After this weekend’s view on my Blog, i saw that a lot of people actually read the 1G plz!: Experiment. While it was nothing more then a personal experiment to have a laugh this proved to be quite interresting.

So here by further explanation of the experiment.

Approach: My approach isn’t the standart need G plz, no money for mount plxxxx lolol! I used a more sofisiticated and friendly approach in the lines of: Hello , I’m sorry to disturb you, but it seems I’m a bit short on cash for my lvl30 Mount, is it possible ot receive a donation? or
Hello, I’m collectiong Gold for charity. A poor boy (me), needs a mount since the beasts have crippled him, sadly enough there isn’t enough money to buy one, care to help out?

These mostly gave me a: hehe, where are you man? And a gold went into my pockets.
As one of the commenters said, if a reason is provided, people will give in easier. Not only that it let’s them feel social. And WoW is played as a social game isn’t it? Also a thing that you can’t underestimate is the power of laughter. by whispering or /2 spamming in a silly but good humoured way you will likely have a better reaction. (which is also true on /2 in low population hours)

For the record: This experiment was done at Ravenholdt EU (A) A medium server with about 5K Ally people. (give or take a few) And it was done everyday around 5-6 in the afternoon. (also give or take an hour).

For an awnser to some of the questions that have been asked by people in my guild / mails etc.

1.Why? Well this is how I keep myself and my readers Entertained. And an experiment like this was overdue

2.Aren’t you ashamed that you have done this?
NO, NO, NO….I share the Goblin point of view (well about 90ish % of it). They are being Social, and it’s my right to take advantage of it. It’s my duty actually, As a banker it’s yours too.

3.Are you continuing this experiment?
No, I have learned enough, also its a 400G/2H = 200G/H… i make 5 times a much at the AH.

4.Did friends respond yo your whispers?
Well I was incognito, so yes a few responded. Though I think only 1 or 2 actually gave Gold…

5.Are you ashamed for taking the gold of friends?
Bussiness is Bussiness…. see nr.2

Any others may be asked by mail or Comment.

Grtz
Seth

I’ve had a little experiment going the last week…
just for the 1G plz section of this blog, I did something I had never done before…

I begged in WoW!

More actually I begged 4 times!

At lvl 5, 15, 30 and 40 I begged with a warrior i created: Bedelaar (dutch for beggar)
(All begging did in IF by the bank)
So my findings of my experiment:

lvl5 (2h begging) 50Gold not many wanted to give me gold, low lvl you don’t need it etc.
nothing to report with hmi

lvl15 (2h Begging) ~67Gold Same reason here, low lvl’s don’t need it…

lvl30 (2h begging) about 400G!!! I said i needed gold for my Mount… And actually a lot fell for it ! even some in /2 /w me to ask where i was. A lot of people seem to think that the mount is needed, that its needed to survive. Very interesting though

lvl40 (2h begging) About 150G. I was begging and my reason was i wanted to buy plate.. Not many responded

Well if you see these nrs. I certainly Know why there are beggars around. Do note that this begging that i did was from 16h to 20h. and always no more then 30mins a piece.
So 30mins begging, 30min wait, 30mins begging …

So if your a Goblin and you don’t mind taking money from helpfull people: let your lvl30 begg for a bit and it’ll get enough money to lvl70ish.

Grtz
Seth

Hey all,
Yesterday i checked prices from Mining materials on my server. And as we all know end-game mats of vanilla (thorium/mithril) are expensive. Now what i also saw is that (on my server atleast) they are worth more then saronite…
Saronite full stack = 20G
Mithril full stack = 50G
Thorium full stack = 70G

Even old gems are going for 15G a piece! some even for 30-50G (I’m looking at you Azerothian diamond!)
While I see hihglvl gems going for the same and even a lesser price!
So my advice for you: Are you lvling mining? or lvling a character? or just a high lvl miner and bored?
Try to go to some old locations with mithril/thorium (every 50-60 area is great! except for feralas) And see how much money you can make..
Ariäni lvld the past week, and while I didn’t go out of my way to get anything. I came up with 3 stacks of mithril that I couldn’t use anymore, and some stones and lowerlvl gems.
While lvling I made 250G just from those stacks. in a lvl 50ish area…
I don’t know if you remember but…250G was a big deal back when on vanilla. Now 250G is enough for a raidnight and thats it, but while lvling this can get you a long way.
So again, if your lvling or want to start it, get mining… It’s a pain in the ass from tin to iron (gap is quite big) but after that you’ll thank me.

