tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6444522661165315052.comments2017-08-13T03:24:04.672-04:00Kammler's KornerUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger298125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6444522661165315052.post-47572957476154303332012-08-02T09:40:10.371-04:002012-08-02T09:40:10.371-04:00This post was written over a year ago, and TSM was...This post was written over a year ago, and TSM was in beta at the time. They have released the full version now and yes, it is quite a bit different. <br /><br />I haven't updated any posts in quite some time. If you are looking for information on how to better use TSM I suggest http://www.tradeskillmaster.com/ for the most current information. Also, The Consortium at http://stormspire.net/forum.php did quite a bit about TSM but I'm not sure how current it is.Kammlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14052373093776001210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6444522661165315052.post-52278287258451140402012-08-01T23:14:44.553-04:002012-08-01T23:14:44.553-04:00Evidently TSM has changed the interface significan...Evidently TSM has changed the interface significantly since this post, it doesn't look remotely like this anymore, and I can't find anything in the functionality that seems equivalent.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6444522661165315052.post-68502887173960750482011-11-27T15:25:47.157-05:002011-11-27T15:25:47.157-05:00I've been in a few social guilds and this has ...I've been in a few social guilds and this has been an issue to an extent in all of them. If the officers and GM were late to correct bad behavior it almost always backfired sooner or later.<br /><br />Towards the end I got o fed up with the 'friendly but yet selfish atmosphere', so I felt more comfortable playing in a guild filled with strangers and goblins were, if we spoke it was related to something specific in-game. All transactions were done professionally; Set amount of items, set price, get it crafted, both sides satisfied and ready to move on. Some would chit chat, others would only stick to the script. Either way that was better since most people in the guild were self sufficient.GrayzBDFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15791503783873797617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6444522661165315052.post-32706540209064465492011-11-04T01:06:53.340-04:002011-11-04T01:06:53.340-04:00Congrats! Well your post really inspire me to work...Congrats! Well your post really inspire me to work hard (or I say grind hard) to reach my wow gold cap too! Before I’m lazy farmers who always <a href="http://www.ige.com/" rel="nofollow">buy wow gold</a> from this site but now I have my 0.5M and hopefully 1st quarter of 2012 I will reach what Kammler achieved! Go For Gold!Epic4tanhttp://twitter.com/#!/epic4tannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6444522661165315052.post-39488264126749008692011-09-06T15:14:10.204-04:002011-09-06T15:14:10.204-04:00Hmmm... Gevlon over at the greedy goblin may have ...Hmmm... Gevlon over at the greedy goblin may have posted something about this one or maybe it was another... Back when he was pushing for server first lvl 25 there was an instance to run fast at the time for guild XP... it could do the same for JP... <br /><br />I have often found myself when valor capping in dungeons to go do regular heroics... On my 5/7 FL tank that is three seventy something ilvl I can chain pull like stupid and over come most of the mechanics w/ tarded healers and DPS... If we wipe, quick simple list of 3 these 3 things... reap good stuff.<br /><br />In ZG, last boss, 1. Its dont stand in white circles 2. kill black adds 3. stand next to chains w/ shields (the dome over it).. usually the rest can pull it off... as long as they do their part.. I was shocked the other day in there... success on that fight and the HIGHEST DPS was 7900... I was heal/dpsing on my atonement priest... for 3900..Achievehttp://achievecommitment.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6444522661165315052.post-28713810186386901692011-09-04T16:27:35.484-04:002011-09-04T16:27:35.484-04:00Its completely true that by the time a Goblin has ...Its completely true that by the time a Goblin has accumulated a significant amount of gold the odds are he has exploited most of the useful tips, perfectly stated. Also, I found the opinions of other commenters equally constructive.Gold buyers oklahoma cityhttp://www.goldbuyerok.com/gold_buyers_oklahoma_city.phpnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6444522661165315052.post-20779267425623865622011-08-24T21:27:40.239-04:002011-08-24T21:27:40.239-04:00Congrats Kam! I added your 1M milestone to the Com...Congrats Kam! I added your 1M milestone to the <a href="http://www.powerwordgold.net/p/community-gold-making-milestones.html" rel="nofollow">Community Gold-Making Milestones</a>.iiimjiiimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03057369867933781407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6444522661165315052.post-92126755692388782872011-08-23T12:02:05.057-04:002011-08-23T12:02:05.057-04:00Thats pretty spiffy... Impressed with anyone that ...Thats pretty spiffy... Impressed with anyone that comes back to it and pushes on like you did. I hit the half mill mark and quit pulled out... I originally had the million mark in my sights, but there was a point where it was in my mind pointless to keep at it. <br />So mad props to you for finding a way to mix up a good balance of fun and profit and going on throught the long grind to the gold cap<br /><br />Congratulations!!!Achievehttp://achievecommitment.