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12/31/2014
The Power Word: Gold 2014 Year In Review
It's New Year's Eve and time to put some of my thoughts down about what's happened here at Power Word: Gold this year.
While there has been some fairly drastic changes in the area of gold-making itself due to the release of Warlords of Draenor this post will mainly focus on what's been going on with the blog specifically.
I normally try not to talk too much about the blog itself as I like to let the details be background to the content these end-of-the-year posts are when I allow myself to be a bit more introspective. Read on for more.
12/27/2014
Is Savage Blood Being Duped? Here's The Evidence
I was tipped off by Twitter user @OriShmori that there's a strong chance that Savage Blood is being duplicated ("duped") on several servers.
@PowerWordGold @CM_Lore Hopefully something will be done about the rampant Savage blood dupes. http://t.co/wbaEzSI298If this is true this could be very bad for anyone hoping to make gold selling Savage Blood or selling items made with Savage Blood.
— Ori (@OriShmori) December 26, 2014
This isn't the first time I've written on the topic of item duplication and its effects on the economy (see Strong Evidence of Rampant Item Duplication in WoW and Proof Of Jeweled Onyx Panther Duping And Its Effects On Pricing). My guess is that (sadly) this won't be the last. Read on for our evidence and the ability to check the data for yourself.
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12/24/2014
New Forum Holiday WoW Pet Giveaway: Soul of the Aspects
Happy Holidays! In celebration of the successful launch of the Bid Fiddlers gold-making forums we're giving away a golden Soul of the Aspects pet.
(A huge thanks to @RhoWoW from the @RealmPodcast for providing the giveaway pet. Rho is a fantastic cheerleader for all WoW podcasts out there and a very generous person. Go listen to the Realm Maintenance podcast.
HOW TO ENTER:
To enter the contest do the following things:- Sign up for a free account on the BidFiddlers.com forums
- Reply to this contest post with your answer to the following question: "What are you looking forward to most in 2015?"
Your answers don't have to relate specifically to WoW. I'm just a huge fan of the feeling of new beginnings that a new year brings.
CONTEST RULES:
- Answers to this contest post will be accepted up until midnight on December 31, 2014.
- In the week following the closing of entries one comment will be chosen at random (via random.org where the comments are numbered from 1 being the first comment to what ever the last comment is).
- The winner will be contacted by me via the email address used to sign up for the forum and will be asked to reply to obtain the pet gift code.
- If the winner doesn't accept the gift or reply to the email an new winner will be chosen at random and so on.
SPREAD THE LOVE
In addition, while it's not required, please feel free to share this contest on your blogs, social media and any other methods you see fit.STICK AROUND
I also hope that if you've signed up for the forums to enter the contest that you also stick around and chat with other forum members about gold-making. We have a great little community here and we're always looking for new members to help us learn about making gold in World of Warcraft.Like this post? Get even more Power Word: Gold - Purchase our Gold-Making Guides, subscribe via RSS, subscribe to the Podcast via iTunes or RSS, watch our Livestreams, follow us on Twitter, Like us on Facebook, join the subreddit, and subscribe via Youtube.
Episode 094: Spreadsheets Spreadsheets Everywhere!
In this episode your host Jim Younkin discusses leveling in Warlords, what are all our cooldowns really good for?, TSM .csv spreadsheets, Trading Post flipping and much more. And now… on with the show!
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12/22/2014
Build a WoW Item Pricing Spreadsheet Using TradeSkillMaster .CSVs + Google Drive Sheets
In this video I go over how to use the (Beta) TradeSkillMaster Web APIs (Stormspire post explaining the feature) to download a .csv of my realm auction house pricing data and build a Google Drive Sheets spreadsheet that allows me to access and manipulate that data to do things like:
- Quickly show prices for multiple items on the AH in one look.
- Quickly show prices for any list of item names or item IDs.
- Be able to do things like calculate material costs for items.
- See which crafted items are selling for the most and the cost per mat etc.
