Ok, ok, I have to admit it....I didn't play WoW on Sat, Sun, and Tue evenings because I was busy....with Lord of the Rings.
There! I said it!
I bought it on Saturday at Best Buy and just couldn't help but get sucked into it that night. The graphics were gorgeous, the story was compelling, and my youngest son had never seen the Peter Jackson movies.
Huh? Oh, yeah, the movies, silly! It was pretty cool sitting down with my wife and son to watch all three movies. Of course, I'm still upset with a couple of things about the movies - you take the shortest book (the Two Towers), and splice the beginning to the previous movie and the end to the following movie and put in a bunch of junk that never happened....NO!
AND, Faramir NEVER, (read that NEVER), falls under the spell of the ring. That just chaps my biscuits...
Anyways, it still was a visual and auditory masterpiece and very well done, inaccuracies non withstanding.
And as far as trying the LotROnline, I'll just end up coming back to WoW.....(you know I have to do this)....we loves it......we needs it....it's our.....PREEEEEEEEEEEECIOUSSSSSSSSSSS!
....precious....
Thursday, July 30, 2009
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
An Open Letter to Amava
(yeah, I sent this to him too! haha)
Hey Amava,
It has come to our attention here at Musings of a Nutjob, that yesterday was the two month anniversary of your last post. This situation has produced, among other things, some anxiety on our part as to your well being.
No, not that kind of anxiety, we're just worried that we will no longer be able to live vicariously through your exploits in Conquest (aka, the Dream Team). You already know our unique demands for entertainment need to be addressed in witty, multiple format, Amava written material and the absence of the aforementioned sustenance has had some serious affects on not only this person, but also the country as a whole.
Consider: How was the economy when you were posting? And how is it now? That's right, when you slowed down your posting, the economy tanked. Coincidence? I think not!
Consider: How close was Iran to having nuclear weapons when you were still posting? And how much closer are they now that you have stopped posting? I'm going to assign this blame to Obama, Congress, and...you.
Consider: Dale Earnhardt, Jr. was 18th in the points as of your last post; he now resides in 22nd and is falling farther behind. I'm no Jr. fan, but even I can see his lack of performance bound to the dearth of posting at Amava Knows Aggro.
I don't have time to go into other events that have precipitated from the emptiness that has been your blog, but I will just mention a few: Racial profiling, Adam losing American Idol, the death of Michael Jackson, and my dog crappin' on my carpet.
I'm planning on making this an open letter on my blog because I think it's just too dang funny to waste on only one person. I'm hoping that you feel the same and stop being so dang stingy with your thoughts!
Rusty out!
Hey Amava,
It has come to our attention here at Musings of a Nutjob, that yesterday was the two month anniversary of your last post. This situation has produced, among other things, some anxiety on our part as to your well being.
No, not that kind of anxiety, we're just worried that we will no longer be able to live vicariously through your exploits in Conquest (aka, the Dream Team). You already know our unique demands for entertainment need to be addressed in witty, multiple format, Amava written material and the absence of the aforementioned sustenance has had some serious affects on not only this person, but also the country as a whole.
Consider: How was the economy when you were posting? And how is it now? That's right, when you slowed down your posting, the economy tanked. Coincidence? I think not!
Consider: How close was Iran to having nuclear weapons when you were still posting? And how much closer are they now that you have stopped posting? I'm going to assign this blame to Obama, Congress, and...you.
Consider: Dale Earnhardt, Jr. was 18th in the points as of your last post; he now resides in 22nd and is falling farther behind. I'm no Jr. fan, but even I can see his lack of performance bound to the dearth of posting at Amava Knows Aggro.
I don't have time to go into other events that have precipitated from the emptiness that has been your blog, but I will just mention a few: Racial profiling, Adam losing American Idol, the death of Michael Jackson, and my dog crappin' on my carpet.
I'm planning on making this an open letter on my blog because I think it's just too dang funny to waste on only one person. I'm hoping that you feel the same and stop being so dang stingy with your thoughts!
Rusty out!
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Good News, Bad News
Good News:
I've been getting skill points crafting!
Bad News:
I've been spending gold to level crafting...
Good News:
My Glyph business is making money!
Bad News:
The undercutters have arrived...
Good News:
My Netherweave bags are selling like hot cakes!
Bad News:
There is a dearth of Netherweave cloth on the AH...
