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Aitrus
04-14-2005, 10:02 AM
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Bind on pickup enchanting trinket. Requires 265 enchanting to make, and an uber-rare blood of the mountain reagant.

I'm a 300 tribal lw w 300 skinning. I bought the recipe months ago for the smoking heart, and FINALLY got the blood of the mountain (cost me 85g).

I dropped my skinning and started raising my enchanting.

It's currently at 248, just a bit shy of that 265 target. I have easily spent 100g so far leveling my enchanting up. Right now its at the point where I have to spend like 3-5g to raise it ONE point. (nether essences never seem to come out of my disenchants, so I have to buy the bloody things).

I will hit 265 and make my trinket by this weekend, but then I am faced with a dilemma.

Do I keep my enchanting and push on for 300 enchant, or do I ditch it and get my skinning back?

Everytime I think I have my mind made up I start to second guess myself, so I'd like some other people's opinions on this.

Things to note:

Against Enchant, For skinning:
1. My guild has other enchanters.
2. Ironforge has tonnes of enchanters spamming, so it may be hard to even sell enchants with all the competition.
3. It gets more expensive to increase enchanting as you go on, so those last 35 points will probably be harder than the previous 265 by far.
4. High level enchant recipes themselves are EXPENSIVE.
5. I already have all the enchants that I need for myself.
6. My life as a leatherworker is easier if I can skin my own stuff (devilsaurs).

Pro enchanting anti-skinning
1. I already spent 100g on this, and will likely spend even more, it seems like kind of a waste to just ditch the enchanting after all this money sunk into it.
2. The only thing I skin are devilsaurs, and I can just get other skinners to farm with me when I want to go and split the profits.
3. It seems possible to make money off of enchanting, which would help me get my epic mount.


Such a lame dilemma. The only reason I took enchanting was to make my trinket. But having invested so much in it, I really can't decide whether to ditch it or stick w it.

chloee
04-14-2005, 10:28 AM
I'm not sure I could live without it. Smoking Heart isn't just about the AC; the resists are very useful in PvP and high-end raiding (Molten Core, Onyxia). If you plan to powerlevel your Enchanting, expect to pay around 300g. Its way too expensive to level that way. The best way to do it is to just give a friendly reminder to your groups that your an enchanter and are looking for trash drops. Go slowly, theres no need to rush it. The first ranks are cheap, like any other trade, but as you move forward your wallet will appreciate your patience. Sometimes groups are sort of greedy and want all the trash for themselves in which case I sometimes offer a free enchant for them to roll on in exchange for getting the trash. I never did enchanting to make money, but its turned out to have paid for itself. Sure, there is alot of spamming in IF, but theres always a void sometimes, and when you catch it you can make an easy 40-50g in an hour. Guildies will let you have the enchant drops so you will slowly build up a strong repertoire. Buying recipes from the auction house is suicide! The only other thing I can mention is that it was really annoying for me to have to go to Uldaman 3 times to train from the master enchanter there... whats up with that?!

<3Chloee

Aidon
04-14-2005, 10:35 AM
300+ skinning is a requirement for a few quests (epic leather/cloth, for instance), and in order to get some MC tradeskill items. If your guild doesn't have alot of 300 skinners...I'd suggest getting skinning back.

Aitrus
04-14-2005, 10:40 AM
Chloee - I'm getting my smoking heart made soon, already at 248 (need 265). I've been powerleveling it so far, but there is no way I could afford to do it from 265-300, so I'd be back in instances looking for junkloot to disenchant. I already have full WH, so this would kind of suck since there'd be nothing else I want/need from the isntances. Sounds like another tick in the "ditch enchanting" column to me... but I'm not sure if you were saying I should go for 300 enchanting, or just go back to skinning.

Leafweir
04-14-2005, 11:00 AM
I 2-box a rogue so my solo capabilities are higher than average.

You can get Icy Chill solo in Winterspring.

You can get Fiery Weapon easily out of BRD with a rogue as back up.

I'm gonna be camping Crusader soon too.

Those are the big 3 you'll want to have if you want to turn a profit. Your cash flow will be dependent upon how much farm time you want to put into this.

