A great weekend, with little WOW time. All day Sat and Mon or about 8+ hours was devoted to yard work and the garage project... At this point I have chopped and reassembled most of 6 sheets of plywood into boxes/cabinets/shevels... Yesterday was getting the slumped pile of garden/yard tools off the floor and onto the wall...
GOLD... I dont closely track what I have, profit is built into everything I do... Loss is part of the stockpiling... For instance I am sitting on over 100 truegold, and over 3,000 pyrite. I still manage to turn over profits every week.. 450K was the total I noticed the other day... a personal best only salted with the fact that almost 200K is on the alliance side. So, a loss of 15% or 30K to move it all over to horde always sits in the back of my mind. Still just selling pets, scrolls and LW patches.. not just current cata stuff, but from all eras of wow... Oh.. and Mining and LW bags still selling well too... Scrolls are great for the low low cost of AH fees... cancel post and use the AH as an extended bank to some extent, but I dont like to show my hand so much.. so I list only one or 2 at a time in most cases, though some things like Mining bags and and mighty stats for chest sell out 4-5 daily... so.. I will post more. Pets were all being listed only one at a time.. but I upped that to 2... doing well, minimal profits, but easy to manage... I supposed its about 45 minutes to go stock everything up... and that gets me through a week... about...
Hmmm... so, assuming 45 minutes to stock up... 2 pets in BB, 3 in eversong, 3 in org, 5 in netherstorm (one is a duplicate of BB), 1 in TB, 1 in everlook
BB 2 x 12 = 24 x ~3 gold profits 75 Gold
Eversong 3 x 12 = 36 x ~ 4 gold profits 144 Gold
Org 3 x 12 = 36 x ~3 gold profits 108 Gold
Netherstorm 5 x 12 = 60 x ~ 7 gold profits 420 Gold
Thunder Bluf 1 x 12 x ~3 gold profits 36 Gold
Everlook 1 x 24 x ~12 gold profits 288 Gold
1071 gold... figure 70% sales rate before i have to restock... ~700 gold minimum for the 45 minutes...
Not stellar, but, its steady, its consistent, and I estimated pretty low... so thats a low end estimate... The rest of the sales is on the banker alt for about 5-10 minutes a day, time doing many other things too...
I am seriously considering going to a 24 per trip buy. They just sit in the mail... and it cuts that portion of the time investment in HALF... roughly...
NOTHING PRESENTED HERE WAS EMPIRICAL DATA... everything is me in my head from memory and gut feelinging, noting how valuable the time I invest in this is.
Catch you next time
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Friday, May 27, 2011
12 Hours and going with the power out, and selling to both factions.
Was getting ready to put the kids in bed and gear up for a raid on my raiding toon. Well, that did not happen. Just as dinner was comming off the stove and we were getting ready to eat, power flickered about 3 or 4 times then it quit flickering... it was gone...
The kids are small enough that no lights, and the thunder terrified them, so since there was no TV... they got to "camp out" on the couches down in the TV room.
Me, I went to be early. nothing else to do... I did "borrow" my wifes Nook e-reader and read for a bit, that just put me to sleep, so out of the chair and off to bed.
ON GOLD... I was initially just logging to check the toons on the alliance side for sales on some DMC trinkets... that got me to thinking, check some prices on other stuff and move things around. Bought some heavenly shards that were a lot lower and moved them and the DMCs over the Neutral AH. While I was at it... figured Why not try to sell some enchanted lanters on the ally side. There were no magic lamps in the Ally AH, and I was not interested in barking for a crafter. They cost me less than 800 to make, and listing them for 2500... should make them great sales if they actually move. Its great having 2 accounts for this.
Dual boxxing, 2 toons at the N-AH, open AH interface and type in search for item I am moving > change windows to the other toon and list the item(s) > change windows, click search, and buy. About 5-7 seconds of risk to get ganked... most of the time I move only one Item at a time. Especially high value stuff. The lanterns, I moved all 5 at once, since it is only one search and click, click, click, click, click done...
Since I have nearly 200K on the ally side and I dont want to give the N-AH 15% of my loots, I think I will continue to look for lower costs over there and move material over. Move savings is more profits on the other side if the items I get are listed lower on ally side than the horde side. Like the heavenly shards were 40-50 gold compared to 50-60 on the horde side. Time will tell if its time well spent on my server..
Catch you next time...
The kids are small enough that no lights, and the thunder terrified them, so since there was no TV... they got to "camp out" on the couches down in the TV room.
Me, I went to be early. nothing else to do... I did "borrow" my wifes Nook e-reader and read for a bit, that just put me to sleep, so out of the chair and off to bed.
ON GOLD... I was initially just logging to check the toons on the alliance side for sales on some DMC trinkets... that got me to thinking, check some prices on other stuff and move things around. Bought some heavenly shards that were a lot lower and moved them and the DMCs over the Neutral AH. While I was at it... figured Why not try to sell some enchanted lanters on the ally side. There were no magic lamps in the Ally AH, and I was not interested in barking for a crafter. They cost me less than 800 to make, and listing them for 2500... should make them great sales if they actually move. Its great having 2 accounts for this.
Dual boxxing, 2 toons at the N-AH, open AH interface and type in search for item I am moving > change windows to the other toon and list the item(s) > change windows, click search, and buy. About 5-7 seconds of risk to get ganked... most of the time I move only one Item at a time. Especially high value stuff. The lanterns, I moved all 5 at once, since it is only one search and click, click, click, click, click done...
Since I have nearly 200K on the ally side and I dont want to give the N-AH 15% of my loots, I think I will continue to look for lower costs over there and move material over. Move savings is more profits on the other side if the items I get are listed lower on ally side than the horde side. Like the heavenly shards were 40-50 gold compared to 50-60 on the horde side. Time will tell if its time well spent on my server..
