Reader Question- Is Crafted PvP Gear Dead in 4.2?

Hey Folks!I thought I would "calm the storm" of a valuable market in Cata. One of my readers, Riffraph, noted that he has made a ton of bank from crafting PvP gear, and is worried about losing his "niche" market on his server with 4.2 and the better ilvl gear hitting the shelves.....tis true, that will change, but in a good way.Without knowing what "set" he was working with, I know alot of folks

Issues with Pricing your Pets? The Undermine Journal has your answer!

Well, it's Monday. Again. Another day, another dollah. But with this fairly recent addition to TuJ, you don't have to question what pets you need to snatch up on your "vendor route" and how profitable they will be. Why you ask? Because the king over at Undermine has added not only a Companion search, but a Darkmoon Card area as well. Can Mr. E think of anything else to help us make gold?Yeah, he

The Absolute Best "How To" Guide for TSM- Tradeskill Master!

After all the issues that I have seen with this add-on, and all the folks I have helped, all the blogs I have read, all the time I invested figuring out the ins and outs with every little issue....and did I mention I was in the middle (three hours into it) of writing an "Alto's "How To" TSM Guide"? Well, I open my TSM folder that I downloaded from curse.com, and what to my wondering eyes do

"Help! I Can't Make Gold" --- Selling on the Auction House

Ugh. You know what? This is something I have seen and heard quite a bit over my blogging "career". If it isn't those exact words, it's something near: "I was making gold, and lately, I just have too much competition" or "I got bullied out of "X" market". There's many of them. You know what I say to that? One question, simply answered. No, it isn't "oh, go do this, pick up this, grab these mats,

Enchanting Mats: Greater Eternal Essences and Auctioneer

To follow up with my enchanting post from a few days back, another issue that Megan was running into was finding materials for her enchants. Now I just picked one, as this seems to be one of the most expensive and highly sought after essences in WoW. You can see from the screenshot above, that this surpasses the prices on any essence, in fact, it is a constant on most servers that this is the

Alto's "How To" For Finding a Farmer on Your Server

To answer Ian's question from a few days back, I am going to cover how I "attempt" to get/keep farmers. Note the attempt part. The reason I use that word is that I don't know many folks that keep them for an extended period of time. Why?* Farmers get banned* Farmers transfer servers* Farmers find someone that pays better than you* Farmers quit farming* Farmers forget about youI am sure there are

"How to" Decide What To Sell- Enchanting Scrolls

Great response so far with the questions folks! Thanks, and keep em coming!The first one that I am going to cover will take a few posts, but we will start with deciding what scrolls to sell in the AH. She mentioned checking TuJ already, but also wondering the best way to check the others that aren't listed there.Well, there are limited spots (15) on TuJ that cover only the "Current Profitable

Help! I Need Somebody, Help! Not Just Anybody! Using Auctionator

Eh Beet-ulz (you might have to read that again...say it out loud if you have to)I think they said it best with that set of lyrics. Time and time again, whether it is answering emails, "PM's" on Twitter, or chatting on Skype or on Friday's meetings in JMTC, I get asked quite a few questions. I always do my best to answer them. I have done many posts on reader's questions that just cannot be

TSM and Alto...Friends at Last- Thanks Nev and Zoxy!

Hey folks. You have heard much disregard from me on TSM. Not that I am bashing the addon, but that I wasn't too keen to the idea behind it.I guess the best way to describe it is that there were too many things going on for poor Alto to handle. In order to just set things up, you have literally 20 screens to get things rocking. Nev from Auction House Addicts did a post earlier in the week on how [

Bored? Alto's "How-To"-Farming BRD for Fiery Enchant

You have heard me hit on this before, as it was one of my favorite "stealth" spots since back in Vanilla WoW. On my server, I noticed the enchant was selling for just shy of 800g recently, so I decided to do a few runs there. Blizz still has instances on a 1 hour reset (being able to reset 5 times per hour), and in all reality, with no distractions, you can knock out all 5 of them in less than 15

What? No TuJ? Help for the EU folks out there!

I want to thank you all for your emails, and for those I haven't replied to, I will be posting your questions within the next few weeks. For those that were too scared to email, don't hesitate, you still can. Don't let that frustration build up, let it out. Holler. Altosgoldishadvice@gmail.com Alright, the title kinda covers the situation here. No, not that situation (I know for all you Jersey

Did you Forget Something? Dust off those Unused Professions!

JMTC has their carnival tomorrow, and here is my "entry" post.  If you haven't already, I want you go over and check it out, as there are quite a few bloggers now with a ton of information. Now for my post, here is how you should start taking on specializing and diversifying the AH on your server. Ready? Set? Go! Pic from Jack Nadels:Use What You HaveTo Get What You Want How good are you on the

Speaking of Hacked Accounts and "Inbred Pets"

This morning, I woke up to a scary sight. My account had been hacked. I was not able to log in. Freaking out, thinking about loosing around 1 mil gold on one server (along with about 400K in banked goods), and about 400K on another server, this is an extremely bad situation to be in.. All the work that I have invested over the years (not even looking at all the cash I tossed them per month), I

Email Question Answered- Alto's Play by Play Morning Ritual

*Edit- I have an update, as I just saw we had another hotfix. I reported back on patch day that it seemed that the cost of PvP gear was raised. Blizz announced that it is was an unexpected error, prices are now back to normal.Morning folks! I recceived an email from one of my readers recently, and wanted to cover it in a post. I am going to hit on my changed AH ritual, and the basis is going to

JMTC Carnival - How You Can Make Gold With Limited Playtime

This is my monthly post for JMTC's Blogging Carnival. If you aren't familiar, take a few and go over there to check out some of the previous month's posts. Great information there, so go read up!I feel that alot of the raiders are (for the most part) left in the dust when it comes to AH tips. So you don't have a "capped" profession. You barely have enough time to log in, hit the AH for your pots/