You can use SM/Maraudon for components for the most part. A little work and a friend goes a long way on those upper levels. I did pretty much exactly the same as you, I have no plans to get skinning back.

btw, you shoulda reset BRD until you got roccor then killed him yourself. Buying that formula is a waste, he spawns very close to the zone in.

Aitrus
04-14-2005, 11:18 AM
I got it for like 8g, at the time I had 250g, so it wasn't an issue.

Since trying to bring my enchanting up I'm always under 10g now it seems. Not the best feeling.

What kind of leatherworker are you though? I get the impression that elemental lw's get most of their reagants as drops (essences) for stormshroud etc. As a tribal my main cashflow is devilsaurs which must be skinned ><. So far it hasn't mattered other than minor inconvenience, as I just farm w a rogue guildy who has skinning.

I think I'm leaning towards going back to skinning, and just writing the lost gold off as the cost of the trinket (expensive ass trinket to be sure... 9g formula, 85g reagant, 150g leveling enchant up = ~250G + hours of labour)

chloee
04-14-2005, 11:45 AM
I'm dumb, I thought you were asking about dropping Skinning for Enchanting lol. I've already gotten to 295 enchanting now, but I'm honestly not sure I want to keep it. I'm not the "guild enchanter" or banker or anything, and I can't see any reason to keep it. I was considering picking up blacksmithing for the fear trinket, but it appears we're getting that in the honor system soon. I have engineering for my other trade and I really think its a waste, but since they are releasing new recipes for it, I'm going to hold on to it for the time being.

Aitrus
04-14-2005, 11:56 AM
ah, see thats what I worry will happen with my enchanting. I'll like skill it up but never make any money off of it because its cumbersome, and with other guildies able to enchant also unnecessary.

The only offshoot really was that I could get by wthout skinning if I had to. Just means I can't go solo farm dsaurs. But chances are getting enchanting from 265 - 300 is pretty damn hard, and I'd be better off funneling crappy greens to guild enchanters rather than trying to skill myself up.

Looks like I'll get my skinning back once I've got my smoking heart... hopefully blizz doesn't do some cheezy rollback bug (happens in instances ALL the time now) where I'd lose my smoking heart but not get my enchant back when I do it ;p

BGrifter
04-14-2005, 07:22 PM
Having an alt-enchanter is somewhat nice for twinking new characters and such, but really once you have the Smoking Heart it doesn't add too much value.

If you really want you can go back to Skinning for skinning the beast, but as nice as the 2% crit headpiece is (nicer for mages/warlocks), an equally good one is a straight up drop in Dire Maul. I'm not 100% certain about MC recipies, but I wouldn't be in a huge rush to go back to it.

I recently dropped Herbalism (300 Herbalist/Alchemist) for Engineering and have been pretty pleased with the decision. The upcoming patch will be upping the max crit damage of Gnomish Death Ray to 3k, bombs gain a stun effect, and Green Lens is a rather nice head slot item. (obviously not an ideal choice if you're looking for AC, but 26sta 16int for less than 10g is pretty sweet) Some of the other trinkets are handy as well like the Net Gun.

In terms of expenses for raising Engineering, i'd been stockpiling things like Copper Bars and various types of stone for a while, had a mule with 10 slot bags full to max with various bits and pieces. Was able to go from 1-286 last night in a single run spending about 30g on training and some misc bars/etc. Probably had around 100g or so worth of junk. I'd recommend start watching for cheap Copper Bars, Iron Bars, Gold Bars, Heavy Stone, Solid Stone and maybe a little Mithril if you're interested. I had about 30-40 stacks of Copper, ten Iron, ten Gold, a few misc stacks of Stone and ended up buying my Mithril straight from the AH, had extras of everything to be resold on the AH.

Leafweir
04-15-2005, 07:31 AM
I'm tribal btw. I didn't find Devilsaur to be the greatest money maker, too much time invested per piece. Also given that my guild doesn't really have other enchanters, I had more reasons to keep it. I also enjoy a certain level of self sufficience and there is nothing left for me to make for myself in leatherworking, there are however always going to be things I need enchanted whenever something gets upgraded.