Good News:
Nitrodax went to Kara and got the Mongoose enchant!
Bad News:
Vanco has been sitting around twiddling his thumbs...
Good News:
This past week, I made a lot of gold!
Bad News:
This past week, I didn't actually play my toons very much...
Good News:
My gums are healing nicely from my surgery!
Bad News:
I still have to chew on the other side for two more weeks...
Good News:
We have a Tango lesson this Saturday!
Bad News:
Oh crap....we have a Tango lesson this Saturday....and we haven't practiced...
I've been getting skill points crafting!
Bad News:
I've been spending gold to level crafting...
Good News:
My Glyph business is making money!
Bad News:
The undercutters have arrived...
Good News:
My Netherweave bags are selling like hot cakes!
Bad News:
There is a dearth of Netherweave cloth on the AH...
Good News:
Nitrodax went to Kara and got the Mongoose enchant!
Bad News:
Vanco has been sitting around twiddling his thumbs...
Good News:
This past week, I made a lot of gold!
Bad News:
This past week, I didn't actually play my toons very much...
Good News:
My gums are healing nicely from my surgery!
Bad News:
I still have to chew on the other side for two more weeks...
Good News:
We have a Tango lesson this Saturday!
Bad News:
Oh crap....we have a Tango lesson this Saturday....and we haven't practiced...
Monday, July 27, 2009
Netherweave Bags, Part II
Alright, so you know the how, but what about the why?
Why do Netherweave bags sell on a consistent basis?
I've come up with a couple of reasons why this item is the best selling container:
1. The mats (ergo the price).
When compared to other bags, the Netherweave bags are the simplest to make as they require only the cloth + thread. Runecloth bags require Rugged Lether, and Imbued Netherweave bags and Frostweave bags require enchanting mats. Usually, less mats (or less unique mats) converts to less cost. Not always, but definitely true in this case.
And less cost means people are willing to make them.
2. Price per slot. The Netherweave bag price works out to be around 50 silver per slot; while smaller bags offer slightly better price per slot, they fall off in value in that they just don't carry as much. This is where the whole (the total bag space) is more valuable than the parts (the slots).
The larger bags have a much bigger price per slot, so it appears that the Netherweave bags are just big enough.
3. BoE. That's right, they're Bind on Equip. While this might not seem to be significant, it's huge for the market. BoE means that when little Johnny gets all jacked up about starting a Warlock and buys all Netherweave bags for it, and then abandons it at level 6...I make money, and Johnny sells the bags to a vendor for a gold each.
Then, next month, when Johnny gets all excited about rolling a Druid....well, I'm sure you can see the pattern. I like Johnny. I like him a lot!
So, there you have it. Availability, value, and consumption combine to create a steady, profitible market where I can make some coin!
Why do Netherweave bags sell on a consistent basis?
I've come up with a couple of reasons why this item is the best selling container:
1. The mats (ergo the price).
When compared to other bags, the Netherweave bags are the simplest to make as they require only the cloth + thread. Runecloth bags require Rugged Lether, and Imbued Netherweave bags and Frostweave bags require enchanting mats. Usually, less mats (or less unique mats) converts to less cost. Not always, but definitely true in this case.
And less cost means people are willing to make them.
2. Price per slot. The Netherweave bag price works out to be around 50 silver per slot; while smaller bags offer slightly better price per slot, they fall off in value in that they just don't carry as much. This is where the whole (the total bag space) is more valuable than the parts (the slots).
The larger bags have a much bigger price per slot, so it appears that the Netherweave bags are just big enough.
3. BoE. That's right, they're Bind on Equip. While this might not seem to be significant, it's huge for the market. BoE means that when little Johnny gets all jacked up about starting a Warlock and buys all Netherweave bags for it, and then abandons it at level 6...I make money, and Johnny sells the bags to a vendor for a gold each.
Then, next month, when Johnny gets all excited about rolling a Druid....well, I'm sure you can see the pattern. I like Johnny. I like him a lot!
So, there you have it. Availability, value, and consumption combine to create a steady, profitible market where I can make some coin!
Netherweave Bags
I'm a bit leery about posting this, but it's been a while since I wrote something useful.
Everybody knows that I sell Netherweave Bags on a fairly consistent basis, and that it's a pretty lucrative business. So, how do I do it?
