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!

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.

Cataclysm: Read Patch Notes!

This is going to be short and sweet today - but it's worth reading. Any time patch notes come out or a patch is released, it's important to take a look at what has changed. In some cases, there are drastic enough changes that require your immediate attention. I'm sure everyone is already up in arms about the recent changes to the alchemy mount, but I want to focus on one other smaller, potentially easily missed note.

Snatch Lists: Making gold off the jewelcrafting rush

Today's post is inspired by a recent frustration I've had while leveling up my jewelcrafter and working on her dailies. As I've mentioned before, you always want to start with what you know, or in this case, with what you're spending gold on yourself.

Cataclysm Day Five: Getting to the good stuff

Today was a pretty productive day, being the first weekend of the expansion. I honestly expected things to turn out a bit differently than they did, but I'm definitely surprised and encouraged by the results.

Cataclysm: Week One Goals

It's been important for me lately to have a realistic set of expectations and plans. Whether I'm playing every day or twice a week, it helps me feel accomplished and make sure I'm accomplishing what I want. Let's take a look at my plans and goals for the fist week of cataclysm. Will be fun to look back at this in a week and see how I did.