🚀 go-pugleaf

Catriona R <catrion...@totalise.co.uk> wrote in news:bplg3hFl8gcU1
@mid.individual.net:

> 
> On Thu, 27 Mar 2014 12:57:41 -0500, Cryptoengineer
> <pete...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>>With not-to-much-trouble, I've levelled my gnome lock to 615 
>>in Engineering. I've got the Goblin Glider (handy!), and the 
>>Synapse Springs.
>>
>>What next? How can I monetize this?
>>
>>Unlike Alchemy, nearly all the products of engineering are
>>only usable by engineers. There's thus little market, since
>>anyone who can use them, can make their own.
>>
>>About the only things that seem marketable are some of the
>>pets (Pierre, Rascal-Bot), and the Sky Golem. Those all
>>require massive amounts of mats obtained on cooldowns, and
>>I'd probably be able to make one only every two weeks
>>(fortunately, my main is a maxed alchemist, and can do the
>>transmutes). They go for 4-5 figure prices in my AH, and I
>>expect the markets kind of thin.
>>
>>What else? Portable mailboxes? Big cooking bags? What sells?
> 
> Don't think anyone's yet mentioned scopes, there's one which goes for
> a few hundred g on my server at least... but chances are every other
> engineer is trying to sell it too!
> 

I'm sure there's an addon to do this, but the economics don't look too
good. I really should use a spreadsheet for this...

On my server, converting engineering mats isn't too proftiable, 
120 Ghost Iron Ore -> 60 GI Bars -> 6 Trillium Bars -> 1 Living Steel
has a quite low profit margin at each step.
GIO ~ 2.5g, GIB ~ 7g, TB ~ 50g, LS ~ 350g

2 White Trillium Ore and 2 Black TO can be smelted to 1 TB.
5 TO can be bought for 1 Spirit of Harmony.
-> 1 TB = 0.4 SoH

Using Riddle of Steel allows you to use 3 TB and 3 Spirits of Harmony
instead. 3 SoH can also make 6 Golden Lotus, which go for about 
40g each on my server - a much more profitable use, more so when used
in flasks.

5 Trillium Ore can be bought for 1 Spirit of Harmony.
2 White Trillium Ore and 2 Black TO can be smelted to 1 TB.
5 TO can be bought for 1 Spirit of Harmony. 
1 TB = 0.8 SoH, and 4.8 SoH -> 1 LS

10 GIBs -> 1 Jards Peculiar Energy Source

Pierre & Rascal-Bot pets = 15 JPES and 15 LS each = 1050 GIBs.
They sell for around 3500g and 5kg respectively. = a net loss

Sky Golem = 30 JPES and 30 LS = 2100 GIBs, and sells for around
19k - which is quite profitable, but hardly a steady income

I think I'm going to farm GIBs until I have enough for a SG, then
see what is profitable at that point. Just *storing* 2100 GIBs will
be a challenge ... need a new bank alt.

pt