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Post by
Ultimatium
I just tried to solo one of the cataclysm raids, dragon soul. I got stuck at hagara the stormbinder. The ice tomb seems to trigger everytime she gets close to about 10% HP, so i can't seem to finish her off. In any case, I had 4,743 gold before I began clearing the raid, and I ended up having 5,516 gold after selling the trash. I tried bastion of twilight as well, the first boss (halfus wyrmbreaker) destroys me completely.
What would be the best way to make gold with my professions? I am thinking about making truesteel essences and selling them on the AH, however they require a large amount of savage blood that I don't really have access to unless I buy them and they are relatively expensive.
Post by
lankybrit
What would be the best way to make gold with my professions? I am thinking about making truesteel essences and selling them on the AH, however they require a large amount of savage blood that I don't really have access to unless I buy them and they are relatively expensive.
You can try to sell weapons. They usually are better than plate gear.
Yes, the Essences require 15 Savage Blood. If you can get Savage Blood for 100g each, that's 15K for Blood, and then some more for the Sorcerous. If you can sell the Essence for 2.5-3K, it's well worth it.
Post by
lankybrit
I just tried to solo one of the cataclysm raids, dragon soul. I got stuck at hagara the stormbinder. The ice tomb seems to trigger everytime she gets close to about 10% HP, so i can't seem to finish her off. In any case, I had 4,743 gold before I began clearing the raid, and I ended up having 5,516 gold after selling the trash. I tried bastion of twilight as well, the first boss (halfus wyrmbreaker) destroys me completely.
What difficulty? If you're having trouble on say 25H, then knock it down to 10H, or 25N or something.
Post by
Ultimatium
I was trying to beat them on 25 heroic. Wouldn't it make best sense to get a storage house, a forge and a salvage yard as my 3 small buildings? I already have a forge and a storage house, so I just need to obtain the plans for a salvage yard. Because all the other small buildings available seems to be useless.
Post by
voodoopimp
I just tried to solo one of the cataclysm raids, dragon soul. I got stuck at hagara the stormbinder. The ice tomb seems to trigger everytime she gets close to about 10% HP, so i can't seem to finish her off. In any case, I had 4,743 gold before I began clearing the raid, and I ended up having 5,516 gold after selling the trash. I tried bastion of twilight as well, the first boss (halfus wyrmbreaker) destroys me completely.
Are you doing Firelands? It's probably the most lucrative of the Cata raids, both being easier than Dragon Soul (none of the bosses are at all challenging, though admittedly I'm doing it as a DK and other classes might have a different experience) and having more drops than the others.
Post by
Ultimatium
Yeah I'm doing firelands as well, both for gold farming as well as the sulfuras weapon. I just tried firelands this morning on 25H and got completely destroyed by baleroc and his inferno blade. Clearing raids on 25H is probably going to be a drawback since it costs a lot of gold to repair items.
Is the fishing shack worth upgrading and is it worth getting nat pagle?
I just cleared firelands on 10H and it went smooth. I had about 5k gold before I began and I ended up with about 6k gold after selling trash, plus I got a blue and purple item to sell on the AH. Its a good way of farming gold I guess but its probably not significant enough to get enough gold for a token before my subscription runs out. Some people suggests that its better to run 25 man on normal than 10 man heroic so perhaps I should give that a try in some of the other cataclysm raids.
Post by
lankybrit
I was trying to beat them on 25 heroic.
Wouldn't it make best sense to get a storage house, a forge and a salvage yard as my 3 small buildings? I already have a forge and a storage house, so I just need to obtain the plans for a salvage yard.
Because all the other small buildings available seems to be useless.
That would be a good combination. The other alternative to a Salvage Yard is a a Gem Boutique, for the JC Daily.
Post by
Ultimatium
What would be the best medium buildings? I have a trading post and inn right now, the problem is that I'm in need of garrison resources. I guess a lumber mill is the most important building, the question is whether a trading post or the inn is the best choice as the second building? The level 3 inn seems to have some missions with a gold bonus.
Post by
voodoopimp
You definitely want the inn, especially once you have a few followers with Treasure Hunter (which you can also get from the inn, so yeah). That'll be a big part of the gold you can get from missions.
