🚀 go-pugleaf

On Friday, December 4, 2015 at 4:35:34 AM UTC-5, Lewis wrote:
> In message <e549e008-b155-483b...@googlegroups.com> 
>   Crispus <cri...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Monday, November 30, 2015 at 12:56:11 PM UTC-5, Peter T. wrote:
> >> Den 30-11-2015 kl. 15:51 skrev Crispus:
> >> 
> >> > Professions: I'm a leatherworker but it seems very daunting to try
> >> > and level it up as the amount of materials needed (and time to farm)
> >> > is extraordinary. I was expecting as per past to gather enough
> >> > materials while questing to at least make a dent in leveling up but
> >> > most of the mobs are not skinnable.
> >> 
> >> You will get most of your leather from your garrison itself.  You need 
> >> the trade station and the trader for this though.  Once all your 
> >> buildings are up and running you can spend resources on leather.  Beware 
> >> that the prices of leather goes up and down.
> >> So build the trade station and the lumber mill for resources and get 
> >> them to lvl 3.
> >> 
> >> > The garrison: what seemed interesting at first has really turned into
> >> > a time and money sink. I dinged 100 and have a few level 2 buildings.
> >> > The routine when you log in takes almost a half hour and is super
> >> > expensive.
> >> 
> >> There is an addon called Master Plan.  That addon makes the garrison 
> >> quest management so much easier and faster!
> 
> > This is helping. But I went and built the ship yard and lost my first ship on the first mission. I think I'm going to ignore this for a bit.
> 
> No, don't. Yes, you will lose ships. So waht, buld as many as you can
> and run the missions. I will not run anything under 80% success, and try
> for 92% or better, but at the start, you just build them until you start
> getting good rewards, And you do get good rewards. 5K Apexis, for
> example. Baleful armaments for you and your alts.
>   
> -- 
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Not sure how you can guarantee that success rate in the early part. Most of my ships don't match the attributes needed to make the missions successful.

So a few further thoughts after over a week. I've run most of the heroics multiple times and have min 630 gear in all slots with a few 670 items just to get a feel for where I'm at. I'm almost out of zone quests as well except for Tanaan.

what appeared to be a casual friendly pursuit is anything but. you can spend all your time gathering the mats to fulfill work orders. but then you aren't generating the funds needed to improve your stuff.  I have no idea how you are supposed to pay for everything you need to buy to keep moving forward. New quests cost money.(wtf?) garrison plan upgrades cost money and then resources. New followers cost money. respeccing followers cost money. But it seems the one tried and true way of previously making money (selling mats on the AH) is no longer viable as everyone has an herb garden/mine. I know people have had a lot of time to get their stuff up to level 3, I'm just not seeing how it is viable. so previous answers here about getting my buildings up to level 3 don't seem achievable.

How do you make money to overcome the high cost of everything? Can this even be done with an hour of play a night or even every couple of nights?

How do you get your followers to have the attributes needed to complete the garrison quests successfully? I think I only have one of two of a certain type but most of the quests require it.

another random observation: Most of the treasure items are located in a spot that either requires flying or is not compatible with WOW physics.

Finally, I don't see that there is much to do in Tanaan. I have maybe one quest and there are a few blue quests. Still find the zone very lethal.