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Molsan Method Podcast – Episode 142 – The Uncertainty of the Pre-Cataclysm Market

Molsan — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 16:05:48 +0000

On the one hundred and forty-second episode of the Molsan Method podcast, I wonder why people overreact to the patch changes and how that effects the market in World of Warcraft. (6:58)

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Molsan Method Podcast – Episode 96 – Don’t Bother Stockpiling Heirlooms for Cataclysm

Molsan — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 15:44:09 +0000

On the ninety-sixth episode of the Molsan Method podcast, I state that gathering heirloom items for your characters in anticipation for World of Warcraft: Cataclysm isn’t a good idea. (9:00)

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Making Gold with Twink Enchants: Enchant Weapon – Agility

Molsan — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 18:23:36 +0000

A recent post on the Greedy Goblin about “twink enchants” peaked my curiosity about a potential gold-making opportunity. The article discusses twinks, the various old world enchants, and why twinks would want them. But how much will twinks pay for these enchants and what is the cost involved? The complete breakdown after the break.

Enchant Weapon – Agility

This enchant adds +15 agility to any weapon and requires your to be honored with the Timbermaw Hold in order to gain access to the recipe. As an enchanter, you’ll need to enchant a Weapon Vellum in order to produce the Scroll of Enchant Weapon – Agility.

The enchant requires four Large Brilliant Shards and four Essences of Air. The shards should be about 2-3 gold each, and the Essence of Air about 1.75 gold each. This adds up to about 19 gold worth of enchanting materials.

Weapon Vellum

An Inscriptionist can craft Weapon Vellums with three Midnight Inks and two Light Parchments. A single Midnight Ink can be produced from two Dusky Pigments.

2x Weapon Vellum = 3x Midnight Ink (= 6x Dusky Pigment) + 2x Light Parchment

Weapon Vellum should sell for about 1 gold each. However, it may be in short supply on your server so you’ll need to check the price of herbs, Dusky Pigment, or the Midnight Ink (see below) instead.

Midnight Ink

Milling Bruiseweed, Swiftthistle, Briarthorn, Stranglekelp, and Mageroyal will yield at least one Dusky Pigment. Bruiseweed is the cheapest of the five herbs. Assuming two Dusky Pigments per milling attempt, you’ll need three stacks of five Bruiseweed. This equates to a cost of 5.85 gold for three Midnight Inks (1.95 gold each).

Midnight Ink itself sells for 1.2 gold each, so it may be cheaper for you to buy it directly.

Summary

Raw materials cost:

5.85 gold (herbs) OR 3.6 gold (ink) + 19 gold (enchanting mats) = 22.6 ~ 24.85 gold

Due to a lack of volume, it’s difficult to tell how much the Scroll of Enchant Weapon – Agility sells for, but here are a few sources:

Wowhead: 90 gold
wowecon: 177 gold
Allakhazam: 200 gold

This is definitely a very profitable enchant, yielding anywhere from 65 gold to 175 gold depending on your market.

200 Words – Starting a Level 19 Hunter Twink

Molsan — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 16:58:47 +0000

Just because I don’t have enough to do in World of Warcraft, I’ve decided to start a new level 19 Horde twink. I’m kidding about not having enough to do, of course. I miss playing Battlegrounds and I figured it would be faster to get a character from 1-10 than play my Shaman, Warlock, or second Paladin to eighty. I’ve converted my banker, a Tauren Hunter, to my PvP twink and am currently level seven. As my banker is firmly planted in Thunder Bluff, she — yes, I said “she” — can easily queue up for Warsong Gulch and watch the auction house for twink gear that non-twink players put up for sale.

My shopping list currently includes all of the following: Sentry Cloak, Forest Leather Bracers, Gloves of the Fang, Scouting Trousers of the Monkey, and Twisted Chanter’s Staff. My Leatherworking Rogue will craft a Deviate Scale Belt, rounding out my bind-on-equip gear.

My current goal is to level her to ten and head to Trisfal Glades outside of Undercity. There, I will tame a Vicious Night Web Spider for their Web ability which “encases the target in sticky webs, preventing movement for 4 seconds.” I predict hijinks ensuing very soon!