Mount Cash After 2.3

[front243]

Ok, I dusted off my level 33 mage after the patch was released to check out dustwallow and the improved leveling speed.

Observation: Leveling is MUCH faster now. I am almost level 39 now.

Problem: Usually I make most of my cash for my level 40 mount between level 30 and 40 and due to the increased leveling speed I have far from enough money for my mount. My mage has tailoring and herbalism as profession and as for now I sat tailoring on hold until I got my mount, and I need to farm a lot of herbs from 39-40 to afford the mount.

Suggestion: Either lower the price for the level 40 mount or even better improve the monetary rewards for turning in quests.


Does anybody else observe this problem or am I just bad to make cash?

[Caderbery]

Same for me, i used to do a fair ammount of grinding while i do quests and skin everything to sell for cash, but seeings i can ding with just a handfull of quests now i havnt been bothering to grind, which in turn means i dont make as much cash from lower levels. Doesnt really bother me to much because most of my alts have more then enough money for there mounts allready.

[Gormidan]

Not sure what your class and race is for your toon, but, what I'd suggest is to do your faction quests. It has saved a few of my toons some extra money when buying their mounts because they would have honored or exalted status with their faction. I must say, the 25% discount (at least I think it's 25%) will help you in a big way, especially when it comes time to buying your epic mount and training.

[Polaba]

If they're alts, do you not have main's that you can use to get the money?

[Geboran]

If they're alts, do you not have main's that you can use to get the money?

Think of a brand new player playing WoW for the first time and attains level 40 -- you can't assume that they have another higher level character in this case.

I agree that the XP gain is nice, but having enough coin for the mount can be "tricky" these days -- unless you are good about working on skilling up your professions. WoW was "designed" so that you should be working on leveling ALL of your abilities (both class inherent and "chosen" via professions) but doing this wipes out what funds you might have had for the mount at level 40.

My suggestion would be to have the first mount skill level be "learned" automatically once you have purchased a riding mount. This means that you wouldn't need to purchase the riding skill AND the mount -- you would just have to purchase the mount.

But this would take place for the first mount at level 40 only. Subsequent purchases would be for the riding skill (per "normal" procedures these days).

If Blizzard doesn't want to change this, then they need to boost any or all of the following:

1) Coin rewards for quests
2) Drop rates for "good" drops from quest mobs (but only for someone actually on the quest)(greens for gear upgrades / selling)
3) Increase the "worth" of vendor gray trash from quest mobs (but only for someone actually on the quest)(this way it won't encourage "farming" them unless you are on the quest still)

I would have them increased from level 10 through 40.

[Dyingchild]

I find it easy to make money i went from10gold to just over 100 gold in 6 levels. and i am almost lv 40, although 90 gold for a freaking riding skill...c'mon

[mesonm]

Does anybody else observe this problem or am I just bad to make cash?

What level character did you leave alone, to dust off the other one?

If it is 70, have it make the money.

My level 44 has her mount, and had it at 40, but levels 1-37 were under the old leveling system.

[Shellar]

The best way is to borrow the money from a high-level character (either your own, or a friend's). 100g is equal to 1 hour's worth of dailies.

[walkerb]

i think they shul lower traning prices i bought my mount but i need 81 g to learn how to ride i got 20 and im leaval 38 got any tips?

[mesonm]

Suggestion: Either lower the price for the level 40 mount or even better improve the monetary rewards for turning in quests.

How about they just make you level slower again?

I can't get my arms around how much people complain because the game was made easier, and they are disappointed that not EVERYTHING was just handed over on a silver platter...

heh

[Anween]

c'mon guys, its easy to make money these days, no need to farm ..
my alt mage is 35lvl now and has 1200g by himself
i made the 1000g of them just from buying the 3 limited recipes (2 enchanting-1 jewelcrafing) from Astranaar for 12 silver each and selling them in AH for 5g each. This is a profit 200-300g each week.
Doing this for every limited recipe u find (other example the tailor "enchanters cawl" recipe in booty bay, buy for some silver, sell 10-12g in AH) u have 1000g for sure at lvl 40
Another nice trick - outside Exodar spawn some stealthed blood elf bandits, they drop a cloth mask that its not BOE. Its grey (junk) and sells for some copper to vendors but u can sell it for 20-30g in AH because there isnt any head slot for lvl19 twinks and its cool-looking. And if u are more clever u can put a pre-TBC libram enchant on it (costs 3-5g each at AH) and u can sell it for 100g at AH for every twink ;)
There are so many ways to make money, i know dozens of these tricks, have to open a thread i think
:P

[Super Sneaky Steve]

See, I don't find doing those tricks and spending time working the AH fun. The only mount that really bugs me is the epic flying. Make it 1,000g so more people can enjoy it.

[jschild]

Easy way to make money, even with the 2.3 patch (assuming your server has a decent economy).