This video gives you all the basics to get your own spreadsheet started. Where you go from here is only limited by your imagination. I know I'm still thinking up ways to manipulate the data that these TradeSkillMaster .csvs offer us.
And, before anyone asks, I *do not* have a version of the spreadsheet you can download. This time I expect you to follow the video and build you own. This will (hopefully) teach you how to do it yourself and not just have you rely on using what someone else made. ("Give a man a fish…" and all that.)
And, before anyone asks, I *do not* have a version of the spreadsheet you can download. This time I expect you to follow the video and build you own. This will (hopefully) teach you how to do it yourself and not just have you rely on using what someone else made. ("Give a man a fish…" and all that.)
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12/19/2014
Blizzard To Allow Gold Buying? WildStar Did It First (Which Is Good)!
In Blizzard's 2014 World of Warcraft in the New Year forum post it mentioned that it is contemplating allowing players to buy in-game game-time tokens and then sell them to other players for gold.
While I'm sure there will be much player reaction to this possibility, when looking at the WildStar C.R.E.D.D. system I couldn't find much to dislike about it. Read on past the jump for a recap of the WildStar C.R.E.D.D. system and what it could look like in World of Warcraft.
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12/17/2014
Garrisons Explained: How Work Orders Work (Get Faster, Get More)
In this "explainer" video, I go over how the Garrison Work Order system works. I try to break it down in terms that are simple and easy to understand and help people like me make sure that we're thinking correctly about how they work.
In addition, I go over adding a follower to your Tier 2 Garrison profession building to make even more Work Order items. I should warn you this video (while shorter than my last) clocks in at 40 minutes. Head past the jump for the final (Beautiful Mind-style) output image.
YouTube: Garrisons Explained: How Work Orders Work (Get Faster, Get More)
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Fur and Leather Caged Beasts Now Stack!
Looks like fur/leather cages for the Barn now stack. WAHOO!! #yougetbagspace #andyougetbagspace #everyonegetsbagspace
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12/14/2014
Unraveling Why Gold-Making Has Changed In Warlords of Draenor
My initial intention with this video was to sit down and make a "quick 15 minute" video about why gold-making functions differently in Warlords of Draenor. I was planning to do this by mapping out how materials flowed in the game before and after Warlords.
What I ended up with is a 1.5 hour long video that accomplishes what I set out to do. I just didn't realize how complicated the relationships between gatherers, crafters and consumers.
YouTube: Unraveling Why Gold-Making Has Changed In Warlords of Draenor
I think of what I cover in this video as some initial exploration into the underpinnings of what has changed in the game for gold-making. This is only the beginning. There is lots more thinking and theorizing to go. The whole video is embedded above. Head past the jump for the final images I created in this video.
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12/13/2014
Episode 093: Garrisons and Gathering and Gold-Making…Oh My!
In this episode your host Jim Younkin discusses how gold-making has changed in Warlords, Blizzard fighting botters, gold-making with garrisons, passive vs. active play and much more. And now… on with the show!
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12/12/2014
Introducing BidFiddlers.com - A New Gold-Making Forum
I'm proud to announce that I have created a new gold-making forum at BidFiddlers.com. I've been contemplating starting a gold-making forum ever since I started the blog back in 2010 but never felt the time was right.
After 4 years of blogging, I finally feel comfortable starting my own gold-making forum and I hope you'll enjoy it. Read on for more on why I started them and what I hope to accomplish with them.
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12/07/2014
Episode 092: Doing The Level One Hundred Dance
In this episode your host Jim Younkin discusses hitting level 100, picking tier 3 garrison buildings, the "Working More Orders" achievement, garrison resource theory and much more. And now… on with the show!
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12/06/2014
Best Garrison Buildings To Make Gold - Tier 3 Small, Medium, and Large
We finally hit level 100 on one of our characters and are now faced with what new small, medium, and large garrison buildings to build.
Just like when we wrote Best Starter Tier 2 Small and Medium Garrison Buildings To Make Gold? we're going to look at what we might want to do in Tier 3.