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6444522661165315052.post-33156309850305450222011-08-23T08:37:28.636-04:002011-08-23T08:37:28.636-04:00Thanks Alberthus & Warcraft Econ!Thanks Alberthus & Warcraft Econ!Kammlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14052373093776001210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6444522661165315052.post-2070047479702941092011-08-23T08:28:39.211-04:002011-08-23T08:28:39.211-04:00Well Done Kam congratulations well done I sayWell Done Kam congratulations well done I sayVenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14486560492502836821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6444522661165315052.post-65896325837231201242011-08-23T04:24:26.752-04:002011-08-23T04:24:26.752-04:00Grats on gold cap!Grats on gold cap!Oligopolyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04381481841245604315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6444522661165315052.post-86878592253287329462011-08-22T10:09:46.448-04:002011-08-22T10:09:46.448-04:00@ Achieve: solid advice as usual. I let it slide a...@ Achieve: solid advice as usual. I let it slide a few days, see what would happen. Absolutely nothing from this incident but the raid team that tank was on did blow up. Some of the members /gquit and went together to a different guild, a couple are still in the guild and the tank /gquit and went somewhere else, not sure where.<br /><br />The implosion may have had nothing to do with the tank in question, or may have had everything to do with the tank in question but either way the guild survived and the raid team did not.<br /><br />The final resolution on this is still disappointing. I'm sure I will find a new guild when I have time. Right now, I don't play this toon very often so having him sit in this guild or unaffiliated makes little difference.<br /><br />IMO the GM had a chance to do the right thing and didn't. Maybe the reason the raid team blew up is another result of failed leadership from the GM? <br /><br />Anyway, I don't /gquit, or /stew or even /mope. I get over it and move on.<br /><br />Thanks for the comments, very insightful.Kammlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14052373093776001210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6444522661165315052.post-88301831138230130902011-08-17T19:23:04.681-04:002011-08-17T19:23:04.681-04:00Oddly enough, this has never been an issue for me....Oddly enough, this has never been an issue for me. Most people seem to be geared beyond the drops from heroics, and are doing it for the JP and/or VP. The one exception seems to be Stonecore, where twice, 2 or 3 out of the group leave after the dragon, hoping for a mount I guess.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13360480193337198296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6444522661165315052.post-28631541124265001032011-08-15T13:09:41.332-04:002011-08-15T13:09:41.332-04:00/nod and /agreed w/ all above and you brother...
.../nod and /agreed w/ all above and you brother...<br /><br />recent events w/ casuals and casual caterers... hrmm... gives me a new post idea... thanks.. but great point and great post as always... <br /><br />You did the right thing IMO... Next step... I see a couple glaring options on forward steps<br /><br />/tell the GM where its at, and there are more tanks out there. Tanks are NOT that hard to find... it just takes work and effort at recruiting... Oh and time... NO ONE is THAT important or valuable IMO... <br /><br />/gquit... if they cater to casuals that only want to play at the "fun" parts of the game, and not work for thier own gold.. really what were they going to do? make glyphs and make gold or something? most likely... gold for what? mounts? pets? BOE gear? twinking alts? <br /><br />/stew... worst option IMO... this will be a skeleton in your closet and IMO is the basis for many stories that may similar, where something did not get addressed or confronted and stewed away to be the guild drama explosion of a later date when the guild disintigrated.<br /><br />Maybe not all that... but, I value nothing in this game that does not add to my enjoyment of the recreational time I invest in its pursuits. <br /><br />I think of it sorta like "live like you were dieing..." attitude. Play like you want to have fun, and no one else really matters unless they want to contribute to that experience in a meaningful and valuable way... If they detract from that... Now you get to try out your communication skills at lowering them into their place. Whats the worst that can happen.. GKICK? you can buy a guild... you can pay your way into almost any guild you want to affiliate yourself with... So they value the tank? Do they value YOU and if so.. WHAT FOR? are you okay with that relationship?Achievehttp://achievecommitment.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6444522661165315052.post-59320924487967669812011-08-14T09:16:54.432-04:002011-08-14T09:16:54.432-04:00Hi Kammler, wow didn't know you had kids that ...Hi Kammler, wow didn't know you had kids that played Warcraft too. My son is 11: just at the age between wishing he could play wow, and being allowed to play a little bit of warcraft. <br /><br />I very rarely hear yes sir in the uk, but it's a habit I've picked up from the RP community to address un-named ladies and men as sir and miss. (Madam for an older lady is oddly seen as being an insult, suggesting of pulling the social barriers down on the conversation). I say "thank you sir" to strangers, and I've never told my kids to say it, but they copy me about 80% of the time. <br /><br />Work ethic is another big social divide too, I could go on about it for hours, I'm such a bossy mother sometimes, heh. It's not so much that the younger generation don't want to work, but they don't see any benefit from it, only that it eats into their valuable leisure time. I'll stop ranting now and just be content with what my own great-grandmother taught me: "Do your best".The Gold Queen (alyzande)http://www.thegoldqueen.