First of all, since leaving Outlands on Vanco, I stopped collecting Netherweave cloth in the course of questing, so I buy all of my mats off the Auction House.
For those of you who don't know, 1 stack of Netherweave = 20 Netherweave = 4 Bolts of Netherweave = 1 Netherweave bag (with the addition of 1 Rune Thread).
Rune Thread costs Daxie 40 silver.
Stacks of Netherweave cost anywhere from 3 to 6 gold.
I sell Netherweave bags for either 9.25 gold or 10.25 gold, depending on the market.
There is one particular tactic that I use to make sure that I have bags to sell - Every time I log in on my bank toon, I buy up all the Netherweave cloth that is priced under the current market price.
Sometimes, I don't buy any because the price is at 115% or greater; other times, I buy up stacks and stacks and stacks because someone graciously posted 20 stacks at 75% of the market price. I love those guys.
So, my costs are averaged around 4.5 gold, and my sales are around 9.5 gold. 5 gold profit, or I double my money - either way you look at it, I'm makin' bank!
The sweet part of using this tactic is that I have deprived the other Netherweave bag sellers of cheap mats, and they either have to farm it up themselves or buy more expensive mats. Either way I come out good because most players won't go farm Netherweave and more expensive mats = more expensive bags = my bags sell.
Everybody knows that I sell Netherweave Bags on a fairly consistent basis, and that it's a pretty lucrative business. So, how do I do it?
First of all, since leaving Outlands on Vanco, I stopped collecting Netherweave cloth in the course of questing, so I buy all of my mats off the Auction House.
For those of you who don't know, 1 stack of Netherweave = 20 Netherweave = 4 Bolts of Netherweave = 1 Netherweave bag (with the addition of 1 Rune Thread).
Rune Thread costs Daxie 40 silver.
Stacks of Netherweave cost anywhere from 3 to 6 gold.
I sell Netherweave bags for either 9.25 gold or 10.25 gold, depending on the market.
There is one particular tactic that I use to make sure that I have bags to sell - Every time I log in on my bank toon, I buy up all the Netherweave cloth that is priced under the current market price.
Sometimes, I don't buy any because the price is at 115% or greater; other times, I buy up stacks and stacks and stacks because someone graciously posted 20 stacks at 75% of the market price. I love those guys.
So, my costs are averaged around 4.5 gold, and my sales are around 9.5 gold. 5 gold profit, or I double my money - either way you look at it, I'm makin' bank!
The sweet part of using this tactic is that I have deprived the other Netherweave bag sellers of cheap mats, and they either have to farm it up themselves or buy more expensive mats. Either way I come out good because most players won't go farm Netherweave and more expensive mats = more expensive bags = my bags sell.
Thursday, July 23, 2009
New Business
So, I'm sticking my nose into the Glyph business just to see how the market is and if there's room for another Inscriptionist.
My first impression is that there seems to be just one major player in the market. Of course, that's just one snapshot, so I'll need more information to make a better assessment.
I do have quite a bit of information on the market prices of the various glyphs, so I made a list of the more lucrative ones and created one of each. I also wrote down all of the glyphs, the ink used to make them, and the price that I listed it at. Yeah, a booking.
I made around 200 gold over night. Not bad, eh? My plan is to list just one of each of the profitable glyphs in hopes that I won't tank the market or attract the attention of the major player. Of course, I've targeted the glyphs above 10 gold, and the mats are pretty cheap (I think), so I could undercut pretty far before it becomes unprofitable. I'm already regretting selling all of the herbs I gathered on Vanco as he's been leveling Herbalism.
I could also look at the middle glyph market (from 3-10 gold) and see what the competition is like in that arena. Daxe is still working on Northrend Research, so I'm sure the glyphs I'm discovering will also have some marketablility.
My other business of selling Netherweave bags nets me anywhere from 30-80+ gold/day depending on how many times I have to post bags (4 at a time, no more) and the current market price.
And I need to grab a bunch of Borean Leather to convert to Heavy Borean Leather as I've sold all of my stacks. This activity is profitable; it's just not a quick profit. As per Greedy Goblin, I need to look at the Ruined Leather Scraps -> Light Leather and the Knothide Leather -> Heavy Knothide Leather conversions as well.