12/04/2014
Pre-Built Warlords Importable TradeSkillMaster Groups by Animadnb
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So my name is Robert and I go by the nickname Animadnb. Some time ago I did a fresh install of WoW/TSM right after the release of WoD. Seeing as my TSM didn't have any groups at all, I decided to use the Power Word: Gold Grouper in combination with the new items on Wowhead to get some new groups going. Since the huge huge amount of new items I might have missed 1 or 2 so if you find something I missed please let me know. I will break down the groups each individually to tell why I have set up the groups like that. Read on past the jump for my groups for TSM import.
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12/02/2014
Hotfix Removes Many Cooldown Mats From Profession Recipes
Wowhead reports many of the rare crafting recipes no longer require soulbound materials that have cooldoowns.
This will likely change (tank?) the value of these items but also allow them to be more readily crafted and bought/sold.
Keep an eye on these items and also how the ore prices might go up/down as people move into the market. (Looks like the stockpilers weren't so crazy after all.) Head past the jump for the changes.
11/30/2014
Episode 091: Garrison Madness
In this episode your host Jim Younkin discusses what he's been doing now that he has a little time to play, garrisons, garrisons (and more garrisons), leveling, material prices, hotfixes, and much more. And now… on with the show!
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11/29/2014
To Stockpile Ore or Not To Stockpile Ore
As was updated in our recent post on material prices since launch:
@CM_Lore: "@dopplegager @TheCrafticus The Garrison was giving too much ore. That was hotfixed yesterday. Will take some time to see the effects." 2:31 PM - 26 Nov 2014
With "yesterday" in that tweet being November 25th, as of this writing the garrison mining nodes have been nerfed for about 4 days. To determine whether it would be worth buying up some of the "cheap" ore now in preparation for an eventual theoretical price increase due to a lowering supply I thought I'd check the numbers.
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11/27/2014
Warlords Pricing Trends for Ore, Herbs, Enchanting, Leather, and Cloth Since Launch
Tonight I am going to record the pricing trends for the various crafting materials introduced in Warlords of Draenor.
Since it's been about 2 weeks since launch the very beginning data will soon not be shown in The Undermine Journal charts. This is my chance to record it for posterity.
I'll be showing the charts and giving some light commentary after the break.
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Garrisons, Casinos, and Lawn Mower Races
Yesterday I summed up my current feelings about my experiences with the following tweet:
"You know how you can turn off XP for 10g? Blizz needs to implement "Don't let me into my Garrison for 10 hours". Then I'd actually level."
The reason I came to that conclusion is that I feel like I've been spending what limited time I do have to play the game endlessly fiddling around with my garrisons rather than doing what I feel like I should be doing: leveling.
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11/26/2014
Grouper Now Compatible With The New Undermine Journal
We're happy to say that Grouper has been updated to work with links from the newly relaunched Undermine Journal!
Grouper is the fastest way to build TSM-importable shopping lists from places like the Undermine Journal Deals, Unusuals, and Wowuction Bargain Hunter pages.
In addition it's layout had been made responsive so it will look and work better at various screen sizes.
As always you can find Grouper by using the "Grouper" link in the top menu here at Power Word: Gold.
If you've never use Grouper before check out our Guide To Grouper and our post Using TradeSkillMaster and WoWuction To Quickly Find Bargains.
Now get our there and snag those deals before someone else does!
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11/24/2014
Gold-Making With Jim! #354 - Warlords Launch
More Warlords of Draenor Launch madness in Gold-Making With Jim Episode #345! Also check out the Episode 300-400 YouTube Playlist for past episodes!
Part 1: WoW Gold-Making With Jim! #354 Pt.1/2 Warlords Launch by Jim Younkin (Part 2 after the jump.)
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11/22/2014
Episode 090: Back In Business
In this episode your host Jim Younkin discusses what he's been up to while on break from WoW, the Warlords of Draenor launch, level 90 items, cross-faction auction houses, and much more. And now… on with the show!
