05-12-2005, 08:38 PM
nobbie,May 12 2005, 05:12 AM Wrote:My UD Warrior (main char and item/money collector) just reached Level 56 and had to spend over 15 gold for just 3 Warrior skill updates at the trainer. The same sum is due at level 58 and level 60, which is a total amout of about 50 gold within 4 levels. So, an additional 15 gold just for that Scholomance key IS a lot in my opinion.
But after 60, you won't have any more skills to buy. The only think left is to save up for your epic mount, which admittedly took me a long time to save up for -- but largely because I wasted a lot of money. 15g just isn't that much money at level 60. If you want to raise money, I highly recommend getting to know the auction house. You can make a lot of money selling what you think is junk at the auction house for 2-4 times what the vendors will give you for the item. If you win a roll on a vendor blue item roll, ask an enchanter in the party to pick the item up and disenchant it for you. Enchanting materials typically go for much more at the AH than what vendors would give you for the item -- and it doesn't cost anything to put them up for sale!
As far as farming goes, I'm honestly a terrible farmer, since it bores me to tears. However, a couple of rogues claim they can farm level 55ish mobs and get 50g/hour worth of stuff for their time. Of course, I think rogues can do this a lot easier than players of other classes. I certainly have never gotten to that stage, but I could definitely see 20gish gold in an hour if I focused on farming. Of course, that's 20g worth of items -- some of which I would expect to sell at the AH. That's not 20g in hard cash.
How do I actually get my cash? 5-man runs. I find them much more profitable than doing raids that only go a little faster and where normal loot is split in so many directions. In particular, I like 5-man runs of the Scarlet side of Stratholme, where in addition to normal loot, I have a decent chance of finding a Righteous Orb which go for around 50g on the Tichondrius auction house.
Then there are the lottery ticket items that every once in a while appear. I finally was able to buy my epic mount, because a 5-man DM North group I was on found an epic leathworking recipe. No one in the party was a leatherworker, so we rolled, I won, and I sold it for 300g on the AH. A more farmable lottery item would be the enchanting Crusader recipe which drops off Scarlet Crusade mobs in the Western Plaguelands. I see that recipe often going for a couple hundred gold at the AH. Then there are the books that can show up in Dire Maul. The blues go for 10-30g and the epic ones for 1200g+ each.