I have a confession to make. I hoard everything. And I mean EVERYTHING. I have a very hard time letting anything go and I've always been that way. This has actually worked out pretty well for me, though since I've also spent a lot of time playing with alts over the last 2 years.
But, now Wrath is coming and a lot of things are going to change and the same thing is going to happen again with the new expansion. Items, and gear that used to be very expensive will tank in price. Inscription is going to cause the cost of herbs to skyrocket. Many L60 blues will drop even further in price, with the exception of useful blue weapons and plate armor. And many crafting items that are in high demand now will either completely disappear or become worthless.
So, I've started selling off items and equipment that I don't need on any of my alts. Spell Cloth. Primal Moon Cloth. Some old blue items. Saved up greeds and enchanting reagents that I don't need. Much of this is designed to make sure I have the most gold possible going into the expansion; while at the same time trying to clear out inventory spots in preparation for a new influx of reagents and gear relating to the push to 80.
My mage is an Enchanting/Tailor. I've stored up a lot of tailoring and Enchanting mats at around the 375 level...but it looks like they aren't going to be needed quite so badly. I'm also seriously thinking about dropping Tailoring for Inscription on my Mage. That would make me an Enchanter/Inscriber...which doesn't necessarily sound like a bad combination. Of course, my mage isn't an herbalist, so I'm at least commiting myself to at least 1 gatherer alt (my druid? or my Warlock).
I'm also strongly considering liquidating my badges and converting them into epic gems and selling those. I have around 250 badges stored right now...enough for quite a few gems. In fact I would have already done that if not for the fact that I've still held up hopes for getting into a raiding guild pre-expansion and if that happens I still might need those gems. Or that 100 badge chest piece if I have to go fire.
I also really need to get a peek at WOTLK tailoring...Tailoring was quite useful to me at the start of BC...very useful in fact. But once past T4 that usefulness evaporated. Now they did add some really nice Sunwell recipes...but they are effectively out of my reach and are not THAT much better that what I could get otherwise in Sunwell.
The problem is...does inscription have any meaningful bonus in regards to taking it? Jewelcrafting really didn't at the start of BC...and one extra Inscription spot, while nice sounding...may not be enough. It will really depend on if there are any Inscriber-only effects that really effect raiding in a meaningful way. If not, I'm probably better off staying with Tailoring.
Of course, Wrath is still a few months out...at least. Word started being spread yesterday that 3.0 might hit the test realms soon...and they'll stay there for at least 6-8 weeks. That means we can maybe see the first major content patch in October. And by the time that hits, I'm betting raiding interest will dive opportunities will begin to present themselves. Hopefully I'll end up in a good place.
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