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11/20/2014
Finding and Flipping Level 90 Warlords of Draenor BoE Greens From The AH
A new expansion is upon us and that means finding the green items that can be flipped. In the past these were the 77-80 Cataclysm items usable in Wrath of the Lich King (and PVP) and the 83-84 Mists of Pandaria items usable by those still in Cataclysm (and PVP).
With Warlords of Draenor Blizzard hasn't abandoned us old-time green flippers completely. The left us one possible source of flipping income: green Bind-on-Equip level 90 WoD items. These can be used by level 90s still in Mists of Pandaria.
11/18/2014
Unobtainium No More by Dasvamp
(Today's guest post was written by Dasvamp. Submit your own gold-making guest post for consideration to powerwordgold@yahoo.com.)
Been a reader of PW:Gold for quite some time, and it was the articles by The Mogfather that infected me with the Goblin virus.
Guess that I was lucky to be first on my server to notice the possibilities of Xmog and it went really well, from a couple 10’s K gold to half a million in 5-6 months, was really awesome.
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Best Starter Tier 2 Small and Medium Garrison Buildings To Make Gold?
I finally got my first Tier 2 Garrison in Warlords of Draenor and I now have the question that many of you have had to answer: which starter medium and and small building should I build in Tier 2?
In my post Details On All Twenty Garrison Buildings In The Warlords Beta I outlined what the buildings were at the time. For my initial thoughts on the beta buildings go back and read that post. In this post I hope to think out loud a bit about the possible choices for small and medium buildings at Tier 2.
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11/17/2014
Back In The Saddle Again
I finally stole away some time to level my garrison and now I'm getting the dreaded "Character not found" error. This means that I have a bit of "free" time to do things like, oh I don't know, write a blog post!
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11/16/2014
Gold-Making With Jim! #353 My Warlords Launch! (AKA The Waiting Game)
WoW Gold-Making With Jim! #353 Pt.1/2 Warlords Launch by Jim Younkin
WoW Gold-Making With Jim! #353 Pt.2/2 Warlords Launch by Jim Younkin
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11/15/2014
All I Could See…
Too Many Cooks
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10/26/2014
How To Turn Off Outlines In Warlords of Draenor
If you don't like the "outlines" that Blizzard added in World of Warcraft Patch 6.0.2 the setting to turn them off is a bit buried. Here's how to turn them off.
TL:DR - Options > Interface > Display > Outline Mode > Disabled (or Quest Objectives Only)
Patch 6.0.2 The Iron Tide New User Interface Bits
Blizzard pulled me back in with 7 free days of game time. So far I've updated my files and jumped into game. So far all I've had time to do is log in and poke around the new interface.
(In addition some of you who have been reading the blog may notice some visual changes to the blog. We're happy to say that Power Word: Gold is now a "responsive" site which means that it is is much more readable on tablets and smartphones as well as desktop.
With going responsive we've also streamlined the overall look of the site (we didn't accidentally all of our blogger widgets without backing them up. That definitely didn't happen. *cough*) and will continue to refine the look of the site somewhat here and there. If there was something you used to find on the site that you can't now be sure to let us know.
In addition the new layout may have some funkyness and images in past posts may not all be perfectly readable on smaller devices. We apologize as that's just the price we pay for going responsive.)
Below are some images and impressions including how my favorite addon Adibags handles the Reagent bank.
10/25/2014
Over 3,000,000! (Almost)
Just a quick note to say that Power Word: Gold will likely hit 3 Million all-time pageviews in the next few days.
That's crazy.
Also, Blizz pulled me back in with 7 free days of game time. I'll be logging in for a few hours tonight to poke around. (Now if the patch would just finish!)
Update: Boom!
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8/16/2014
Macros For Quickly Buying 5-Stack Vendor Items In WoD Beta
If you're like me and buying lots of items from your Garrison Trading Post vendor you might have noticed it is very annoying to have to click each and confirm buying each 5 stack or ore (for example).
