Are you diversified? Getting your Alt on
Posted on 2009 under Professions (General) | 1 Comment4 Nov
WOW.com yesterday published an Addon of the week called Alt-a-holic. As someone who’s got more than half a dozen toons 70 or better, I have to say it’s handy. Blizzard makes leveling alts uber fast now with the ability BoA items bonus, enchaned XP’s below 70 and even Epic Flyers above 70. Ultimately they feed the alt-a-holic subset of players by make it ever so easy to spend more time in game dedicated to doing other things (tips hat to Blizzard, I’m sure someone is tracking average playtime).
Diversification can mean a couple different things, after the break well talk about what it means to me and to you.
The real question is do you level Alt’s specifically for professions? For me, I’ve got a couple alts that I don’t play heavily but I do make it a point to get them atleast to the point where I can leverage the profession functionality. For example, I’ve got a level 76 mage that I rarely play but he’s been maxed out in Jewlcrafting since a couple months after the expansion so I can atleast cut the core gems I generally need. Previously I had a rogue that was my pure farming toon, I got the epic flyer and had him specifically designed to collect all my herbs and ore but recently switched my farming toon to be my DK, he’s at 80 and dual spec’d with Unholy specifically for the speed bonus to improve farming time.
Although I enjoy playing multiple classes, my main is a holy priest that I raid with, I enjoy playing my tank and dps toons. But one important thing I find in getting my toons to 80 and getting professions up is the fact that I’m diversified. Not only am I able to leverage in-game changes to making gold, more importantly I’m able to make gold based on my play preferences. Personally I don’t really feel like standing at the Auction House for hours on end, the reality is I only go on those kicks a few times a year, the rest of the time when I’m wanting to make gold I’m also accounting for what I feel like doing or the toon I feel like playing.
I look at it this way, everything has an opportunity cost and one thing I put a value on in the opportunity cost is the value of my time and overall enjoyment of the game as a whole, not just my in-game balance sheet and P&L.
So that beckons the question, are you diversified?
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by Skarlarth and Company, on November 5 2009 @ 10:12 am
4 80’s
1 76
2 71’s
All crafting professions covered, multiple coverage on gathering professions.
Plus a low level AH alt and a DK with a Guild Bank.
I guess I am pretty close to accomplishing the goal I set out with nearly 5 years ago… I am a self contained economy!