Originally Posted by
Dragon9870
I actually have a question to ask anyone who cares so much about the AH thing: "Who cares?"
Gold doesn't really hold much significance when all the vital stuff just keeps getting nerfed in price. To get ALL levels of mount (including 310) and Northrend, Azeroth, and Pandarian flying, it's only ~12.5k. Exclude 310 and it drops to ~7.5k. Of which as you level, you gain that, if not, more than that, with all the gold from quests, dungeons, kills, and stuff you vendor across the way.
Besides to a new player, the only big thing about gold atm is the BMAH and vanity items. Repairs, enchants, gems, food, and flasks are typically given to you by your guild. If you don't raid or are part of a serious PvP team, why do you need these items anyways? And if you "need" them for some reason, they really aren't that expensive when dungeons and LFR practically hand you gold (remember all those times you didn't get gear/got gear you didn't need in LFR? LOOKIT ALL THAT GOLD IT IS/BECOMES).
I don't see making a profit as that big of an issue anymore because of it. Should you still have money issues, change your professions accordingly so you can:
- Get ore/gems on a miner toon
-- Give ore/gems to a JC toon to get cut gems for your main's gear
-- Give ore to a BS toon if you're a plate user for plate gear
- Get herbs on an herbalist toon
-- Give herbs to an alchemist toon to make potions/flasks for your main's raids
-- Give some herbs to a scribe toon to make the shoulder enchant for your main's gear
- Get leather/scales on a skinning toon
-- Give leather/scales to a LW toon if your main uses leather or mail for your main's gear
--- Also for the leg enchant if you're a Melee, Hunter, or Tank
- Collect cloth on your main (or a tailor to collect it a bit faster)
-- Give cloth to a tailor toon to make you bags and cloth armor if your main uses cloth
--- Also for the leg enchant if you're a Caster or Healer
--- Also use said cloth to make greens to give to an enchanter toon
- Collect greens on your main (or BoP items on an enchanter to be vastly more efficient; make your main an enchanter for this reason if you want to be as efficient as possible)
-- Give BoE items you find to your enchanter for your enchanting needs
So where gold was needed for all this stuff, you're now self-sufficient in:
- Gems
- Enchants
- Consumables (feasts are usually supplied by RL anyways, but should they not be, take up cooking; it's very cheap nowadays anyways)
The only thing you'll need to supply (if your guild doesn't for some reason) is repairs, which, when you do a lot of LFD/LFR or Dailies, it isn't that bad at all.