I decided to use good old /framestack (or /fstack) command to see if I could build a macro that would click all those buttons for me…and it worked! Head past the jump for the macros and how I made them.
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Warlords of Draenor Beta Gameplay - #003
Warlords of Draenor Beta Gameplay! - #003 Pt.1/2 by Jim Younkin
In this livestream we continue our march into the Warlords of Draenor Beta. Find part 2 after the jump.
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7/28/2014
Details On All Twenty Garrison Buildings In The Warlords Beta
The new Level 100 build of the Warlords of Draenor Beta is all about Garrisons with Blizzard giving you all sorts of tricks and shortcuts that allow beta testers to build all sorts of Garrison goodness.
I was very interested in all the different Garrison buildings along with all the different levels of those buildings and what benefits they offer. Read on past the jump for details on all twenty building you can build in the current beta.
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7/24/2014
New Garrison & Profession Information Via BlizzPro
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In the post "Build 18566: Garrison and Profession Shifts" BlizzPro's Crow (@unlimitedBLACK) gives us some further observations and insights on how garrisons and professions are coming together (and working together) in the Warlords of Draenor beta.
Read on past the jump for a few excerpts and my thoughts on the changes.
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New Warcraft Movie Revealed…To Be Hideous?
Revealed at the @Legendary booth, here's your first look at the #WarcraftMovie logo! #LegendarySDCC pic.twitter.com/BFqeuDpl6u
— Legendary (@Legendary) July 24, 2014
My initial thoughts are I don't like this new Warcraft movie logo but I'm not sure how much of that is based on the actual merits of the logo versus how much of that feeling is based on a a sort-of "you're messing with our stuff" tradition bias.
In addition, it seems from looking closely at the image that this is a still image from a motion picture and we seem to be seeing the logo in mid-special effect as the blue logo is being burnt with read fire and leaving behind the upper grey logo.
Regardless of if it's caught in mid-effect or not the basic structure of the logo itself, blue or grey, will likely be an issue for most World of Warcraft traditionalists as it seems to disregard anything from the original WoW logo design instead going for more of a "Starcraft" feel.
Either way, I'm sure it will grow on me.
Thoughts?
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7/19/2014
Profession Training Scrolls In Warlords of Draenor Beta
While killing Shadowmoon Voidmancers in (the surprisingly lush) Shadowmoon Valley in the Warlords of Draenor Beta I received three profession learning scrolls within a few drops of each other.
These particular scrolls (A Guide to Skinning in Draenor, A Compendium of the Herbs of Draenor, and A Treatise on Mining in Draenor) taught players how to skin, mine and gather herbs in Draenor.
Funny enough I was able to mine without reading this scroll but I didn't gain any skill over 600.
Reading the scroll I received a profession skill called [Mining] that allowed me to "mine ores in the old lands of Draenor" and gives a "potential mining skill of 700".
It would then seem these scrolls may replace learning a new mining skill from a trainer. I didn't however seem to learn new smelting techniques so that might still be coming. I checked with my Mining trainer and he didn't have anything new for me.
While this might seem like a small thing but I was just happy to find something new in the Beta related to professions.
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How To Start & Turn In Garrison Missions in Warlords of Draenor
YouTube: How To Start a Garrison Mission in Warlords of Draenor
While we know Warlords of Draenor is still in beta we thought the Garrison mission UI was not really that intuitive. We made a few short videos showing how to start as well as turn in Garrison missions.
We also wanted to show off the cool little "mini-animation" that plays when you turn in that shows your follower doing the heroic deed you asked them to do. It's a nice little touch that makes the followers feel a bit more real.
YouTube: How To Turn In a Garrison Mission in Warlords of Draenor
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7/13/2014
Warlords of Draenor Garrisons - In Pictures
We've been going through the initial Garrison quests in the Warlords of Draenor Beta and taking pictures. Lots of pictures.
Today we thought we'd give a bit of a sneak peek into the starting Garrison experience in picture form. While we won't write about Garrisons today we can say that we are liking the experience so far.
