 11:21 PM
http://www.wow-pro.com/Forums/viewtopic/p=1488.html#1488

can be used from 30 onwards

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ive been using this guide from around level 30

I'm now at lvl 43 which is quite good considering I'm a casual gamer.

Its abit of a lonely guide though, but im at the part where its telling me to do Uldaman Instance. WHOOT

http://www.wow-pro.com/Forums/viewtopic/t=296.html

[Carr0t]

Originally posted by Jamoe@Apr 10 2006, 01:53 PM
ive been using this guide from around level 30

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I have no problem with other people using this guide if that's really what they want to do, but don't you find that just following a guide to level up as quickly as possible is boring and far less fun than making your own way in the game and trying to do things how *you* want to do them?

Mind you, maybe that opinion is why i'm level 41 and only have about 3g (and can't afford to train skills or professions at the mo).

[Jamoe]

Originally posted by Carr0t@Apr 10 2006, 04:31 PM
I have no problem with other people using this guid if that's really what they want to do, but don't you find that just following a guild to level up as quickly as possible is boring and far less fun than making your own way in the game and trying to do things how *you* want to do them?

Mind you, maybe that opinion is why i'm level 41 and only have about 3g (and can't afford to train skills or professions at the mo).

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in short no

I find it frustrating running around not knowing where to go next, maybe if I had more time it wouldnt seem so bad.

Im hoping to stop whe i hit 50 and hopefully beable to group with the guild abit more.

I have enjoyed using the guide, 130g, half decent kit and fun XP rate. When it stops being fun ill change how I play

[TeaLeaf]

Instances are *the* best.

Parties initially and then into 10 man instances, then 15 and then raid groups of 40 for the end-game content, superb fun. :thumbsup:

TL.

[Carr0t]

Originally posted by Jamoe@Apr 11 2006, 08:18 AM
130g

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 :blink: What am I doing wrong? I just don't find it fun spending hours on end running around farming minerals to be able to make and then sell stuff (I spent about 2 hours running round Desolace last night farming iron so I could get enough to do the weapon smithing quest. Only got about 60, which [if you include how much I need to level up my skill to make the big black mace] is about 1/3 to 1/4 of what I need [I'm on 221 now, after using that 60 to make stuff]. Can't seem to find enough Mithril *anywhere* to level up my skill using that, even when i've checked ore deposit locations online and run round them all. They just always seem to be farmed out), but I sell everything I get as drops from monsters and such, so how the hell do other people manage to get so much cash?

On another note, did it just not happen to me before patch 1.10, or have they changed the way mine points spawn. A certain mine point that i had visited in the past as silver (and thus assumed it normally spawned as tin) I revisited last night to discover it was gold. And at least 1 mithril spawn had become gold as well, when I thought it was 90% Mithril, 10% Truesiver chance on a Mithril spawn, with no chance of anything else spawning (same for Iron/Gold and Tin/Silver).

[Jamoe]

Originally posted by Carr0t@Apr 11 2006, 09:04 AM
:blink: What am I doing wrong? I just don't find it fun spending hours on end running around farming minerals to be able to make and then sell stuff

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tbh, i made about 30 gold when I was questing/grinding on Rock Elementals in Badlands, its in a little cove where theres 8 mine spores that popped up (iron/Mith/gold/rare truesilver). They drop solid stone, elemental earth(sells for 1g each, i have probably sold about 30 of these in AH, easy 30g) and some other usefull drops that sell well in AH. I generally drop stuff that doesnt sell for much (unless im enar a merchant), to make room for better value drops.

My mining is at 220, i generally mine when I see it, I've never done any grinding in that respect. I store the ore in the bank untill i have loads, then just "create all" and walk away. After selling bars from this ill probably make 40g (stack iron bars can sell for 3/4g), after a couple of these sessions you can see how i've got 130g.


I have never grinded to make money, its just a biproduct of my questing and a small amount of grinding. The guide is more about which quests to get/stack to give u a good XP rate.

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Farm a low level instance.

Deadmines will drop greens and blues that can be sold on the AH if you cant solo find a buddy that doesnt mind helping for an hour.

At 60 i can grind most of Scarlet Monastery in just under an hour and make on average about 30g after AH sales.

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Also when reaching 40 money seems to come a lot quicker from quests and grinding to do quests.

[TeaLeaf]

And you can make a load of cash on AH buying and selling things.  Read the IF shouts and look for things that you know sell well.  Negotiate a price and buy, then put it back on AH for a lot more.  This last week in particular I bought a recipe for 125G and sold it that afternoon for 375G, a nature resistance ring (+16) for 10G and sold it on AH for 39G, another recipe bought for 10G sold for 45G, a T0.5 item bought for 20G sold for 175G and countless other items.  Use a mod like Auctioneer to help you keep track of value, but just get used to what sells.  I usually make loads every week just through buying and selling a few items - that covers my repair bills every week and also makes me money in addition to any grinding I do for the week.  As a result I have a very healthy bank balance which allows me to buy and sell more expensive items, but I started buying and selling things at the lower end of the market, you just work your way up as your cash grows.  

I started the cash trail by buying and selling on Runecloth and Runecloth Bags.  I bought RC in bulk via an IF shout and then sold it on in smaller stacks of 20.  I priced towards the low end of the market range to  ensure it sold (turnover is king as the RC makes you no money when unsold).  If someone dumped a small amount of RC into the market at slightly below my price I would leave it on AH as it would sell quick and then people would be buying my RC again at my higher price.  If someone dumped a load of RC on at below market value I bought enough of it to ensure that mine started selling quickly and then put the RC I bought out from AH cheaply back onto the market at my higher (but still cheap) price.  If I saw an amount large enough to absorb most of that period's normal trade volume I would buy it and put it back on AH at my price - and it usually sold.  At my peak of RC trading I was buying and selling about 800-1,000 RC per day.  Some of this RC went to bags, some back on the market.  At that volume I pretty much controlled and set the market price for RC and RC bags.  When someone dumped stuff onto the market for silly cheap prices I bought it and immediately resold it at my price for a profit.  There are not too many active traders out there, so it is fairly easy to find an area of trade you know really well (maybe as it is related to one of your WoW professions) and then make money from it, but if you are not trading then you will definitely not make any money!

TL.