*shrug* btw, 265+ isn't that bad, you can do well with ninja runs into maraudon for components.

chloee
04-15-2005, 08:16 AM
I think of it this way Aitrus: considering the other things I could get with 250g, this trinket was well worth it. I mean, is it just me or is the only reason for money in this game is to run faster while out of combat? :(

Aitrus
04-15-2005, 09:27 AM
Haha, that's how I justified it too. I estimate the end cost of this trinket at nearly 300G.

That's a HUGE amount of money for a somewhat mediocre trinket, but what else could I spend gold on? I am still without an epic mount, but im in no rush to get it.

It's cool to be one of just a few people with this trinket though, but damn is it annoying to get. Not only is it gold, its also time.

1. Find recipe (not that hard, either farm it or buy a cheap one for ~10g)
2. Find Blood of the Mountain (VERY hard. 0.01% drop rate in BRD, not stealth-farmable. Cost: 85-100g)
3. Get rid of gathering trade and pick up enchanting.
4. Raise enchanting to 265 (HARD. About 3 days + 200G).
5. Make trinket at Black Forge in BRD (Somewhat hard to solo, until you realize you can swim through the lava at ambassador flamelash. Took 3 runs before we talked to someone who knew this trick. 2 of us tried to take out the 7 dwarves, no chance haha).
6. Ditch enchanting and re-raise gathering skill (my skinning is at 175 after 1 night and 1 morning of farming, no idea how long it will take to get it back to 300 but probably another day or so).

The real bugger is the cost to get 265 enchanting. You can go from 1-200 just by farming VC and SM. Personally I bought strange dusts and essences for the earliest stuff. After like 100 or so I started farming SM. You need guildies or friends to become party leader to reset the instance, as long as you have a lot of people who can do that you can do this SOOOO easy. Just do cathedral runs, sneak through to the undead lich dude in the secret room. Just kill the 1 monk in the room w the torch, go in kill the lich for 2-3 greens, run out, get new party leader, repeat. This part was a breeze.

Then you hit 245 enchanting. The lich doesn't drop anything useful. You drop about 50g to go from 245-255.

Then you go "sweet", just 10 points to go! Then you drop another 50G going from 255 to 260.

Uh oh. Now there are only TWO things that are orange (guaranteed to give you 1 point in enchanting).

1: 2 greater nethers @ 4g each + 2 radiant shards @ 7g each = 22g/point.
2: 2 greater nethers @ 4g each + 1 radiant shard @ 7g + 3 dream dust (~1g) = 16g/point.

16g x 5 = 80G to get your last 5 points.

It's a nice kick in the face right when you think you're almost done.

Personally I gambled 3 tries on yellows when I was at 260 and got DAMN lucky. Got 2 points from it (could have easily gotten 0 and wasted another 20g of reagants). So I only had to get 3 from purchases (3 x 16 = 48G). That last 50G was NOT nice considering I had already dropped some 100G on Mats to get to that point.

To recap: 10g + 100g + 150g = 300G. Plus the time to farm SM, go to BRD Dark Forge, and get your skinning back to 300.

Hella expensive trinket >< Not recommended imo.

chloee
04-15-2005, 10:19 AM
I had money to burn and didn't mind the cost. I never even bought my level 40 mount hehe. I've spent my gold so far on enchanting and I bought a Warden Staff. I holding onto enchanting for now, but as soon as I find an epic recipe or whatnot that requires a trade, I'll be quick to switch. I'm considering going for mining since arcanite is going sky high in value, or tailoring for mooncloths.... or maybe just both.

Aitrus
04-15-2005, 10:39 AM
Warden Staff: 160g.
WH belt/bracers/gaunts: ~50g/piece. (150g at most, less if you find some yourself)
2h INT enchant: 67G
7sta boots 70ac cloak: ~20g?
2x Librams + fee: ~40g + 60g = 100G.
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approx. 500g to gear up your end game druid.

Smoking Heart of the Mountain: 300g.
Epic Mount: 900g.