I'd bet Garrisons are Blizzard's bid to keep people coming back in Warlords of Dreanor and from what I've seen so far the Garrison system is fairly complex and could be very entertaining. Time will tell.
So head past the jump and enjoy Warlords of Draenor's Garrisons in pictures.
7/12/2014
Warlords of Draenor Beta Gameplay - #002
YouTube Part 1: Warlords of Draenor Beta Gameplay! - #002 Pt.1/2 by Jim Younkin
We were able to spend more time in the Warlords of Dreanor Beta! In these videos we use our copied main character to explore the beta and even get into some gold-making theory. Part 2 is embedded past the jump.
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7/05/2014
Warlords of Draenor: New Bits and Pieces
I spent some more time in the Warlords of Draenor Beta this weekend (video to come soon) and tried to pay special attention to how the UI has changed as well as any other changes that might interest us as gold-makers.
While many of these features have been known since Blizzcon, it was great to see them in person.
Read on past the jump for some images and thoughts on UI changes, (possible) green item changes as well as crafting goodies Blizzard is giving us.
7/04/2014
Warlords of Draenor Beta Footage: Night One!
Part 1: Warlords of Draenor Beta! - Night One Pt.1/3 by Jim Younkin
We were finally able to get our gaming PC set up and the first thing we did was download the Warlords of Draenor Beta (we call it "Alpha" in the video but that's because we were out of the loop when we recorded, it's actually Beta now).
While we had a few technical difficulties (feel free to skip ahead in any of the videos) I think the videos give a good sense of what the Beta is like at the moment.
Part 2 and 3 are embedded beyond the jump. Enjoy.
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6/30/2014
So this is happening.
I'm excited to finally be able to start poking the Warlords of Draenor Alpha with a +2 stick of pointiness! More to follow.
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4/10/2014
Power Word: Pause
There are a lot of big life changes happening around the Younkin household that will require much more of our time.
While all these changes are positive (don't worry) it does, however, mean that we will have little-to-no time to properly maintain Power Word: Gold in the foreseeable future.
With that in mind we'll be taking time off from Power Word: Gold as well as World of Warcraft.
This isn't to say that Power Word: Gold is going away forever.
While we will likely be back at some point in the future (we want to stomp around Draenor as much as you do) we don't have any particular time frame for when we may return.
If/when we do return it will likely be in a much more relaxed capacity.
A huge thanks to everyone who has been with us over the last three years of Power Word: Gold. It's been a blast and we hope we've helped you learn to make gold in some little way.
If you would like to get a hold of us we will be periodically checking Twitter, Facebook and you can always email us directly at powerwordgold@yahoo.com.
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-Jim Younkin
(While we're gone you can find lots of great gold-making information from the blogs listed on The World Of Warcraft Gold Blog Directory.)
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4/07/2014
Gold-Making With Jim! Episode #0350
YouTube: Gold-Making With Jim! #0350 (2.7M Gold+) by Jim Younkin
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4/03/2014
Warlords of Draenor: No Prof Benefits, Easy-Mode Mining & Herbing
"Professions
Some of our goals with Professions in Warlords of Draenor are to make them more of a personal choice, and less of a mandatory “min/max” selection. To that end, we're removing the direct combat benefits of Professions. Additionally, we've made it easier to level Mining and Herbalism. Healing Potions have gone mostly unused lately, compared to combat stat potions. We chose to solve that problem, along with a problem with Warlock utility, by having Healing Potions and Healthstones share cooldowns.
Herbalists can now harvest herbs throughout the game world without hard skill requirements. The yield an Herbalist will be able to harvest from each node is now determined by skill level.
Miners can now harvest mineral nodes in outdoor areas of the game world without hard skill requirements. The yield a Miner will be able to harvest from each node is now determined by skill level.
Healing Potions no longer share a cooldown with other potions, but instead share a 60-second cooldown with Healthstones. The cooldown will not reset until the player leaves combat."