Post by
Ultimatium
I upgraded the inn to level 2 to get a follower with the treasure hunter trait. I have about 5k gold after 6 days of playing, so its probably going to be impossible to obtain a bunch of tokens. I'm going to try and see if I can get at least just one token so I can get another 30 days of playtime.
Post by
PragmaticSoul
If I were going for gold, I'd choose:
Must-haves (small buildings):
Gem Boutique (daily gold; requires a follower slot), Storehouse (for dumping stuff directly into the bank), and Salvage Yard (greens to vendor; blues/purples to auction or vendor; lots of mats; some upgrade tokens for your followers)
Must-haves (medium buildings):
Trading Post (convert excess mats into garrison resources; convert excess garrison resources into gold).
Must-haves (large buildings):
Barracks (a bodyguard for open-world questing, but takes up a follower slot; +5 followers, so you can use some followers for buildings and bodyguards)
Optional (medium buildings):
Depending on how much "open world" you do, you might want the Lumber Yard (convert lumber into garrison resources). The more time you spend in the "open world," the more value you get from this. Getting Phyllarch (level 3 lumber yard) increases the garrison resources from 30 to 45 per order (but takes up one follower slot; hence, the barracks).
Inn/Tavern is good for recruiting "must have" abilities (e.g., gold, apexis crystal, and garrison resources bonuses; plus epic mount, burst of power, and training). If you get through 10 of the 20 quests, you get treasure missions. (Not sure how lucrative those are. I don't do dungeons, so they were worthless to me.)
Optional (large buildings):
The Armory (dwarven bunker/war mill) provides gear for your followers, which lets them do tougher missions, which nets you bigger rewards. Once you have your perfect 25-30 followers, you can discontinue the Armory.
The Stables lets you do a lot of stuff while still mounted (not fighting, unless you chose that option to work in Nagrand).
The Mage Tower lets you set up quick-portals to up to three zones in Draenor, which could cut off some time in getting around.
Post by
Ultimatium
I don't really see how why I would scrap my forge to make room for a gem boutique, as my primary profession is blacksmithing.
Post by
voodoopimp
I don't really see how why I would scrap my forge to make room for a gem boutique, as my primary profession is blacksmithing.
The only thing the forge really does for a blacksmith is let you get more
Truesteel Ingot
and sorcerous materials. Unless you're actively crafting stuff, there's not much benefit to it. Even if you are, prices have gone down for crafted items this late in the expansion so gold-wise you might be better off with the boutique anyway.
Post by
Ultimatium
I feel like I have already spent a bunch of gold on garrison buildings and so far they haven't really been producing much profit to be honest..
Post by
PTsICU
I feel like I have already spent a bunch of gold on garrison buildings and so far they haven't really been producing much profit to be honest..
This is going to be honest, but perhaps harsh. You made this topic almost half a year ago. You've been given loads of info and help. You are appearing as either lazy, obtuse, or a troll. This isn't that hard to understand. Lanky even gave you a link to a guide.
First rule! Don't expect this to happen quickly! This will take time. You cannot expect to build a level 3 garrison all decked out, make 37k or whatever the token cost now, in a couple of weeks. Much less enough to buy multiple tokens. You are going to have to put in
time and effort
to create a situation where you can consistently supply yourself with tokens.
I suggest you buy game time for a couple of months, as you will need a bit of time to get it going. After that, you should be able to ditch the sub payments and use tokens, if you are serious about this.
I suggest following the help already provided in this thread. I also suggest you strongly consider creating a couple of alts, given that your desire is to make gold to supply tokens for yourself. More characters = more gold = more raid farming = more passive gold from garrisons, etc
I can make roughly 1200 gold a week from the gem hut on one character. It takes me maybe 2 minutes per day to complete. I normally make around 1 to 1.5k gold per day on one character just from my garrison/shipyard. So, once you get your character up to speed, it is possible to supply enough gold each month for a token. You might not have much left over, but it's doable. You will find it much easier if you decide to make alts. If your goal is to supply tokens with ease, then you will need more than one character IMO.