Of course back when I had money I spent like a madman. I have 3 weps with +9int, a 1her with icy chill, and I bought my girlfriend her mount. Some 400g burned there.

It's funny how the smoking heart is the most expensive thing besides the mount, and possibly a glowing brightwood staff.

Then there are the other epic things, but we don't count those :P

BGrifter
04-15-2005, 01:59 PM
Warden Staff: 160g.
WH belt/bracers/gaunts: ~50g/piece. (150g at most, less if you find some yourself)


Hmmmmmmm... I wish prices were so reasonable on Hyjal, Warden Staff never drops below maybe 250-300g. Most of them sit in the AH unsold at prices between 500-600g for weeks. Pretty much all droppable set pieces start at 100g, good ones up to 250g. Makes the Smoking Heart and epic mount a bit more appealing though.

Cenaurius
04-15-2005, 02:16 PM
glowing brightwood went for 950g the other day on gorefiend.

Aitrus
04-15-2005, 02:31 PM
wow. TBH I got lucky w my warden staff, I think they more regularly go for around 200-250g. I bought WH belt for 50g, bracers 85g. I see people spamming them all the time in IF. Gloves used to be 150G, now they're down to 50 too. Not enough dr00dz, too much wh!

If I had had to pay 250g for my warden, I'd probably feel more comfortable with the 300g smoking heart. But given what I paid for the rest of my stuff, its tough to swallow that price. I had expected it to cost around 200g, and it ended up closer to 300 :( I think what really got me is that I was on budget/schedule up until about 250. Then I couldn't get any of my needed reagants from disenchanting. I'd either get stuff so low I couldnt use it (vision dust) or stuff so high I couldnt use it (illusion dust), and never get any of the nether essences that ALL of my orange recipes required. Dropping about 140g to get 15 points in enchanting is not nice :(

Falloraan
04-15-2005, 03:20 PM
What I spent on my set armor on Bloodhoof:

Wildheart Belt - 125g
Wildheart Gloves - 123g
Wildheart Bracers - 155g

Prices have come down on those pieces since DM patch, but still all go for 100g+

Never seen Warden Staff below 350g, Glowing Brightwood 600g+

chloee
04-15-2005, 04:28 PM
Ow, I got my Warden Staff for 90g!

Leafweir
04-16-2005, 07:50 AM
Blood is stealth farmable.

In the first room in BRD, 1 in 4 times a mine will spawn on the left side of the room near two guards. You have 2 options, kill them or have a rogue sap the close one and then mine. As a 60 druid I could take them both solo. I also know a 60 paladin who was just using the shadowforge key to get around the edge of the room to them and kill them.

Whitemane, Mograine, and Herod all yield Small Radiants.

Vyletongue yields Large Radiants (Druid/Rogue duo was trivial, not tried solo).

Razorlash yields Small Brilliants.

Celebras (Druid/Rogue duo) yields Small Brilliants.

ZF also yields Large Radiants.

May take some time to collect these, but you'll definitely spend less time doing a few runs to farm the items yourself than paying AH prices for them.

Also:

Dark Iron (which I mined up a ton of) sells for 5g a stack easy.

Smoking Heart (which you can get while farming the iron) takes about 20 minutes to get from Roccor with 2 people clearing the room (and sells for 30-45).

Fiery Weapon (pryomancer near the Thaurissan Shrine, spawns 1 in 5 or so) is about a 20 minute total run and sells for 50-75.

Find a good rogue friend, tear **** up, split the profits. There are lots of easily attainable high priced items laying around. While you're in there help your rogue buddy farm up a shanker, if he's dagger, he'll love it.

Aitrus
04-18-2005, 09:22 AM
Farmed a shanker over the weekend. Took 23 runs before it finally dropped. Was almost out of guildies to keep resetting the instance for us hehe.

As for farming the smoking heart, at 0.43% drop chance and one solo-farmable dark iron deposit, I think you'd go insane before you ever saw one. I'm pretty sure the ones that turn up - including the one I got, are from Molten Core raids. There are a few guards or something there that have a 4% chance to drop it.