The gathering changes seem like a continuation of the gathering changes introduced in Mists of Pandaria that allowed you level gathering completely inside of Pandaria.
This should make leveling a gathering professions while leveling your character much easier. I'm sure we've all had the experience of out-leveling the level of mining and herbalism while leveling and having to either go back and waste time catching up or stop leveling gathering until after you've hit max level.
Since I don't raid or PVP the removal of the stat bonuses won't really affect me although I'm sure some players will enjoy not having to take a professions they don't want to simply because it has the best stat bonus.
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Warlords Of Draenor: Blizzard Thinks Glyphs Are Too Expensive
"Automatically Learned Glyphs
While leveling, characters unlock Glyph slots at several specific levels. However, in order to get glyphs, characters need to visit an Auction House (and potentially pay way more gold than an average character of that level has yet), or know a Scribe from which to request them. To solve this, we've made characters learn some Glyphs automatically as they level.
All classes now learn some of their Major Glyphs as they level. Recipes for these Glyphs have been removed.
At level 25, the following Glyphs are automatically learned by characters of the appropriate class:
Entangling Roots, Fae Silence, Ferocious Bite, Maul, Omens, Cat Form, Liberation, Pathfinding, Frost Nova, Blink, Fortuitous Spheres, Rapid Rolling, Afterlife, Harsh Words, Flash of Light, Alabaster Shield, Dazing Shield, Avenging Wrath, Templar's Verdict, Levitate, Holy Fire, Fade, Deadly Momentum, Stealth, Flame Shock, Thunder, Healing Storm, Healing Wave, Spiritwalker's Grace, Siphon Life, Drain Life, Demon Training, Ember Tap, Long Charge, Victory Rush, Bloodthirst, Gag Order
At level 50, the following Glyphs are automatically learned by characters of the appropriate class:
Might of Ursoc, Nature's Grasp, Rebirth, Rejuvenation, Savagery, Mending, Chimera Shot, Black Ice, Polymorph, Spinning Crane Kick, Denounce, Divine Storm, Word of Glory, Reflective Shield, Smite, Mind Blast, Recuperate, Totemic Recall, Fear, Executor
At level 60, the following Glyphs are automatically learned by characters of the appropriate class:
Dark Succor, Unholy Command, Death Grip
At level 75, the following Glyphs are automatically learned by characters of the appropriate class:
Death and Decay, Dash, Faerie Fire, Healing Touch, Master Shapeshifter, Misdirection, Slow, Frostfire Bolt, Water Elemental, Breath of Fire, Mana Tea, Fists of Fury, Light of Dawn, Final Wrath, Double Jeopardy, Penance, Renew, Dispersion, Ambush, Cheap Shot, Lightning Shield, Eternal Earth, Healthstone, Bull Rush, Enraged Speed, Shield Wall"
I'm not really leaning one way or another on these changes. It seems pretty obvious that Blizzard isn't happy with the glyph prices they are seeing on live realms.
They state that a low level player won't have enough gold to buy glyphs so they'll give them some.
By my rough count there are 86 glyphs listed above to become automatic (read free). If my calculations are correct this equals out to roughly 20% of the glyphs in the disappearing from scribes books.
As for how this effects the economy I honestly believe a large majority of players will simply use the "free" glyphs Blizzard will give them.
This will likely mean that glyph sales for all but the most desirable glyphs will dry up. If that happens glyph sellers can go one of two ways: sell even higher or sell even lower.
Which way they choose to go is likely going to be up to the glyph sellers on each realm/faction.
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4/02/2014
Jim's Twitch Raps - Beware!
What do you get when you mix rapping every so many Twitch followers, a mandatory 30 second delay on Twitch, lack of sleep, beatboxing, "rapping" and gold-making?
Apparently you get 15 "songs" of questionable-to-no artistic skill. I considered keeping these buried forever but figured it was worth sharing them for, you know, teh lulz.
Hit the "Play All" button on the embedded playlist above or pick your poison below. Warning: some of these are truly bad.
