money? hard to make?Follow

First time posting here dont flame plz if I asked something stupid ; ;

anyway is it hard to make money in Wow

I am switching from FFXI to Wow cause I just cant stand putting all the hard work and make like nothing in FFXI.

I HATE FFXI

thank you for your time orz

Money wasn't that huge of a problem. But I did become instantly broke when I bought armor/weapons. So basically if you don't squander your money and level up properly you should have just enough money to buy your weapon/armor. This is before they removed the Skill Points system. So I don't know how this is going to factor in at retail.

Money will not be a problem at all until at least around 20(highest ive been so far). Quests and loot are more than enough to buy skills and gear, also tradeskilling can become profitable. Hope i helped :)



Edited, Tue Oct 5 03:38:34 2004 by Ockon

Okay, there are two types of items, basically: soulbound and non-soulbound. You can't sell a soulbound item to another player. Soulbound items are typically the higher-quality ones and quest rewards. These are either bind-on-equip or bind-on-pickup. A bind-on-pickup is yours, and yous alone; you can ONLY sell it to an NPC. A bind-on-equip you can sell as long as you don't use it; the moment you use it, it becomes soulbound and you can only sell to NPCs.
The auction house is for anything that isn't soulbound-- note that this includes bind-on-equip items you haven't used yet. Items you loot but don't need you can either sell to an NPC or auction off. The NPC will always buy, of course, but doesn't exactly pay top dollar; on the other hand, auctions are crapshoots, but particularly desirable items go for way more than the vendor would give you. The auction house is also a major way to trade raw materials, potions, tradeskill products, and so on. I knew a person who made a killing as an alchemist who kept putting potions up in the auction house.

As for tradeskills being a money-maker/money sink, it depends on the tradeskill. Enchanting is typically a money-sink because it requires you to melt down (disenchant) items you would have otherwise sold; ditto engineering, since most of your items can only be used by engineers. Tailoring is also not a good money-maker unless you can get good bag recipes, and even then it's not great. Alchemy, on the other hand, is ALWAYS in demand, and blacksmiths usually find good markets, especially since they can make weapons for every class (and those classes, particularly the leath-wearing ones, usually have less reason to take blacksmithing and find themselves short of weapons).

The only items you get from quests that are good are the low level quests. When you get to 50+ then all items that you'll get will have to be from instances like BRD. For alot of the gear dependant classes money hasn't been an issue because the instances have good gear for them to use. The only minor money issue would be your level 60 mount because it costs 1000gold but since your 60 you can spend your time getting the money.

OH NO........
then the tradeskill in Wow is the same as FFXI... which sucks.....

well if Money is not a big problem in wow then I guess its all good

Omfg begging is the lowest form of a noob in any game i despise them as well.
I used to play this free MMO that had 90% beggers that spammed trade requests when they saw the gear I was wearing.

If money is not a problem in this game, then why do players claim that they are broke, and why do people even beg for gold?

Crafting = no profit??
Damn..i thought the crafting system was the only plus that WoW had over FFXI, but i was wrong..WoW had no plus at all.. -.-"

Edited, Thu Oct 7 05:24:28 2004 by FFMania

First, just a note. Sometimes in the game, I'd make money without even noticing. I worried about having enough for both tradeskills and the spells for my next level, but then when I got there, I found that I already had plenty of money. Don't be turned away by the rise of prices--the rise in income fits it perfectly.

As for professions not being worth it: Oh nonononono nonono nono no! Professions are probably the best thing that happened to me. I can easily get all my own ingredients (the only thing I had to pay for as a tailor were thread, dyes, and bleach, which were all very cheap; the rest I got off of humanoid mobs), whereas in FFXI I had to pay so much for them that I was always in trouble of not having enough for my next-level spells and gear. I often made my own items which were beneficial and suitable for my level, whereas in FFXI I'd need a month worth of gathering supplies and funds only to make a L8 hachimaki. I can make money off of them easily enough (I've gotten 2-2.5s for some of the cheapest bags and clothing), whereas in FFXI I'd have to deal with the AH. Basically, WoW professions excel FFXI crafting in just about every category.

I'd seriously turn my eyes toward skinning and (seawater) fishing--they rise through the roof and they've proven extremely profitable to me. It used to fill me with such joy whenever I saw a trail of unskinned corpses that I'd stop and get them all, even if I was slowing somebody else down. As for fishing... you haven't lived until you've pulled up the letters in the bottles. Yay for banana-y goodness! Fishing is a fun mini-game that, again, will net you money when you're not looking.

Basically, you should be a bit wise about what you decide to make. I'd start out with recipes that have simple enough ingredients, and I'd wear them out until I can't get skillups off of them anymore. I'd look forward to recipes such as the Longjaw Mud Snapper in Cooking, as 90% of the freshwater fish I caught were these, and I'd definitely make light leather/leather patches/linen bolts as long as I can. I'd also look toward items that you know will net you money; people love to buy bags, and if you can't sell them to a character, the NPCs will be happy to take them.

id have to say FFXi probably had the worst crafting system ever. Plus it was sad when the price of one item you needed to make something was more than the item you made would sell for.

I challenge you to raise your mining from 65, when copper is nearly trivial and tin is your only option, to the point that you can finally mine iron, (125?) and tell me that it's easy.

I also challenge you to raise your mining to 65 by only mining and not smelting, and not going to Elwynn Forest.

Then again, you're an FFXI player, so that's probably still too easy for you. Maybe I should make you do it with Find Minerals off too.