Leafweir
04-18-2005, 09:34 PM
Resetting for Dummies:

Most important thing is that one of the people involved can NOT be in any instance.

Two people in instance, one zones out.

Person still in instance leaves group and then zones out.

Person who left/zoned then zones back in and invites other person.

Other person zones back in.

Can do this with 2 people, same ip, unlimited times. This is how I 2-box farm.

Aitrus
04-19-2005, 09:09 AM
/confused

Can you make that a little clearer?

Whenever I farm I just run down the list of guildies who are online and each of them resets the instance 1x for me. They can't do it a 2nd time until like 24 hours pass or whatever.

You're saying I get 1 person, we both go in the instance, he leaves the instance, I leave the party (starting the 60s counter), then I leave the instance... then who comes back first? Me or him? say its me, I jump back in, then invite him, then he jumps in.

If this works awesome.. but unless something funky happens with leaving group and running out of the instance, the instance should remain the same based on whoever the party leader is. I'll assume something funky happens since you said you've done it many times... have to try it next time i need to instance farm i guess.

Leafweir
04-19-2005, 09:39 AM
Clarification:

Leafweir and Loathyn enter the instance and do our thing.

Loathyn leaves the instance.

Leafweir disbands the group (starting the 60 second timer) and then leaves the instance.

Leafweir zones back into the instance and reinvites Loathyn.

The main thing to remember is that one of the people can not be in an instance at all. The instance server is the 3rd "continent" they all seem to be linked, and if the person you're using to reset is in an instance you can visit their instance once but you won't be able to reset with them more than once.

Also, 1 in 100 resets something will happen where either Leafweir or Loathyn will not be able to access any instance, not sure what causes this. Logging out all the way (ie. closing the WoW program) for 15 minutes will fix this (and if you're solo you can also reset your instance this way too).

Cenaurius
04-19-2005, 12:59 PM
i farmed xp with a mage in my guild in the eastern part of dire maul for a while, and it's really not that complicated to reset an instance. all you need to do is both go in, do your thing, both leave the instance, then you leave your group, and have the same person invite that started the group the first time. it worked flawlessly for about 20 runs or so. i hit lvl 60 last night in dm! yay!

Moosey
04-19-2005, 02:01 PM
Warden Staff /free Harpies in Feralas love me
Soulkeeper /free
Wildheart Bracers /free
WIldheart GLoves /free
Six Demon Bag /free

But Gizrul wants to be a cheap a$$ and not drop my Shoulders and the Baron my Legs :behindcom

LieutenantKettch
04-19-2005, 02:30 PM
Well, I recently dropped my skinning for enchanting, I'm a Tribal LW too. Two reasons, one, I want the trinket as well, and two, I wasn't impressed with my income(or lack thereof).

I started last night and got to 119, it'll get harder, but there aren't many enchanters in my guild, so I may have some help.

At any rate, I plan to keep enchanting, even if it's a long term investment, I know for a fact I can make more money enchanting than by not having skinning(farming devilsaur).

And just for the heck of it:

Warden Staff: 150g
WH Gloves: Got in UBRS
WH Belt: Got free
WH Bracers: 250g (ouch)

I got by pretty well I guess for money, didn't have to buy my GotW books either, but I have terrible luck...no kilt, cowl, or spaulders yet : /

Aitrus
04-19-2005, 02:31 PM
oh yeah almost forgot that part.

Gotw 2: 135g.

Falloraan
04-23-2005, 09:00 PM
Finally picked up a Warden Staff for 100g. Started at 75g with a 250g buyout. I had the first bid in, but got outbid twice before landing the last bid :)

At the time, some jackass was selling a GBS for 800g...which someone actually bought.

Falloraan
05-02-2005, 12:15 PM
Haha, that's how I justified it too. I estimate the end cost of this trinket at nearly 300G.

That's a HUGE amount of money for a somewhat mediocre trinket, but what else could I spend gold on? I am still without an epic mount, but im in no rush to get it.

................


Hella expensive trinket >< Not recommended imo.
Despite your advice, I decided to do this. I've been getting bored with the game, and undertaking this is pretty much an "epic quest" for me, and has rekindled my interest in the game. The biggest problem is I didn't have a lot of money to begin with, about 55g. I've been farming SM instances and buying lots of greens at the AH, and so far got to 160 skill on about 15g.

