I'm sure every one of you who have played a MMORPG have come across gold sellers. These are generally stereotyped as the "Chinese Gold Farmer". Granted, most gold farmers come from China. In fact China generated 5 BILLION dollars, yes that's a B for Billion, in RMT (real money transactions) last year alone. There is obviously a high demand for virtual items and people are willing to pay real life cash for it.
In the late 90's I made quite a bit of money selling gold and virtual real estate in Ultima Online but with the changes EA made to the game many players were driven from the game, myself included. With the economic downturn I once again found myself returning to the world of RMT's.
In the past I had supplied IGE with gold and accounts. I knew from experience that it was not one of the fly by night scam trading sites. I contacted them at let them know that I was willing to sell a large amount of gold on my normal World of Warcraft server. Within minutes I was contacted via instant messenger by Pusada.com.
After some initial confusion on my part (I wasn't expecting any responses that quickly) we agreed on the price (about $7 per 1000g) and arranged the first of 3 future trades. Pusada.com generally uses one of two methods when it comes to trading gold. They will either do a face to face trade or they will invite you into a guild and you deposit the money into the guild bank.
What is great about Pusada.com is that they will stay on the instant messenger with you the whole time until you have verified that you have recieved payment. They pay instantly via PayPal so you don't have to worry so much about the security of the transaction.
All in all I have made about $350 in sales to Pusada.com and thus far have been very impressed with the timeliness and sales experience as a whole. I would reccomend Pusada.com to anyone who is looking for a trustworthy buyer of gold.
I do have to note that they are an IGE.com supplier, and while they are American owned and operated and do not spam the trade chats, they do supply an industry giant that is reviled by many for perpetuating the Chinese Gold Farmer stereotype.
**This is a review of the botting program Gnometools**
If you don't like botting, don't read it.
If you don't like botting, don't read it.
By now most players of World of Warcraft are aware of the multitude of programs that duplicate a players actions without the said player being at his computer. These programs are technically against the terms of service for many MMO's as well as World of Warcraft. While many people think these programs are on the same level as hacks, many people have found that by using them they not only get to enjoy the game on their terms, but also have more time for their friends and family. With that out of the way lets get on with the review.
Gnometools is a bot for World of Warcraft. It allows you to play the game without actually being there if you so choose (I wouldn't reccomend afking with it yet). Here is a quick rundown of it's features:
Gnometools is a bot for World of Warcraft. It allows you to play the game without actually being there if you so choose (I wouldn't reccomend afking with it yet). Here is a quick rundown of it's features:
- Compatiable with Glider profiles
- Customizable Fight Book lets you decide how your character will fight
- Easily set up your on profiles so you can farm whatever you like
- Enjoy real life while you're bot grinds out levels or farms or whatever
All in all it's got the same features as just about every bot that's out there now. Since I've given you a little rundown of it's features I'll go ahead and give it's cons too.
- Still in development so there are some bugs
- Not very easy to set up
- You must know a little about macros and how to play your class to configure your fightbook
- Can not use flying mounts as of this time
- Isn't always consistent with the gathering of materiels
Gnometools is a great bot so far, I've leveled a paladin from 1-20 with it. It's not perfect, it's definatly not easy to set up, it's got it's buts; but it is stable and currently undetected by Warden.
Speaking of Warden NO CURRENT BOT IS UNDETECTABLE they are merely undetected by Warden but that can change at a moments notice. I myself think that Gnometools might be a little more secure in terms of detection simply because it's community is smaller than other bots out there and there have been no heavily posted detection methods to it. It is also highly reccomended by many at MMOwned which includes many notable Warden subject matter experts as it's members.
My opinion of Gnometools? Use it if you like, it's a decent botting program and getting better every day. I wouldn't suggest AFK botting with it though at this point unless you have a perfect profile that you know will not get stuck easily or a great fightbook. Here comes a shameless plug, if you're on the GT english forums be sure to check out my Survival Hunter fightbook and rotation and give me some feedback on how it's working.
Speaking of Warden NO CURRENT BOT IS UNDETECTABLE they are merely undetected by Warden but that can change at a moments notice. I myself think that Gnometools might be a little more secure in terms of detection simply because it's community is smaller than other bots out there and there have been no heavily posted detection methods to it. It is also highly reccomended by many at MMOwned which includes many notable Warden subject matter experts as it's members.
My opinion of Gnometools? Use it if you like, it's a decent botting program and getting better every day. I wouldn't suggest AFK botting with it though at this point unless you have a perfect profile that you know will not get stuck easily or a great fightbook. Here comes a shameless plug, if you're on the GT english forums be sure to check out my Survival Hunter fightbook and rotation and give me some feedback on how it's working.
