How I bought my Own mount - level 40

[nightmared8]

I'm no expert and some of this is very obvious, but it might be interesting info for some of you. Who knows?

Anyway, I'm a human mage on a low-pop PvP server. When I dinged 40, I had enough gold for my mount and most of my level 40 spells (that tapped me out, but next day I was back to ~ 17 gold).

Generally speaking, this was what I did:

- loot *everything* you kill (use shift-click to auto-loot stuff faster of course). Sell junk to vendors. This kinda goes without saying. NOTHING is too small to loot, unless your bags are full.

- invest in 10-14 slot bags as you are able to afford them, because this lets you collect much more loot per run, which you then of course sell for more money.

- I took mining and skinning. I got a lot of my money by selling stacks of iron and heavy/thick leather. Iron bars was the biggest money maker for me. Big time.

- rather than sell Iron in a stack of 20 for 1.5 gold, sell 4 stacks of 5 for 55-65 gold. Net income: 2 gold + (this is dependant on server economy).

- skin *every dead animal you see that is in your level range* (at level 35 I didn't bother skinning animals that gave only light leather, but for example if I ran across a dead tiger in STV, I'd go out of my way to skin it if I could).

- Once I could mine Iron I didn't even bother with copper or tin. Also, I never did "mining runs" - I simply mined it when I saw it.

- grind on animals as much as possible - STV is great for this. Tigers/Panthers drop the coarse whiskers and Mistvale Gorillas as well. So you get the 6-8 silver loot AND some skin for each kill you make.

- At 39 I went near those Ogres in southwest badlands and killed Patriarch Ridge Stalkers for their whiskers and thick leather. There is also a large amount of iron in this area.

- I avoided spells I didnt use (for example, I haven't bought Amplify Magic or Fire Ward yet...). I upgraded equipment *conservatively*, only spending 1-2 gold every few levels. My equipment is all very nice.

- When posting an item, I look at the lowest buyout price and price in that ballpark. So if the lowest price for a stack of 20 copper is 30 silver buyout, I price at 28 silver.

- I avoided pricing in even numbers or at "5"s because they mentally sound higher. For example, 34 silver is more likely to sell than 35 silver just cuz it sounds a lot lower than it really is. Hard to really explain this little mind game, but I can tell you I sold *everything* i put up. My friend, who prices higher, got lots of auctions returned unsold.

- I used the same buyout pricing for green items I sold.

- I *always* use a buyout price.

- Everything I sold was via the AH

- I used all the cloth I found for first aid. Didn't sell any. Still made lots of cash (relatively speaking).


Anyway, this is how I earned enough to buy my mount at level 40. Your mileage may vary, of course, but hopefully this is vaguely useful info.

[tehd3str0y]

i LOLD loud, thanks

[nightmared8]

i LOLD loud, thanks

In a good way or a bad way?

[karlov]

In a good way or a bad way?

Most likely in a bad way to flame you saying "common sense". Almost all people on this forum will know that. I got my money for my alt's mount with skinning alone.

[Crying]

If you only had just enough for your mount at 40, with skinning and mining as profs, you're doing something wrong.
I had just about 200g when I dinged 40, and I did buy all my skills. (This was on a server with rather high AH prices on low lvl crafting mats though)

Just two tips I noticed; DO buy Fire Ward, that thing can save your ass some day. You never know.
Secondly, there's not really any need to buy stuff of the AH. Only do so if you fell you'll get your mount without problems, and your old piece is outdated by far.

Last thing;

- rather than sell Iron in a stack of 20 for 1.5 gold, sell 4 stacks of 5 for 55-65 gold. Net income: 2 gold + (this is dependant on server economy).

20 iron bars for 1.5 gold, or 5 for 55-65 gold? You might want to rewrite that one.

EDIT: Oh yeh, and pretty much common sense if you ain't a starter.

[Thimpey]

Or you just go get some vendor recipes for 1g each and sell them for 10-20g ;p

[TehGoggles]

This is probably a copy n paste from some site. Mounts are at 30 now bud.

[robinelitenn]

lol -.- what been your next post? the game manual ?? :P

[Hyourin]

All of his posts are copypasted from that site someone mentioned in one of the earlier posts :X i smell he is sooo desperate to get rep :|

[elinya]

rather than sell Iron in a stack of 20 for 1.5 gold, sell 4 stacks of 5 for 55-65 gold. Net income: 2 gold + (this is dependant on server economy).

Wat?

So wait
20x[Iron Ore] = 1.5gold
BUT
5x[Iron Ore] = 13.75gold to 16.25gold

Go back to school or go buy "Math for Dummies"

[Imbecill]

Or stop copy pasing

[Weekday]

Mounts is lvl 30 now, and if you would like to have a mount in lvl 40, grind elementals in Badlands.
Looks like copy/pasted.

[Imbecill]

It is
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[sol82]

Everything I've seen this guy post is a copy+paste. Seriously, GTFO OP, or put the site you steal from in your sig so everyone knows you're a fake.

[Fezz0]

This just has to be Copy + Paste, also since the recent patch you can buy your mount at lvl 30....


FAIL!