A few of my favorites include: Mutha Mutha Man, I Got The Sight, Bitin' At My Heels, and 60 60 60 60.
YouTube Playlist: Jim Raps
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- Rappin' All Night
- Welcome To The Stream
- ACubed!
- Mutha Mutha Man
- Make Another Silver
- Gotta Get Dem Greens
- I Got The Sight
- My Friend Shinn
- Bitin' At My Heels
- I'm So Cold
- Follow Us, Follow Us
- Gangster of Gold
- All Of My Followers
- What I Do
- 60 60 60 60
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4/01/2014
Power Word: Gold Now Covering WildStar Only!
(This was posted in April 1st and was an April Fool's Joke. Did you really think we could leave WoW?!) This wasn't an easy decision and we've been debating it ever since we played the WildStar beta a week ago but we've made the decision to switch Power Word: Gold from a blog, podcast, and livestream about making gold in World of Warcraft to exclusively covering the WildStar economy.
We know this is a radical shift in the direction of Power Word: Gold but we think that WildStar is the first game in the 8 years we've been creating, playing and covering MMOs that has a real chance of being comparable to, if not more popular than, World of Warcraft and its economy. Read on for more details.
3/28/2014
Enough WildStar To Choke A Space Horse
It's the weekend again and you know what that means: WildStar Pre-Order Beta Weekend! If we decide to pre-order we'll be enjoying ourselves in WildStar for the next few days. For those who haven't pre-ordered or are not in the Beta we have a truckload of gameplay videos for you to watch to get a feel for the game.
So far WildStar is one of the most promising MMO Betas we've played in years. Check out the videos and playlist below for over 6 hours of WildStar gameplay (and a bit of amateur psychology).
YouTube Playlist: Jim Plays WildStar!
YouTube: WildStar Gameplay Videos! Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part Special.
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3/26/2014
The "Bankless" Glyph System - Three Chars, Zero Banks!
YouTube: "Bankless" Glyph Selling Guide - Three Chars, Zero Banks!
My search for a glyph selling system that works for me continues. After 1.5 hours in glyph posting purgatory I decided there had to be a better way.
What I wanted to eliminate: running back and forth to bank dozens of times managing expired glyphs.
This video goes over my solution: Three glyph sellers each with four 36-slot Royal Scribe Satchels (which I farmed all the leather for and many many Molten Front fire spiders died to help make). Read on for more details on the "bankless" glyph system.
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3/24/2014
Glyph Posting Purgatory!!! - A Cautionary Tale
What do you get when you're still trying to figure out what the hell you're doing to deal with hundreds and hundreds of expired glyphs? Apparently you spend 1.5 hours mucking about. Ugh!
On a side note, after making this I came up with a new idea about how to deal with this. Might share more in the future. For now, whatcha see is whatcha get!
If nothing else this video shows what is really involved in selling a ton of glyphs. If you've never done it, grab a coffee and settle in. It's gonna be a long one.
YouTube: Glyph Posting Purgatory!!! - A Cautionary Tale
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Gold-Making With Jim! Episode #0349
YouTube: Gold-Making With Jim! #0349 (2.7M Gold+) by Jim Younkin
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3/19/2014
TradeSkillMaster Application (Beta) Preview
After tweeting that I was looking at the new TradeSkillMaster Application beta I was asked by a reader to post up some screenshots. Today I'll be giving you a brief overview of the current beta release of the new TradeSkillMaster Application.
The new application has some really neat tricks up its sleeve as well as a whole new backend that is quite exciting. This is a large departure from the previous application and puts it much more on par with services like The Undermine Journal and WoWuction. Read on for more.
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3/17/2014
Macros To Swap Your Bags To The Bank
A livestream viewer saw me using the bag to bank swap macros while doing my glyph selling routine. I thought I'd post them here so everyone can get the use.
Thanks to Faid of ClockworkRiot for sharing these macros with me. Eseven also pointed me to this post on The Consortium that had similar macros. Head past the jump for the macros.
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