Grtz
Seth

Let’s think about this for a while….

Greedy Goblin made 200K+ gold. Seriously: Gz for that.
BUT: WHY?
I mean what do we need to do with so much gold?
Make another character and start a new with that one to reach it again?

Come on!
I have found a new Way of living actually, Right now my small banker has 10K gold on it. and 2K on my main on that realm…
And I am happy with that. I don’t NEED anymore, and once you realise that you won’t want anymore.
Elloën (my main) Does NOT have epic flying, why not? I don’t need it. He’s a skinner, so I can skinn anywhere I want to. I don’t quest a lot with him, and if I need to fly to a raid, i can use the time to explain tactics etc on Vent, give the orders to the healers, figure out the tanks etc…

I have 10K with that small banker on Ravenholdt, and if I decide to take epic flying, I just need one week and i’ll have the 10K again. I don’t buy armor for my alts, I don’t need to buy mats for my alts, the only thing i spend my money on is my guild. 50G for repairs, if we wipe too much (500G total = 1H of AH work), mats for great feasts: 100G for 10 great feasts which is enough for a week, and those 100G i get back by Raiding.
This doesn’t mean I’ll stop banking, I love it too much, and got too much to share with you all.
In my own freaky way ofcourse. But I will take a step back ingame. I don’t have the time to Bank an hour a day. Certainly not now that Ari (my shaman) is speedleveling to 80. (40->57 in 20h anyone? – without rested, or help 10% from shoulders though) I’m raiding daily, blogging, keeping my guild running, working on the guildsite, working at work, learning in my free time and ofcourse giving the love to my wife that she deserves.

So AHgame, thank you soo much for the 100K on DMF but I’m content with what I have on Ravenholdt, so I’ll be seeing you a bit less, maybe 10mins a day, just enough to post up all the trash i get by doing raids and lvling Ari.

PS: Don’t worry, this blog will keep his regular posts

Ahhh yes, Heroics! they almost give you nothing in gold, or things to sell effectivly (since every 80 wants epics) and yet they make me hordes of money!

If youre a skinner and leatherworker do the following:
run Old kingdom, VH and Ahn’ketet something… every day!
why?
Well you skinn leather, chitin and dragonscales from there.
yes indeed most of these don’t sell for a lot of profit… about 20-40G for a full stack (server dependent)
BUT:
you can make ==> nerubian legarmor and even the purple icescale legarmors. These sell for 50G and 400G respectivly on my server.

Why running heroics then? (or even normal dungeons)
1) extra money while your doing it
2) chance of getting a boe blue
3) gearing up if your a Raider
4)to do something fun… if you don’t wipe half the time ofc
5) emblems of heroism => jewels => profit

So doing about 1h-2h of heroics, gives you 5 benifits!
True not all in the form of money, but still just to get your mind of a hards day work. I know that a lot of people refrain from playing the AH since they view it as an half hour of pure boredom. And this is my little tip from today to get your money from minimum AH-”work”.

Grtz
Seth

So It’s monday again, and i haven’t been on the blogosphere a whole week!
This took a lot of control on my part, not to check it every day but i managed.

Not only that, i haven’t played WoW except for my daily Raids and keeping my guild inorder.
So For now, I suggest to have a look at my BlogRoll and take your reading material there.

On another note:
On my last post i got the comment of: Thuesdays are great for flask selling…
Well: I’m on a European server… Wednesday is THE day to sell flasks my man, Wednesday!

Small post I know, but i want to check up onPTR patchnotes, and other blogs before I start giving advice that maybe outdated!

Grtz
Seth