Catch you next time...
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Ellusive desires, and common ground
Disclaimer: I use terms of us, you, we, them and other generalization as a point of comment, not that you, I, we, us or them fit the mold I present as a stereotype of a group of WoW players...
Side note: Running the next gold giveaway fun challenge tonight with the guild "commitment" Should be fun.
What ties people together?
What tears those bonds?
What brings people together?
What prevent bonds from forming?
Guilds still fail to capture and retain members. I think the guild advancement system, and guild reputation elements do a lot to created stronger foundations to building a strong guild. However you will always have the "real" reputation of your actions within that group. Your reputation is the tie that binds, and the blade that rips assunder.
Guilds are largely formed on 3 precepts, and most evolve into one.
1. Casual Leveling guild (what kind of guild are you later when your "done" leveling?)
2. Raiding guild
3. PVP guild
2 and 3 are easily categorized into "end game" guild
Casual guilds, can not be casual when leveling is over and there is diminishing social and group challenge of the game, so they attempt to transform into an "end game" guild.
I phrase it the "revolving door" guild... There are consistent members, who are the original often "casual" core... who remain casual and never commit to or make the shift to raiding with the success they think they should be able to attain. The rest come and go. They come, gear up, and learn encounters, and move on to the "next best thing"/"raiding guild" that is more progressed to get new gear and more encounter knowledge and training and then move on always looking for the imagined "core team" spot in the "well progressed" guild that can give them more new gear...
Over all, commitment is as elusive as a jackalope... Most of us will only ever see one in museum, but never in the wild, nor be able to catch it... AND most of us will continue to pursue the "jackalope" (more progressed/more epix) untill one day the chase is just draining and takes the fun out of the game, the day you realize you can not catch it, you have to work to "create" it...
I have been that player, I have been the GM of that sort of guild, it becomes draining and hard to maintain. Salute to those who do maintain and continue to have fun in that environment... I know I did for a long time, even through the frustration of people that came and went... but eventually, it lost its edge and I realized "chase" for the elusive "jackalope" was not in my league. Not because I could not play at that level, but because I was honest with myself about what a Game would be for me.
To be on that common ground with those elite players (not elitist necessarily), truely elite top 3% or less of the players... what you need is:
Compter to run error free (high grafics for the visual ques)
Connection to support fail free gaming (no DCs)
Massive patience (for wipe after wipe, night after night) for progression
Usually larger windows of time, and more frequent (compared to many guilds)
Cutting edge class knowledge
and on and on, and I think most will not ever be in this category.
I personally have a lot more fun being a couple steps behind them.. and watching their videos, and reading their strats/gear choices/spec choices etc..
Most who play have the desire for the elusive "jackalope", But the difference is they try to find it and not try to create it. The desire is born of the game culture and being at max level. It has 2 drivers though...
Gear and prestige. The elite think and act like prestige is a way to gear, the masses think and act like gear is the way to prestige.
What are your thoughts, and how do you play?
Side note: Running the next gold giveaway fun challenge tonight with the guild "commitment" Should be fun.
What ties people together?
What tears those bonds?
What brings people together?
What prevent bonds from forming?
Guilds still fail to capture and retain members. I think the guild advancement system, and guild reputation elements do a lot to created stronger foundations to building a strong guild. However you will always have the "real" reputation of your actions within that group. Your reputation is the tie that binds, and the blade that rips assunder.
Guilds are largely formed on 3 precepts, and most evolve into one.
1. Casual Leveling guild (what kind of guild are you later when your "done" leveling?)
2. Raiding guild
3. PVP guild
2 and 3 are easily categorized into "end game" guild
Casual guilds, can not be casual when leveling is over and there is diminishing social and group challenge of the game, so they attempt to transform into an "end game" guild.
I phrase it the "revolving door" guild... There are consistent members, who are the original often "casual" core... who remain casual and never commit to or make the shift to raiding with the success they think they should be able to attain. The rest come and go. They come, gear up, and learn encounters, and move on to the "next best thing"/"raiding guild" that is more progressed to get new gear and more encounter knowledge and training and then move on always looking for the imagined "core team" spot in the "well progressed" guild that can give them more new gear...
Over all, commitment is as elusive as a jackalope... Most of us will only ever see one in museum, but never in the wild, nor be able to catch it... AND most of us will continue to pursue the "jackalope" (more progressed/more epix) untill one day the chase is just draining and takes the fun out of the game, the day you realize you can not catch it, you have to work to "create" it...
I have been that player, I have been the GM of that sort of guild, it becomes draining and hard to maintain. Salute to those who do maintain and continue to have fun in that environment... I know I did for a long time, even through the frustration of people that came and went... but eventually, it lost its edge and I realized "chase" for the elusive "jackalope" was not in my league. Not because I could not play at that level, but because I was honest with myself about what a Game would be for me.
To be on that common ground with those elite players (not elitist necessarily), truely elite top 3% or less of the players... what you need is:
Compter to run error free (high grafics for the visual ques)
Connection to support fail free gaming (no DCs)
Massive patience (for wipe after wipe, night after night) for progression
Usually larger windows of time, and more frequent (compared to many guilds)
Cutting edge class knowledge
and on and on, and I think most will not ever be in this category.
I personally have a lot more fun being a couple steps behind them.. and watching their videos, and reading their strats/gear choices/spec choices etc..
Most who play have the desire for the elusive "jackalope", But the difference is they try to find it and not try to create it. The desire is born of the game culture and being at max level. It has 2 drivers though...
Gear and prestige. The elite think and act like prestige is a way to gear, the masses think and act like gear is the way to prestige.
What are your thoughts, and how do you play?
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