Hello! Welcome to the 335th edition of the WoW Economy Weekly Wrap-up!
This week we break down many of the common questions for gold making at the beginning of an expansion and how to make gold early on. We also discuss the new Ingenuity and Concentration system as well as talk about maxing out tertiary speed for druid speed sets!
My name is Samadan and I'll be your guide through the World of Gold Making!
Knowledge is Power
We are at that point in the game cycle where people are frantically asking «what do I do?», «how can I make gold?» & «how can I prepare for the next expansion?»
Have 3M saved. How can I make money in the start of TWW? I haven't played since Legion and know nothing about the new professions, trying to catch up currently. Can I somehow take advantage of my banked gold to profit good at the start? Is the early access worth it?
While there is Beta access, any player can speculate and make certain assumptions, come up with a rough plan of what they think is going to profit. The early access is almost a given just for those wanting guaranteed beta access and time to get ready, so long as they have time booked of work etc. In the region wide market, you will be competing with people who have done all this.
Banked gold might not necessarily be a huge benefit early on unless you're into flipping, and early on the market is volatile, shooting up and down, so it carries with it a lot more risk until close to the end of Season 1. There might be a few strategies out there, but none of them are so impressive as «buy 3mil of X and you will make 4mil gold» or anything like that. It's more like «I'm going to go hard into tailoring and very specifically into cloth drops and get into a farming group and mindly farm for hours.» or «I'm going full on gatherer for a week.» or «I'm going with xyz knowledge points in Blacksmithing because the BiS lists have every single plate wearer using this one embelished piece so I'm going to sit in trade and grab
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