Maintaining Stock in a Volatile Market

Today's post is a little less straight forward and a bit more of a public ramble. In a stable market it is relatively simple to maintain stock levels. You know the prices of the raw mats, the relative demand for the crafted goods, and what levels to buy and sell at. But what do you do when everything is in flux? Read on...

Jewelcrafting: "Updating" KTQ for Cataclysm

Continuing my focus long term on Cataclysm, here's a quick tip on making KTQ work for you for Cataclysm. I'll probably write a complete end to end writeup on how I work the JC market once I get more cuts - but that's a few months away and honestly nothinig mindblowing. This was a really quick fix that I couldn't find anywhere else, and it's made my crafting so much easier!

Snatch Lists: Disenchanting crafted gear

Here's a quick set of items I've been investigating lately - using nothing more than an enchanter with a relatively high skill (mine is currently at 500) and about 15 minutes of auction house scanning a day.

Sticking with it

Bit of a down week posting and gold wise week. I've simply been too distracted with real life activities to commit to updating or even playing that much. Today's post focuses on battling just this idea - and gives an example of how I'm fighting the brief downturn with a diverse approach.

Fire Prism: Is it worth your time?

Let's take a look at jewelcrafting today, specifically the Fire Prism. This is JC's daily cooldown, which converts 3 of each uncommon cataclysm gem into 1-3 rares and potentially chimera eyes. The math gets a little complicated, so let's dive right in...

Cataclysm: Week Two Recap

Now that the dust has settled on release week, I've been able to take a better look at my long term Cataclysm strategies, and start focusing on a couple of my intended core markets: tailoring and jewelcrafting.

Alchemy and Engineering Profession Synergy

Don't have a lot of time today, but let's talk real quickly about taking professions that you have (or maybe even those that you don't, and leveraging your relationships) to make larger margins on your investments.