Kebster
05-03-2005, 10:21 AM
reseting an instance is really easy...if you are doing it solo...find a friend off doing something else solo...

1) Invite Friend

2) Promote Friend to Leader

3) You zone in...do your thing...zone out

4) Disband

5) Back to step 1

Homeslice
05-04-2005, 05:15 AM
Ahh, god bless Blackrock, i bought my bracers, belt and gloves for 20g each. Ive since seen WH gloves selling for as little as 15g on the horde AH. I didnt buy GoTW1, but i bought GoTW2 for 10g, and ive seen it selling for as little as 7g. Also the druid book, for the trinket quest thingo was selling for 10g in the AH the other day too, allthough i didnt buy it at the time... i prolly should have.

Anyway, ive decided that smoking heart of the mountain isnt worth the time nor the effort. If i had picked up enchanting in the first place then yes, but im tribal leatherworker, so no, i wont be getting it.

Leafweir
05-05-2005, 08:16 AM
Anyway, ive decided that smoking heart of the mountain isnt worth the time nor the effort. If i had picked up enchanting in the first place then yes, but im tribal leatherworker, so no, i wont be getting it.

Heh, well I still am a tribal leatherwork, I just no longer have skinning. Thing is... other than devilsaur (which is ok, but not great) there are like 0 worthwhile items for me to make. I'm giving serious consideration to just getting skinning back and dropping LW all together, skinning at least is somewhat useful =P. Although, engineering has some really nice toys too.

Milhouse
05-05-2005, 09:29 AM
I wouldn't say there's zero worthwhile items to make... Mmmmmm.... (http://www.thottbot.com/index.cgi?i=36250)

But they are few and far between.

Leafweir
05-05-2005, 02:23 PM
Bleh, trash... not enough AC or stattage, there are better cloaks available via droppage.

DemonMage
05-05-2005, 05:04 PM
Cloak of the Cosmos (http://wow.allakhazam.com/item.html?witem=18389) is pretty damn close to that, and a hell of a lot easier to get.

Falloraan
05-09-2005, 10:47 AM
Well, I finally got 265 in enchanting today. I estimate my costs at about 150-175g so far. I spent 50g for the formula and I bought a lot of greens from the AH to DE and skill up on. I also got every recipe available at the trainers and have been picking up the dropped recipes as well (I plan on keeping enchanting and skilling up herbalism on an alt). I still need the Smoking Heart of the Mountain, which go for 60-100g in the AH on Bloodhoof, so my final cost for this little adventure will be about 250g. I got lucky in my last skillups because I picked up the Enchant Gloves - Advanced Herbalism formula, and it uses 3 dusts and 3 Sungrass, which I had stockpiled from my herbalism days.

Make trinket at Black Forge in BRD (Somewhat hard to solo, until you realize you can swim through the lava at ambassador flamelash.
Anyone able to give me a little more info on this? I've never been to BRD, but I found this nice map (http://www.ultimategamers.com/worldofwarcraft/blackrockdepths.html) of it. I need to get from point 12 to 15 on the map, correct? And you can just swim through the lava? Any special techniques to do it, I imagine keep up Regrowth and Rejuv, use mad sea cow form, maybe fire resistance pots?

Whitemane, Mograine, and Herod all yield Small Radiants.

Vyletongue yields Large Radiants (Druid/Rogue duo was trivial, not tried solo).

Razorlash yields Small Brilliants.

Celebras (Druid/Rogue duo) yields Small Brilliants.

ZF also yields Large Radiants.

............................

Fiery Weapon (pryomancer near the Thaurissan Shrine, spawns 1 in 5 or so) is about a 20 minute total run and sells for 50-75.
Leaf, of the mobs you have listed there, I have been solo farming Herod for shards, geting 8 shards per hour. Haven't bothered with Whitemane,/Mograine since you have to clear the chapel, not worth the time. Vyletongue I think would be hard because of the guards on either side of him. I tried Razorlash once and he kicked my ass, was getting hit by 400+ dmg by something called puncuture. Didn't notice it until I looked at my logs after the fight, so may go back and see if it's a poison thing I can keep dispelled.

