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A recent GDKP TOTC25 run in my server turned out to be a very disappointing ninja run. At the end of the raid, the raid leader went offline and never returned. Of course everyone got pissed and started opening a GM ticket to report the incident. A friend of mine who was part of the TOTC25 run said in the ticket that a GDKP ninja is considered an in-game scam and should be punished accordingly. Furthermore, he stated in the ticket that if Blizzard turns a blind eye on the GDKP ninja, they are allowing scamming and possibly RMT. The GM replied that the ninja would be banned and all the gold would be returned to the raid participants (sorry, no screenshots).

From this story a successful punishment for GDKP ninjas are reports  from most raid participants and a detailed description of what happened. Furthermore, a professional letter to the GM is most advisable. No “OMG PLS BAN XXXXX HE NINJAD OUR GOLD IN GDKP RAID. BAN HIM NOW” would be successful. Stating the situation very clearly and formally will help the GM figure out the incident and take action as quickly as possible. State the date and time, what raid, the name of the ninja, how much gold was taken (if possible), and give a very good reason why the ninja’s actions should be punished (e.g. scamming, possibly RMT, etc.).

Future GDKP Ninjas be warned! You will be punished!

There’s some info going around that some people farm battered hilt from PoS. If you’re lucky enough to get even one drop in a day, that’s not too bad. It will, however, require a lot of patience if you’re soloing it. Some decide to bring 2 or 3 along with them and farm the skeletons and the mobs. While personally I haven’t tried this yet, I did a little googling myself so you won’t have to.

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I saw this on the trade channel the other day and it’s ingenuity surprised me. He is selling all the materials needed to level engineer from 1-350.If only I had a toon that can use another profession, I’d probably bought this engineer pack!

I guess he read an engineer leveling guide from the internet and used the estimated materials needed.  There are three ways he could have obtained all the materials: One is to farm it all by himself, two is to wait until the materials are cheap in the AH before buying them out, three is to use little bit of both. I can only guess why he’s only selling up to 350 skill. Maybe northrend materials are readily available anyway? IDK.

If you’re planning to do something similar to this, I suggest listing all the materials you need in an excel file along with its price so you can price your profession package accordingly and profit from it. Tell anyone who’s interested in buying your package that he will receive all the materials listed in (insert profession leveling website). Also, ask him to prepare A LOT of bank space.

Ever since random dungeons were first implemented, there was a confusion whether or not to need or greed on frozen orbs. Every server has its own culture whether or not to need or greed, and my server needs all the time. By the time my server was playing with other servers in random dungeons, we were all called orb ninjas. Eventually, the price of frozen orb dropped so much it almost matched its vendor price. Need or greed no longer mattered as frozen orbs were almost considered trash loot. Some even just passed.

Now, with the upcoming patch 3.3.3, frozen orbs will become a currency. Even servers who usually just go “greed” on orbs suddenly presses “need”. Some people wait until someone selects “need” before they “need” as well to avoid ninjas. There are some sneaky people who will go /afk just when the orb drops so the players will become impatient and just leave the instance, and then when the player is the only one left, he’ll “need” on it. Everyone wants the orbs now!

Just to avoid ninjas and QQ on orbs, tell the group as soon as the dungeon starts to roll “need” on orb.Using a macro helps.

/party Just roll need on frozen orbs to avoid ninjas

Frozen orbs has gone up to 20g+ each and people have been stocking up on it, thinking the price will go much higher when patch 3.3.3 hits. A chance to get an extra 20+ gold worth in a run is something you could no longer pass on, nor could you lose it because of a ninja. Just roll “need!”

As said in the patch 3.3.3 notes, most glyphs that require 2 inks to make are going to be reduced to 1 ink. If you’ve never have any scribe in any of your alts, for your information, this is (imo) the easiest profession to powerlevel. If you’re only looking for a cheap profession to give your armor some bonus, this is it. With patch 3.3.3, it will even become cheaper.

The way Inscription is leveled is very far from the usual 1-450 profession guides you’ve seen in the internet. Those guides require you to buy old school herbs, mill them, make inks and then craft yellow/orange glyphs. The alternative way of leveling it would be either buying herbs, asking someone to mill it for you and make inks, or buy Ink of the Sea directly from the AH. These inks of the sea are then going to be traded to Jessica Sellers for old world inks, which then you will use to make your glyphs.

This method is a lot cheaper than buying ridiculously overpriced old world herbs, milling them, and then making glyphs. Plus, with patch 3.3.3, most glyphs that require 2 inks to make will be nerfed to 1 ink, which further decreases the cost of powerleveling inscription. Essentialy, you’ll only need to have 450++ Inks of the Sea to max out Inscription. In my server, with 3g for each Inks of the Sea, that’s only about 1350++ gold plus the parchments of course.

Patch 3.3.3 is coming soon and there are a lot of changes going to be made with items/professions. From the looks of the changes, it seems Blizzard isn’t happy with only a handful of people making a lot of money from the AH.

Note: Patch 3.3.3. Patch Notes

Inscription

Most recipes that required 2 inks now only require 1.

The glyph market is usually run by 5-6 people continuously undercutting one another every 30 minutes. Since glyphs are in demand and costs really low to produce, scribes make a lot of money of off this. When patch 3.3.3 comes, however, expect a lot of people to powerlevel inscription, and a huge increase of glyph players in the market.

Mining

Titansteel Bar: Creating this item no longer results in a cooldown.

Those miners who make their money from making titansteel bars will get pissed with this update. Price of Titansteel Bars will definitely take a plunge. From a 20 hour cooldown ability to zero, titansteel bar price will go down as well. On the somehow brighter side, crafting mechano-hogs will cost less and engineers could take advantage of this and sell more frequently.

Tailoring

Glacial Bag: Creating this item now invokes a 7-day cooldown.

The cooldown and location requirements have been removed from creating Moonshroud, Spellweave and Ebonweave.

Moonshroud, Spellweave and Ebonweave prices will drop like flies. DO NOT BUY any of these before patch 3.3.3. Or if you’re a tailor, try and sell as much of these as you can before the patch hits. The AH will be flooded with these cloths few days after patch 3.3.3 hits, and will definitely become a cheap piece of crap. On the somehow brighter side, crafting epics will become more affordable.

Frozo the Renowned has moved into the Dalaran Magus Commerce Exchange and will be trading your Frozen Orb for various other trade goods.

Other trade goods means:

• Crusader Orb (6 orbs)
• Runed Orb (4 orbs)
• Eternal Fire
• Eternal Earth
• Eternal Water
• Eternal Air
• Eternal Life
• Eternal Shadow
• Frost Lotus
• Pattern: Frosty Flying Carpet [Tailors Only] (6 orbs)

I’m sure you’ve noticed advertisements in the trade channel wanting to purchase frozen orbs in unlimited numbers. I guess Blizzard became unhappy when frozen orbs dropped to as low as 6 gold when its vendor price is already 5 gold. Finally, frozen orbs will be useful once again. Buyout frozen orbs as cheap as you can now. When patch 3.3.3 hits, its price will greatly increase because hell, you can purchase Frost Lotus with it! Now, when frozen orbs drop in heroics, I think people will want to roll need on it to prevent ninjas.