1. Level and quest as normal - Have 2 gathering professions. Gather as you quest.

2. Sell any gray item.

3. Anything white or higher that you cannot use, sell at the AH.

4. Buy every mount you need in the game by 70 - Flyer might take a bit longer, but you should have TONS of quests left when you buy it. Finish all relevant quests (5min avg quest time, 8-11 gold for each quest) while gathering as you work towards your epic flyer.

5. Once quests are out, do relevant dailys and gather and grind mobs that drop high value items (humaniods are great for greens/cloth, also look for ones that drop motes, marks, etc).

There is NO reason not to have your mounts at 40 and 60 if you are working towards making money. If you are leveling expensive professions, be aware that you will always be cash strapped.

[elsegundo]

its strange that people have money problems. i didnt find it a problem to buy my mount and ride training at level 40 at all for my mage and priest. they're sitting at level 40 while i level my warlock to 40. i have enough to buy for 15 more characters, and this includes getting professions/cooking/firstaid done on all on my top four characters.

i rarely ever buy anything at the AH unless its needed for my profession. i sell almost every green/blue item in the AH. granted, i did take a few hours out of my way to just mine mine mine and herb gather berb gather herb gather, and farm decent low level cloth (for some reason wool sells for more than silk in my server).

or maybe im just frugal.


also: supersneakysteve... the AH to me isnt fun either, but i find that getting Auctioneer and then running scans daily for a week would give me a good idea of what a lot of items are selling for. it becomes a lot easier to sell certain items since i dont have to think too much. i know that a lot of people want to get the best prices for their items, and they search the AH and plan. but for me, i dont want to spend hours comparing prices, seeing what's selling now, etc. i just put it in the AH with mainly the Auctioneer price (though some things you shouldnt), and they sell. that's all i really care about. that mailbox with the "Auction Successful" mail brings joy to my life. honestly, i spend the first 10 minutes of my day on wow at the mailbox collecting my money and taking back things that didnt sell. i spend the last 10 minutes of my day putting everything i got that day into the AH.

[corga]

I had my reg mount money very quickly, lvl 38. epic mount at 61 (I had bad gear when geing into outland I spent like 50g on upgrading everythign under lvl 40) its not hard at all to get your mounts, just dont buy anything in the auction house.

[Ottorfnam]

c'mon guys, its easy to make money these days, no need to farm ..
my alt mage is 35lvl now and has 1200g by himself
i made the 1000g of them just from buying the 3 limited recipes (2 enchanting-1 jewelcrafing) from Astranaar for 12 silver each and selling them in AH for 5g each. This is a profit 200-300g each week.
Doing this for every limited recipe u find (other example the tailor "enchanters cawl" recipe in booty bay, buy for some silver, sell 10-12g in AH) u have 1000g for sure at lvl 40
Another nice trick - outside Exodar spawn some stealthed blood elf bandits, they drop a cloth mask that its not BOE. Its grey (junk) and sells for some copper to vendors but u can sell it for 20-30g in AH because there isnt any head slot for lvl19 twinks and its cool-looking. And if u are more clever u can put a pre-TBC libram enchant on it (costs 3-5g each at AH) and u can sell it for 100g at AH for every twink ;)
There are so many ways to make money, i know dozens of these tricks, have to open a thread i think
:P

Those recipes... are they available to Horde as well? If so where would Horde find them? That sounds like a great idea.

[elsegundo]

Those recipes... are they available to Horde as well? If so where would Horde find them? That sounds like a great idea.

check your server too. the prices in your server will probably be different from the prices in his server. it sounds great to be able to spend 36 silvers and getting 15 gold in return, but it doesnt always happen that way. you must check the prices in your server for the limited recipes you want. also, they are not the major gold makers. but i pick them up whenever i do come across some, since i know they do make gold. just dont count on it solely to make you oodles of gold.

As for the bandit mask the guy was talking about, i've found four in my life and have tried to sell it on the AH. since the auctioneer price was 20 gold, i started selling it for 25 gold. nope... no takers. several weeks later after continual price drops, i finally sold them for 12 gold each. i even tried the AH in gagetzan. it appears that these items were hot when the people made guides for making gold, but really, it wasnt too profitable at all, having spent about an hour to find each mask.

remember to do your homework before you listen to folks telling you something will get you easy money in the AH. i also have a gold guide i found online, and it has some good information and some really bad information. most of the information on there is really dependent on server economy, especially with the buying and reselling of limited recipes. they do sell well, but making massive, huge, or insane, (usually in all caps) amounts of gold through this method is slow.

[XCompanion]

People have money problems because they're noobs. That is to say they are new; to the game, perhaps to games which require money at all. They may not realize the importance of the AH or what can be sold there for decent amounts of money and what can't. They may not be familiar to the concept of twinking, so when they see a level 17 piece of green gear for sale for 25g they think its a mistake or a trick.

They probably take leatherworking for their rogue or blacksmithing for their warrior because it makes sense not realizing how big the money sink is and how much you make selling to higher level players (I can remember when taking skinning/mining didn't guarantee you a mount at 40).

People on this forum are VERY in tune with the game, it's mechanics, and generally how to approach it, but outside of our little neighborhood there are all kinds of horrors to behold.