How to utilize 500g as a fairly new player? (what to prioritize)

Graff-nathrezim · August 28, 2020, 2:24pm

That’s actually a bad thing to spend it on. Yes, at 60 it will be nice to have max tailoring for the ZG crafted stuff but enchanting will probably never make your money back. It costs too much to level, you’re better off just tipping others to get enchants.

Go two gathering skills until you can wear the bloodvine items, then drop one gathering skill and max tailoring. I’d suggest taking herbalism as one of the gather skills and keep that at 60. It will make you a ton of money.

Mihai-kirtonos · August 28, 2020, 2:48pm

Make sure to buy Bottomless Bags as your 4 primary bags, and then make sure to win 6 Onyxia Hide Bags as your bank bags.Don’t listen to the people that say only aim for 16 slotters, unless you want to sell yourself short.However you won’t achieve these bags with that little amount of gold, so I suggest when you get enough gold that you aim for greatness and not lowness.

Lockus-arugal · August 28, 2020, 3:22pm

Abnoba:

Those items have minor stats and spell power which can and should last until level 60 when you can farm more gold and buy better items or farm them from dungeons.

In your 30s you will receive a quest to go to the Barrens as a warlock, one of those quest rewards will give you a spell power staff, do not choose the off hand and do not choose Fire Spell power. Choose the shadow spell power staff. You will also naturally gain soul shard bags through these class quests. I believe if I remember correctly they are level 34 quests, there are two quests and you can only choose one to complete iirc. Make sure to google them to do the right one.

You can also buy “Traveler’s Backpacks” they are 16 slot bags and are 16-24g usually on most servers. There is no point in buying 18 slot bags.

tyvm!! really helpful and good info… appreciate posts like these

btw, traveler’s 16slot and mooncloth are the same right? wonder why are they few gold’s cheaper…

i’ll look out AH when i get closer to those levels (43/45), and btw any specific weapon/wand that i should look out for as well?

Naelana-benediction · August 28, 2020, 3:54pm

18 slotters is a silly idea, like other said. This is a VERY endgame thing that is a massive gold dump for minimal benefit. I’m’ guessing you had no idea how much they cost haha.

12-14 slotters are PERFECT for any new player as they gives most bang for buck. For just 5-10gold you’ll have pretty much all the space you’ll ever need at that point in the game. 16 slotters are nice when you’re reasonably well-off (which might be your case) and can splurge a bit but they are quite less efficient per gold.

Yeah rest goes into mounts to get them asap.

Mihai-kirtonos · August 28, 2020, 5:37pm

I do know because all my character bags are 18 slots here. O.O

Abnoba-kromcrush · August 28, 2020, 5:37pm

Just get the warlock quest shadow power staff and dont worry about weapons until 60

Glaive-kirtonos · August 28, 2020, 6:24pm

Mostly because it requires felcloth to be transmuted into mooncloth, which requires both felcloth and a transmute.

You could theoretically pay for both at a lower level, but the price would be so high as to be prohibitive.

You kinda need to be able to farm felcloth yourself.

Edit: Felcloth can only be farmed in level 50+ zones, primarily Felwood.

Glaive-kirtonos · August 28, 2020, 6:29pm

Do not listen to this advice.

It would take you several months at minimum, if not a year, of farming Onyxia to get 6 Onyxia Hide Bags.

Zeep-blaumeux · August 28, 2020, 7:09pm

I dont know that I would switch if I was you but yeah. Tailor/enchanting is kind of trash. I’m herb/tailor. Herb made me tons of gold. Tailoring save me like 100g making bags for my alts rather than buying them.

Enchanting is ok if you put zero effort or maximum effort into it.