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6444522661165315052.post-86207452227387328572011-08-14T00:28:26.759-04:002011-08-14T00:28:26.759-04:00@ Gold Queen: it really is amazing how inconsidera...@ Gold Queen: it really is amazing how inconsiderate people can be. Your guild anecdote is similar to many I have heard from other players. I think the rudeness extends to other things like being late to a raid or guild meeting. <br /><br />Bigger guilds seem to have developed cliques that manage some of this behavior. Within a clique there seems to be some safety. Raid team 1 and raid team 2 get along great--but if you aren't on either team you might as well be invisible. <br /><br />TGQ, thank you very much for reading. Your comments are appreciated too.<br /><br />@ Anonymous: I was raised that way too. My kids (ages 20, 18, 14 and 12) were taught to ask "Please" and say "Thank you". They address adults as "Mr. X" or "Mrs. X" and they say "yes sir" and "yes mame". They hated it when they were growing up but now with two as adults they realize how important courtesy and manners are.<br /><br />I'm fortunate to see this behavior extend to games. My son plays WoW now and he is very polite in the game. He follows the "rules of the road". My oldest daughter waits tables during the summer between semesters. She regales us all with stories of rudeness from her customers.<br /><br />WoW is a community of players who can hide behind a pixilated image. Many players use this anonymity to act out their frustrations. I know most players follow the rules and are usually nice to be around, to play with. The exceptions make for good stories but thankfully I do think they are in the minority.<br /><br />Thanks for reading and commenting.Kammlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14052373093776001210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6444522661165315052.post-10468507881835242152011-08-13T19:07:37.551-04:002011-08-13T19:07:37.551-04:00Kammler,
I’m sorry that you had to experience tha...Kammler,<br /><br />I’m sorry that you had to experience that. It seems like a lot of people this day and age do not have the common decency to ask for assistance or for something. They usually demand it which is rude and inconsiderate. I remember being in a dungeon on my mage and was demanded to make refreshments for a player who was too lazy to be prepared and get provisions him/herself before joining a pug. I wanted to tell this person off, but decided not to. I just shake my head in disgust. <br /><br />I teach my children basic manners and I know most (I hope) people were raised to say thank you and please. They just don’t practice these small but important principles in their adult life. I know karma’s a bitch and a cause has an effect. People need to know that their behaviors have a consequence.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6444522661165315052.post-88587227762434790682011-08-13T18:50:37.652-04:002011-08-13T18:50:37.652-04:00Hi Kammler,
Give and take in guilds is about give...Hi Kammler, <br />Give and take in guilds is about give and take. Not take and take. <br /><br />I once spent a long time farming rep for a very rare pattern, I forget which. It was so rare that I was the only one selling the crafted item on my realm and finally seeing a return on the work I'd put in.<br /><br />A brand new trialist in the guild out of the blue asked, virtually ordered me, to make him SIX of them. Six? He could only use one himself. I knew exactly what his game was, get me to craft them for free then undercut me on the AH, maybe with an alt. grrr<br /><br />Every other time, if someone asks me to craft something, then of course I will, as soon as I'm nearby.the Gold Queenhttp://www.thegoldqueen.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6444522661165315052.post-14887506097985567482011-08-13T11:39:45.444-04:002011-08-13T11:39:45.444-04:00Hey Faid, much shouted for the shout out here. You...Hey Faid, much shouted for the shout out here. Your approach to a guildy is exactly how I would want someone to ask me. I'd be inclined to help in a case like that. <br /><br />In a subsequent development the GM replied to my msg and sided with the other player--he's got a main that's a tank and is "too valuable to the raid team" to piss off. I actually got scolded for MY reply to level his own profs. <br /><br />/sigh. Time to find a new guild I think.Kammlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14052373093776001210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6444522661165315052.post-25730042234422227232011-08-13T09:35:14.171-04:002011-08-13T09:35:14.171-04:00I don't think you overreacted at all. He trea...I don't think you overreacted at all. He treated you very impolitely even if he was a complete stranger with no ties to you. When you add in a guild affiliation there's an inherent sense of camaraderie that makes his behaviour even more abhorrent.<br /><br />The sad thing is that those who treat others in-game this way don't often see why they are in the wrong and more than likely act this way in everyday life as well. :(<br /><br />When leveling some alts on Hordeside I did need some assistance from some people in my guild there. I had no farmer so I hired someone to farm some ore for me at one point, and I have a guy who cuts gems for me to sell. (He knows full well I sell them.) My basic exchange once I've found someone who can do the cut/service I need:<br /><br />"Hey, sorry to bother you. I'm looking for x good or service and it looks like you may be able to provide it. It's no big deal if you're busy, but if you've got some time and would like to make y gold let me know, I would greatly appreciate it."