Skip to main content

Auction House and Gold Generation for Achievements

I have little in the way of achievements to report just now. Almost all of my focus has been on getting a good cash-generating system in place so that I can simply follow a quick process every day and make solid profits.

My gold generation is coming along very well. I am currently working on an MBA in Finance and one of the most contentious issue is "Does the efficient market hypothesis hold true in the real world?" In other words, is it possible to make long-term, sustainable profits at a rate higher than the amount of risk you take. (roughly).

In this experiment, all I can say is a resounding "yes". People are lazy and will pay a lot for convenience it seems.

A quick status update: I have 3000g on my main (Deathspiral), 3 of every single enchanting scroll that is profitable on my alt poster (around 50 different scrolls, so 150 total) and an alt that is completely full of jewelcrafting mats. I also have lots of high-quality blues and epics on the AH. Oh, and I powerlevelled Jewelcrafting from 0-450 in an hour for about 4000g.

I started with less than 1000g a week ago and I'd say my net worth is right around 10,000g now, not including the new JC profession. Not bad for my first week.

This project to make gold has made me interesting in starting a side business in the real world. I'm going to use the same ideas: cheapest inputs possible and highly automated/computerized processes to build some websites. We'll see how that project goe in time.

Comments

Popular posts from this blog

Remember to Share (300 Toys)!

This one has taken a while. I finally picked up 300 toys (and thus the mount for the achievement) after starting to seriously work on my Archaeology achievements for the first time. I've been doing the fortnightly Legion archaeology quests for a while (and thus had 800 skill) but I completely ignored this profession in earlier expansions as it seemed seriously boring. With some knowledge and a good addon, it's much better however. Some tips if you're just starting to work on archaeology: 1. Download the "Archy" addon. This addon does several things: first, it shows you the location and completion status of all digsites in the current continent. Second, it automatically sets the closes one as a waypoint for TomTom. Third, it indicates when it's possible to solve an artifact with and without a keystone, so you don't have to constantly check your archaeology screen. On top of that, the distance indicator shows when you are in the correct range from your ...

Beta update - best achievement EVER!

It probably won't make it to live. But check out this feat of strength from the beta:

A Song of Wind and Water

I've been working on Oracles and Ogri'la rep every day and have about four days to go. One thing I've noticed about these older daily quests is that there is little provision for high-level players that one-shot everything. Two quests in particular stand out as being annoying until you learn the high-level trick. The first is Banish More Demons in Blade's Edge. This involves placing a portal on the ground then killing demons within a few feet of the portal. The portal has a one-minute cooldown and you need fifteen demons. It was a slow exercise in frustration because kiting further-away demons was difficult sue to all my abilities one-shotting them before they got near. In the end, I learned to use the Shaman's "Purge" ability to aggro mobs without killing them and pull them close to the portal. The second, and more annoying, quest that isn't scaled for high-level players is the Ogri-la's Song of Wind and Water .  This involves weakening ...