Money-Making Tips for PvP'ers
by Mike D'Anna 
Mar 6th 2006 at 4:15PM
For
all of you out there on PvP servers trying to make ends meet, you already know how much more difficult it is to save up
gold on a PvP server than a PvE one. The very nature of the beast makes money & experience more difficult to come
by. Thankfully, there are a few ways to make good money in a PvP setting...you just have to be willing to take the
risk.On PvP servers, contested & enemy lands are dangerous territories, where people normally only venture in groups. But, these dangerous areas can also be the source of substantial wealth, if you are willing to go where other players fear to tread. No, I'm not talking about trying to solo Scholo; I mean exporting/importing: trade goods & crafting items that are only found in enemy & contested lands can reap big profits on the auction house.
If you are an Alliance fisherman, for example, you can make some nice gold by sneaking over to the Stagnant Oasis & fishing for Deviate Fish. It's a dangerous trip, as the Oasis is right outside the Horde town of Crossroads, but because Deviates are used in several recipes, and are easy to obtain there, you can command a nice price on the AH for your 'specially imported' fish.
I don't want to give away all my money-making secrets, but by using this same principle, you can make a good, solid income this way quite easily; I was able to save enough gold for my mount by the time I reached 35, simply from following this formula. If anyone else knows some good export items for either faction, send in your tips!
Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Tips, How-tos, Odds and ends, Economy
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
PLex Mar 6th 2006 4:40PM
Allies can make dinero using this formula trying to aquire the big iron fishing pole off the cost of the horde's silverprey village in desolace... the pole will go for a good 15-25g.
srammij Mar 7th 2006 2:45PM
I love the fact that nobody commented.
Not that this isn't a good topic... but everyone's protective of their gold!
I have to agree though... raising money on a PvP is pretty tough.
Mike Mar 7th 2006 3:58PM
Not only did no one comment, but the OP even said in his post that he didn't want to actually give away any more of his secrets! So here we have a thread purportedly created to promote the sharing of "Money Making Tips for PVPers" that has thus far only mentioned one such tip.
Dipdudu Mar 7th 2006 4:34PM
I've never played a PVE server, but I find PvP very easy to make money on. The trick is to work the AH. Focus on trade goods, everything else is too hard to sell, trade goods are always in demand and get used up. Focus on trade goods with low deposits. Enchanter's goods are ideal since they cost nothing to auction, there's almost no reason to ever have shards or dust in the bank.
Watch for glut events where an expensive material will be driven down, either by a population shift (large populations level together and changes zones), or a farmer push. Buy those out and wait. Sometimes it's just a matter of Thursday buys and Sunday sells at 200% profit.
When you're reselling, farmers are there for you to exploit.
Inflation is your best friend.
Another ideal situation is a wide price range. If there is 40-50% between the low and high, buyout the low then resell it somewhere below the high price.
Many small sales are more profitable than a few big ones.
Never bother with a material that has more than one screen worth of auctions (50). With a few exceptions, the only people who will sell those are undercutters.
An open market is a chance to kite prices up. Sacrifice a few deposits so others will price under you. Then cancel and undercut them.
Auction-gank flooders and farmers. If someone posts a few screens of something at a low price, try to under-flood them then bid on all their stuff. Ideally you can do this and still make a minimal profit. When it's an item with a high deposit this can be especially satisfying.
There are always other things to do. On my server (not telling), Rugged Leather prices are currently down below 1.5g. However Rugged Armor Kits are selling for 1.75g. You can make two with each stack of leather. Buy at 1.5g (or better), make two armor kits, sell for 3.5g. Two gold profit isn't bad for one trip between the AH and mailbox.
Using these ideas and others, I can usually pull in a few hundred gold a weekend.