<br /><br />I always offer a price I'd be willing to perform the service for myself and no hard feelings if they're not up for it. Guildies are people, not slaves. I hope your guild mate learns that soon.<br /><br />For what it's worth I stand by you 100%.Faidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06391974662068287154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6444522661165315052.post-34973302821337979322011-08-12T20:44:53.873-04:002011-08-12T20:44:53.873-04:00@ Cold: nice to see you slummin' man. Lol, ser...@ Cold: nice to see you slummin' man. Lol, seriously, always nice to hear from one of the heavy hitters.<br /><br />I think if you give it a chance this system might really work. <br /><br />Each of the reasons you give above are actually reasons why it WOULD be a good system, and thus why it SHOULD be used.<br /><br />If Blizz actually is tailoring content and play to the casual player then not only will these casuals be less inclined to complain about a loot system changing than will the "old timers", but also the casuals will find a greater likelihood of completing a PUG as a result, a worthy changed indeed.<br /><br />If the trade off between reducing the number of tanks who drop mid-dungeon is that there is a longer wait upfront then I for one would accept that. Many other players would too I believe.<br /><br />Most of all, if the folks in your scenario who stop running dungeons are the tanks who are abusing the current system then I say huzzah! Let them eat cake. Ish. <br /><br />We all know there is a problem with the RDF system. Blizz knows it too. IMO there are many problems, one of which is that tanks drop after a certain boss fight given their gear needs. To solve the RDF issue Blizz must solve many different issues. This is just one of them.Kammlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14052373093776001210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6444522661165315052.post-78564514366250869302011-08-12T10:06:11.154-04:002011-08-12T10:06:11.154-04:00Will never happen because this doesn't tailor ...Will never happen because this doesn't tailor to casual players like Blizz has been shifting focus towards.<br /><br />Here's a thought. If no loot is awarded to the end, you think that will make people stay for the whole run? Nope.<br /><br />It will just make people not run the dungeon at all, so the wait times will increase worse than ever.Coldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02988692142058297277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6444522661165315052.post-87053426660976695612011-08-11T21:45:45.554-04:002011-08-11T21:45:45.554-04:00@ Achieve: tried again using TSM for illusion dust...@ Achieve: tried again using TSM for illusion dust. 11 purchases for 89g, DE'd into 31 dusts. Listed and sold for 15g each. 465g net, 376g profit for less than 5 minutes work. Took about 4 hours to sell them but not bad ROI.Kammlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14052373093776001210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6444522661165315052.post-22884788193049599222011-08-11T13:55:39.573-04:002011-08-11T13:55:39.573-04:00Yeah, agreed, at some point I started cutting my t...Yeah, agreed, at some point I started cutting my time invested. I got more effecient with addons... Namely Za, and less frequent with cancel posting... Time is money, and milling 3000 herbs is time and BORING AS (choice word here)... same w/ prospecting and DEing... those 3 things will almost certainly make you gold... as well as smelting ore into bars often too... bars are easier since you can do it AFK and not be breaking the TOS... Money gets better the more you have to process and reprocess the pieces... Ore>gems>xmute gems>craft DE foder> craft scrolls>craft cloth>craft cloth armor>cut gems>then post and cancel post repeatedly... resupply and restock rinse and repeat... complex? no, hard? no. Easy to lose money? probably. Time consuming? depends on how much we are talking.. to make 20K/week or more yeah, IMO... Addons lower risk, but can not predict the future, only tell you the past and current, addons definately save a cubic ton ton of time...<br /><br />its all about the business systems... in our case that is two fold, us, the goblins, and them things we call addons... <br /><br />It really takes both to make a good business system...Achievehttp://achievecommitment.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6444522661165315052.post-15475476628754743072011-08-11T10:40:28.056-04:002011-08-11T10:40:28.056-04:00For possibly slighyly varrying reasons, I am in a ...For possibly slighyly varrying reasons, I am in a similar boat about TSM, tooke me years to get on with ZA, and never regreted it. Nice to know it does lots of other good things... Now to UG my PC so I dont bog down so much in the AH running these apps. Side note... I run BOTH auctioneer and auctionator, the buy and sell functions of auctioneer are just to good but the database scan function, though fast can be misleading if you dont understand how it works. So I turn off almost all of the functions of auctionator to scan, set to epic and delete daily, and do all my scans w/ auctioneer. yeah, its slower, but that gives a lot more usable data. In short, as I understand auctioneer only lists the lowest price last seen, it does not work any averages or history... so, in effect one lowball price can really throw off some numbers in Lil Sparky's Workshop. <br /><br />Great read and thanks for sharingAcheivehttp://achievecommitment.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com