Gold Making and Burnout - Wowhead Economy Weekly Wrap-Up 338
Hello! Welcome to the 338th edition of the WoW Economy Weekly Wrap-up!
This week we discuss gold making and burnout and ways to make sure we enjoy the game rather than see it as a job. We also discuss all the professions in TWW and take a deeper look into powerful gold making addons like TSM and WorthIt
My name is Samadan and I'll be your guide through the World of Gold Making!
Gold Making and Burnout
As a gold making news outlet, we often cover topics along the line of «Do this X and make Y», «Setup these characters to capitalize on that thing». It's the nature of people to look for information to help find something that works for them and their goals. The trap of that feeling of missing out if you don't do X or Y can often lead to burnout.
I don't know about you, but I am getting burnout by goldmaking. How do you handle desire to make gold for fun, and not fully optimize?
I have roughly 8 mil, and I don't spend it on much. Wowtoken is the main expense, but I easy make it up with single crafter with JC/Taloring. This past season I was able to buy 2mil worth of token for gametime and xpac for friends and family without going into previous earning.
However, it feel like if I don't have at least X number of alts I won't make gold, which I know it not true. It feels like if I don't select the best profession and the best path I won't make gold, which I know it not true.
How do you handle this stress? How do you say enough is enough?
This is a topic close to my heart and one of my core beliefs with gold making principles is to «do what's fun for you». I found myself in this particular quandary when Dragonflight launched. I loved the complexity of the new profession system, but hated the way work orders required direct interaction through trade chat which I found inefficient and stressful, so I chose not to do it and thus cut myself off from that gold making method.
It wasn't fun for me, so I did something else. In my case, it was switch to Classic