So, why the sudden interest in gold making? Well, Daxie got this Bronze Dragon from the timed Culling of Stratholme and can't use it until she gets epic flying. I know, I know, 3.2 is going to lower the cost (and I may wait), but I'd like to have the money to burn and not have it affect my liquidity. Yeah, that's it, I don't wanna be poor.
My first impression is that there seems to be just one major player in the market. Of course, that's just one snapshot, so I'll need more information to make a better assessment.
I do have quite a bit of information on the market prices of the various glyphs, so I made a list of the more lucrative ones and created one of each. I also wrote down all of the glyphs, the ink used to make them, and the price that I listed it at. Yeah, a booking.
I made around 200 gold over night. Not bad, eh? My plan is to list just one of each of the profitable glyphs in hopes that I won't tank the market or attract the attention of the major player. Of course, I've targeted the glyphs above 10 gold, and the mats are pretty cheap (I think), so I could undercut pretty far before it becomes unprofitable. I'm already regretting selling all of the herbs I gathered on Vanco as he's been leveling Herbalism.
I could also look at the middle glyph market (from 3-10 gold) and see what the competition is like in that arena. Daxe is still working on Northrend Research, so I'm sure the glyphs I'm discovering will also have some marketablility.
My other business of selling Netherweave bags nets me anywhere from 30-80+ gold/day depending on how many times I have to post bags (4 at a time, no more) and the current market price.
And I need to grab a bunch of Borean Leather to convert to Heavy Borean Leather as I've sold all of my stacks. This activity is profitable; it's just not a quick profit. As per Greedy Goblin, I need to look at the Ruined Leather Scraps -> Light Leather and the Knothide Leather -> Heavy Knothide Leather conversions as well.
So, why the sudden interest in gold making? Well, Daxie got this Bronze Dragon from the timed Culling of Stratholme and can't use it until she gets epic flying. I know, I know, 3.2 is going to lower the cost (and I may wait), but I'd like to have the money to burn and not have it affect my liquidity. Yeah, that's it, I don't wanna be poor.
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Looking back
For those of you who have been reading for a while, I'm sure that it comes as no surprise that when I get busy at work, I tend to let the blog go. Hence, my lack of posting last week.
This week, since I had surgery yesterday and WoW is down for maintenance, I have plenty of time for posting. Yay!
Only, what I really wanted to post about and compile, was a list of Heroic drops for Death Knight tanks, but along with WoW, the Armory is down. Boo!
So, I thought I'd really research the Frost tree as it applies to tanking. But again....the talent calculators are down. Double Boo!!
So, I took Denali for a walk.
Currently, we are working on Sit and Stay. Last week, we put her into a Sit/Stay and walked circles around her while keeping her in that position. This week, we are expanding that to putting her into a Sit/Stay position and doing some sort of activity like cooking, getting ready, making the bed, you get the idea.
Well, so far, she's had limited success, but then again, we're just starting this training, so it's to be expected. Right now, she needs the leash on her to be prompted into the Sit position, but hopefully soon, we'll be able to just command her to sit, and she will.
This coming Thursday, we'll learn about Heel, and I can't wait to get her trained to that! From what Larry said, we will be using the command Heel to call her.
After that, we'll learn the command Heal, and she'll be able to run some instances on Daxie for me while I'm at work. I'm liking this having a dog thing!
This week, since I had surgery yesterday and WoW is down for maintenance, I have plenty of time for posting. Yay!
Only, what I really wanted to post about and compile, was a list of Heroic drops for Death Knight tanks, but along with WoW, the Armory is down. Boo!
So, I thought I'd really research the Frost tree as it applies to tanking. But again....the talent calculators are down. Double Boo!!
So, I took Denali for a walk.
Currently, we are working on Sit and Stay. Last week, we put her into a Sit/Stay and walked circles around her while keeping her in that position. This week, we are expanding that to putting her into a Sit/Stay position and doing some sort of activity like cooking, getting ready, making the bed, you get the idea.
Well, so far, she's had limited success, but then again, we're just starting this training, so it's to be expected. Right now, she needs the leash on her to be prompted into the Sit position, but hopefully soon, we'll be able to just command her to sit, and she will.
This coming Thursday, we'll learn about Heel, and I can't wait to get her trained to that! From what Larry said, we will be using the command Heel to call her.
After that, we'll learn the command Heal, and she'll be able to run some instances on Daxie for me while I'm at work. I'm liking this having a dog thing!
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