Kebster
05-09-2005, 12:47 PM
I thought the formula was bind on pickup? I have been trying to get Lord Roccor to spawn in BRD so I can get it...hell I will have to look on the AH now lol

As for lvling up...farming Mageweave was hella of alot faster than farming items to disechant...got a tailorer to make me tons of Black mageweave stuff, yeilding 4-5 dusts each or essences.

Falloraan
05-09-2005, 01:03 PM
No, the formula isn't BoP. It's deceiving and a lot of people think that, since it says BoP on the formula, but that is actually referring to the resulting trinket.

Kebster
05-10-2005, 11:17 AM
thats awesome...picked it up last night for 40g, sent a crap load of mageweave to a friend making black mageweave headbands they are lvl 41, yeilded lots of greater nether essences...got my 265

Now I just have to get a blood from the guild bank =)

With that trinket and if I ever get around to my Ring of Protection quest, i think I will easily break 11k with just mark

Kebster
05-11-2005, 07:59 PM
Did I see someone saying they did the Combine at the Black Anvil, solo?


If so how did you do it...I keep aggroing the big meanie....also was able to solo him, but he is immune to bash to it hampered that idea =/

Falloraan
05-12-2005, 12:58 PM
How did you even get to the Black Anvil? I tried last night and kept dying. Stupid roaming dogs kept seeing me. When I finally managed to figure out theor aggro radius and avoid them, I couldn't figure out how to get to the anvil, kept coming across locked doors. Do you need a key to get around in that zone, or is there a path I missed that would allow me to get there unkeyed? Here's the map I used: http://www.ultimategamers.com/worldofwarcraft/blackrockdepths.html

I couldn't figure out a way to get north of the Ring of Law.

Yrys
05-12-2005, 01:31 PM
Shadowforge key helps a lot in moving around BRD. Some of the doors can't be opened with it though (like the one in the bar... you either have to get the golem to open it, or the succubus).

Haven't tried getting to the anvil, but I imagine it'd be possible. Now fighting that fire ele boss... hmmm.

Kebster
05-12-2005, 02:26 PM
yea..if you have the key..go into the lock room and continue to sneak up to where the huge doors are still ajar...jump out the window there and home free to the forge.

I couldnt get by the dogs at the "highway" area, so the window worked fine.

Kraun
07-07-2005, 08:52 PM
If you are really missing the skinning, i would say get your enchanting to 300 and make that "lost" money back by doing the enchants you've learned and then change back (unless you've bought/aquired some high end recipes ofcourse). Enchanting is really the only well profitable profession to the end.. give or take a few exeptional recipes of another professions

Lawdawg
07-11-2005, 12:07 PM
Bought a blood of the mountain in the AH for 40 silver the other week. I had to look it up on Allakazam before I bought it out. Thought it was the ingredient for the amulet and other high-end items but at 40 silver buyout had to look it up to be sure. But I was right. I'm not sure whether the seller didn't know what he had (seems doubtful, since anyone who gets far enough to mine this should know its value) or just mistyped in the silver slot instead of the gold slot. Anyway, I was so excited to hit buyout that I didn't check to see who the seller was.

So if you want Blood of the Mountain and are on Gurubashi server (new realm) I will sell it for 100 gold. I have put it up twice in AH but no buyers yet - though Gurubashi is a relatively new server so I'm not sure if there is even any MC activity yet. So may not be tons of interest for a few more weeks or a month or two. Till then I'm just holding it and putting it in AH on the weekends.

Remina
07-26-2005, 02:29 PM
I'm getting a smoking heart of the mountain myself. I currently have tribal/skinning. My plans are to drop both, pick up enchanting and mining, get the smoking heart and drop enchanting for engineering. I can't see the point of having leatherworking at end game because the one item (Hide of the Wild) that I want, I can farm mats and have someone else make. Engineering items are only usualy by engineers, and I want to have some fun toys to play with. :)