These Addons are safe for use with Warcraft, they are not bots or hacks.
Making gold in World of Warcraft is pretty simple, but if you would like to be more efficant in your gold making there are several addons that will make it much easier for you.
Auctioneer: This is a mod by Norganna. It is an auction house mod that lets you easily post auctions as well as gathers vital data on what items are being sold for on your server. With this mod you can easily search auction data to see what is being sold below market value so that you may snatch it up and resell for a profit.
Gatherer: This is an essential tool for those of use with gathering professions. It marks on the map and radar where prior nodes have been gathered so you don't waste time running circuits in an area that has little or not spawns of whatever you're looking for.
Wowhead Gatherer Database: An addon that has the entire wowhead database of node gathers preloaded. Makes the Gatherer mod more efficient.
Cartographer: A Map modification that allows you to turn off the Fog of War that clouds the map until you've explored the zone. This is a good feature that lets you see where the settlements in the zone you've just entered is.
AtlasLoot: This mod allows you to see what loop drops from what bosses in an instance. Looking for a certain piece of gear but don't know where it drops? This is the mod for you.
Quest Helper: This is a quest log/map modification that places a waypoint on the map pointing you to where you need to go for whatever quest you are on. While I wasn't a big fan of it a couple years ago, it has improved drastically over the last year and a half.
Lightheaded: If your Quest Helper isn't quite giving you the information you need to figure out a quest, this mod will put the comments from wowhead.com right into your quest log.
Auctioneer: This is a mod by Norganna. It is an auction house mod that lets you easily post auctions as well as gathers vital data on what items are being sold for on your server. With this mod you can easily search auction data to see what is being sold below market value so that you may snatch it up and resell for a profit.
Gatherer: This is an essential tool for those of use with gathering professions. It marks on the map and radar where prior nodes have been gathered so you don't waste time running circuits in an area that has little or not spawns of whatever you're looking for.
Wowhead Gatherer Database: An addon that has the entire wowhead database of node gathers preloaded. Makes the Gatherer mod more efficient.
Cartographer: A Map modification that allows you to turn off the Fog of War that clouds the map until you've explored the zone. This is a good feature that lets you see where the settlements in the zone you've just entered is.
AtlasLoot: This mod allows you to see what loop drops from what bosses in an instance. Looking for a certain piece of gear but don't know where it drops? This is the mod for you.
Quest Helper: This is a quest log/map modification that places a waypoint on the map pointing you to where you need to go for whatever quest you are on. While I wasn't a big fan of it a couple years ago, it has improved drastically over the last year and a half.
Lightheaded: If your Quest Helper isn't quite giving you the information you need to figure out a quest, this mod will put the comments from wowhead.com right into your quest log.
This particular Method requires that you have a lv80 with 450 Mining and at least 305 Engineering. Epic Flying and Cold Weather Flying is also helpful.
Right now on my server the price of Saronite Ore is 20g a stack while Eternal Fire's sell for about 20g each. I consistently make about 2500g a day by spending about 4 hours circling Sholozar Basin and mining the Saronite and sucking up any clouds I find. Yeah it's not super money and it's a pain to farm that long, but it's 2500g that you probably wouldn't have made in 4 hours before that.
This method will only work for characters who are at least lv50 and have 375+ JC/Chanting
Need to make some quick money to get your cold weather flying, or do you just need some extra chanting mats? This particular method as noted above is for characters who have the Jewelcrafting and Enchant profession. It also requires that you have the Wrath of the Lich King expansion for World of Warcraft. This particular method is best if you have a friend or an alt that is a miner as you'll need Northrend gems such as Sun Crystals or Bloodstones and Crystallized Earth. In a worse case scenario you could purchase the mats on the auction house as the gems tend to be inexpensive now that WOTLK has been out for a few months now. This will eat into your profit or leveling efficancy.
Five Easy Steps to make cheap chanting mats to sell for a profit:
- Obtain several stacks of Northrend gems like Sun Crystals
- Obtain several Eternal Earths (convert them to Crystallized Earth)
- Using the above materials create Sun Rock Rings
- Disenchant the rings
- Post the mats on the Auction House (No deposit!) or use them to level your chanting.
Using this method will net you quite a bit of Infinite Dust and Lesser Cosmic Essences. These sell on the AH for much more than you'll have put into the mats if you gathered them yourself. Your profit margin will of course by less if you purchased the mats on the Auction House.
About Me
- ghost_soul
- Chattanoga, TN, United States
- Ghost_Soul is a citizen soldier who has been deployed several times in the last few years. He has used World of Warcraft to stay connected with friends and family back home. Over the course of time he has learned how to quickly make gold in the game and has dabbled in the Grey areas of the EULA.