But again....this takes time and effort. Do not expect it to happen in short order. If you are expecting to buy a token right away with little effort, you will not be playing for very long.
Post by
Ultimatium
I don't really feel like creating new characters, so I will have to figure out a way to make enough gold for a token on my main character. I'm almost done clearing all the cataclysm raids, all I need is Alizabal from baradin hold and and a few bosses from dragon soul. I'm probably going to check out some of the wotl raids to see if they are worth clearing.
This is going to be honest, but perhaps harsh. You made this topic almost half a year ago. You've been given loads of info and help. You are appearing as either lazy, obtuse, or a troll. This isn't that hard to understand. Lanky even gave you a link to a guide.
I think the word you are looking for is busy. I am trying to make the most of my time in this game.
As for Alizabel...I didn't have any trouble with her, maybe you need better gear/DPS.
The problem is that whenever she drops to about 50% HP, she casts seething hate that deals about 200,000 damage and one shots me. It only takes a few seconds to get her down to 50% though.
Post by
PTsICU
I don't really feel like creating new characters, so I will have to figure out a way to make enough gold for a token on my main character. I'm almost done clearing all the cataclysm raids, all I need is Alizabal from baradin hold and and a few bosses from dragon soul. I'm probably going to check out some of the wotl raids to see if they are worth clearing.
This is going to be honest, but perhaps harsh. You made this topic almost half a year ago. You've been given loads of info and help. You are appearing as either lazy, obtuse, or a troll. This isn't that hard to understand. Lanky even gave you a link to a guide.
I think the word you are looking for is busy. I am trying to make the most of my time in this game.
No, busy isn't the word I am looking for at all.
You made this topic back in
July
. You were given an amazing amount of helpful material, to whit you have seemingly tossed aside with some "I don't wanna" attitude.
What exactly are you hoping for?
Post by
Ultimatium
If I were going for gold, I'd choose:
Must-haves (small buildings):
Gem Boutique (daily gold; requires a follower slot), Storehouse (for dumping stuff directly into the bank), and Salvage Yard (greens to vendor; blues/purples to auction or vendor; lots of mats; some upgrade tokens for your followers)
I don't really get the gem boutique as I don't have JC as my profession. Do you just make gold from it even without JC as profession?
Post by
Wombat62
I don't really feel like creating new characters, so I will have to figure out a way to make enough gold for a token on my main character. I'm almost done clearing all the cataclysm raids, all I need is Alizabal from baradin hold and and a few bosses from dragon soul. I'm probably going to check out some of the wotl raids to see if they are worth clearing.
This is going to be honest, but perhaps harsh. You made this topic almost half a year ago. You've been given loads of info and help. You are appearing as either lazy, obtuse, or a troll. This isn't that hard to understand. Lanky even gave you a link to a guide.
I think the word you are looking for is busy. I am trying to make the most of my time in this game.
Nax 25 and ICC 25 heroic are the two worth doing , over 1k each and they take 25-35 minutes each to do.
what class are you BTW , because you shouldnt be having much problem with 25m H cata raids.
Are you doing your mine and herb garden in your garrison each day and trading teh ore and herbs for primal spirits when the correct trader visits your garrison ( then buy savage blood with primals and sell on AH - I usually make around 5k a month from them )
Also any of the raids that are in the raiding with leashes achievements , sell the pets on the AH
Also crafting and then upgrading gear to level 5 ( not level 6) can also make you a lot of gold . You must do your homework on this one though , spend a few weeks studying your AH to find out what sells for a good profit before crafting. generally it will be one of shoulder , heads , gloves , chests or legs . Which one will depend on which is the best fit for the four piece tier gear which will differ for each class
Post by
Ultimatium
Seems like savage truesteel essences sells for almost 20,000 gold, and mighty truesteel essences sells for 8,000 gold. As for crafted gear, the prices seems to variate on the auction house. As for raids, I only need to beat deathwing and alizabal to complete all the cataclysm raids. I wipe on both bosses, alizabal one shots me with seething hate and deathwing throws me off his wings. I have about 400 truesteel ingots available for use so better make the most of them.
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