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Dear Aunty Gold Queen

One of the interesting things about writing for a gold blog is the emails I’m starting to get from WoW players all over the world that I would never have normally connected with. A few of them are just quick “hello, thanks for the newsletter, just wanted to say hey!” but I always ask people […]

March 17, 2011/by The Gold Queen

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Raiding for gold

Making Gold by Raiding in World of Warcraft There are two ways of getting gold through providing the ‘service’ of a raid to other players. One is by selling a place in a guild run for achievements, and this is something that’s been around in game for several years. The first really big notice was […]

March 16, 2011/5 Comments/by The Gold Queen

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Dear Aunty Gold Queen

March 17, 2011/by The Gold Queen

Beginner's Farming Guides

Raiding for gold

March 16, 2011/5 Comments/by The Gold Queen

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Dear Aunty Gold Queen

One of the interesting things about writing for a gold blog is the emails I’m starting to get from WoW players all over the world that I would never have normally connected with.

A few of them are just quick “hello, thanks for the newsletter, just wanted to say hey!” but I always ask people to email me if they have any questions and I’ve had a few doozies in the past week. There’s a guy who wants to make gold but thought my idea of using his professions was too time consuming. In case he’s still staring at my replies and wondering whether he can make gold like this, I’m going to wave the How to Make Gold With Glyphs guide at him and try and attract his attention (HELLO! YES YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE!) to reading about automating the process with Trade Skill Master, which is one of the addons I recommend in my TGQ’s must-have addons.

I’m sorry but gold is just not going to drop from the sky and hit you on the head, I know some guides make you think you can just lounge around in Stormwind or Undercity and Greatfather Winter will just sneak a few k into your mailbox, I’m afraid you do actually have to sell things from time to time. Now don’t fret, pet, I’m here to back you up all the way.

Anyway, my point is: I’ve been offering my email readers the opportunity to ask me questions and get me to solve their problems. Now I want to throw it open to everyone. Say you have a problem like the guy who mailed me, wanting to get into gem making and didn’t know which gems to start with. He dropped me an email, and now he’s making some nice G . That sort of thing I can help with straight up. And here’s the best bit: I probably won’t know the answer to half of the questions, but I bet some of the other readers here can help! So we can find your answer either way.

Now all you have to do is message me on the contact page and one way or another, I’ll help you out. Ok with you?

About the Author

The Gold Queen is written by Alyzande. With many level 100s, 9 years expertise in making gold, 10 garrisons, 16k achievements, 1505 days played, and over 18m gold earned. The Gold Queen blog teaches you how to make gold playing World of Warcraft using ethical trading, auction house flipping, crafting, reselling snatch lists, and farming gold making.

March 17, 2011/by The Gold Queen

Beginner's Farming Guides

Raiding for gold

Making Gold by Raiding in World of Warcraft

There are two ways of getting gold through providing the ‘service’ of a raid to other players. One is by selling a place in a guild run for achievements, and this is something that’s been around in game for several years. The first really big notice was when guilds started selling speed runs through Zul Aman to get the Zul Aman warbear mount for 10,000g or so. More recently, players have been able to buy places for achievements in Icecrown Citadel.

Introducing GDKP

This post is about the other way to make gold through raiding, which is a “GDKP” run. Yes, that means “Gold DKP” and it means that you join a hand-picked pug, and spend gold instead of DKP. The GDKP you pay for an item drop is put into a raiders pot, and if you have behaved yourself and played well, you get a share of the pot at the end of the run. There are usually strict rules that you will be required to stick to if you want to get your share of the pot at the end!

Just two more bosses, guys, and its yours!

Basics

Items that drop are auctioned off in raid chat
All raiders are equal, there are no mains/alts priorities.
The item goes to whichever raider bids the most gold.
The highest bidder receives the item and pay the amount of gold into the “pot”.
At the end of the run, the pot is shared equally between all the raiders.

Pros

Tend to get a high quality of raiders who are looking to make gold, or very rich alts/new raiders who want to get an item they can’t get in another way, or a combination of both.
Pot is split at the end of the raid, so its an incentive for all the puggers to stay in the raid.
Because they are well organised, with a good leader, and good players, GDKP runs are more successful than random pugs.
GDKP runs attract high geared players who want gold, and can provide a good quality raid.
If you’re a competent raider, and don’t need much/anything from the raid, you can get very rich very quick.

Cons

You need a very firm raid leader. If a raider is slacking, not flasking properly, going AFK without reason, your leader is going to have to kick him, and the slacker is not going to be pleased about losing his gold!
Raid leader must be very precise and upfront with all the rules. For this reason, its best to organise them via forums where raiders can ‘sign’ that they agree to the rules. Rules MUST be stated before the raid starts, and repeated in raid chat beforehand, so everyone is clear.
Some raiders worry the pot will be ninjad.
Elitist Jerks says: “If the pot is ninjaed, Blizzard GM’s actually will intervene and split them to the raid, if there was a written agreement at the start of the run. This is why I’m highly recommending all Raid Leaders paste the rules at the start, and Raid Members refuse to go on any run where this isn’t done.”
You need to read the boss and raid strategy beforehand, and be prepared to focus and play in a courteous and non-selfish way. You will have the threat of being kicked hanging over your head!

Useful to know

Some items can start a high bidding war, which is great for other players, but not so great if that is the item you want.
Be wary of any GDKP that have non-public votes. What’s the leader trying to hide?
Use common sense – is it being organised in a clear and fair manner, or is it a just a normal pug that some swindler is trying to abuse?
Some servers have lots of GDKP runs, some have never heard of it.
Players should bring a Minimum amount of gold, this will be set by the raid leader.
Successful GDKP runs are those that are run by a strong leader, on a regular basis, organised well in advance somewhere like the realm forums, who has a good reputation.
Its a good way to gear up alts. You could take your alt to a GDKP run, earn 10,000g, repeat a second week, earn another 10,000g and in the third week have enough to spend 20,000g on a beautiful epic.

gold coins

How much can you make?

GDKP runs were very popular in Wrath of the Lich King. They’ve dropped off in Cataclysm because there aren’t as many full-geared players. Yet. Give it a few months, and wait until you see geared up raiders on your server with alts that want. Then the sky is the limit. ICC saw raiders walk off with thousands of gold for a few hours work doing something they love. It’s going to depend on what drops. If there is an item that raiders want to buy, and are willing to spend a lot of gold on, then you can profit from that.

If you’re thinking about running a GDKP run or joining your first GDKP it is worth your time to read up about how they work on forums like Elitist Jerks or your realm forums.

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How much can you make?

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