I went ahead to test a few places RamataKahn quoted from http://www.richlemongal.com/worldofwarcraft/worldofwarcraftgold.htm
I'm testing on a lvl 60 warlock. My hour stats are from Titan bar. I seek a solid pace with minimal/no downtime (i.e. just cuz you can blast 2 mobs a minute doesnt mean you can keep that pace if you must take 20-30s downtime and waste $/time on food/water). I also try to account for standard repair costs in figuring out hourly cash.
It's important to stick to accurate raw cash accounts, then acknowledge all potential secondary revenue uncluding nearby herbs and ore. It's silly to presume that you will make the "ultimate" cash from the best potential rare drops cuz that's obviously not the pace you'll keep. You also need to keep in mind that you cant always flood the AH with the same crap day in and day out. Most trade items have somewhat of a daily and weekly cap in terms of the microeconomics of the AH.
I tested this one and it's just ok.
3-5g cash an hour grinding non-stop on a warlock, kiling 1 per minute or two.
There are several types of dragonkin and imo most do not drop much cash at all for 59 elites. The squishy Wyrmkin seem to drop the most, but i've seen nothing outside 5-22s and usually a bit on the lower end. I've seen nothing but cash and am not a skinner on this char. This might be worth it if you are a skinner and red dragonscales sell well.
These guys are easy as fuck to kill, btw (i was killing them in a min flat, taking my time on a lock). I cant think of any weaker 58/59 elites in the game. However, it i wanted to grind elites for $$$ then i'd likely go grind giants and hederine demons in winterspring due to the drops and same about of raw cash flow. Although the respawn rate seems to be akin to normal mobs and dependent on zone activity. It's incredibly low respawn rate for me during testing (none respawned after i killed about 10-12 and got half-way through the valley when they all repopped again... at same time)
This is not 45-80g an hour by any means, although i cannot account for skinning revenue potential. They die really, really easy. These might as well not be elites, so you could skin them VERY fast. Red dragonscales is what they are really worth. For elite dragons at this level, it might be a good skinning target. I don't know. But the cash itself is average.
37-39 elites. I was killing solid 2 a minute (total pace with no downtime). 5g an hour raw cash. Period.
Some greens dropped, 35-39 range. Grave moss, wintersbite and some bruiseweed are right there, for herbalists. Some iron for miners. There are no blues on most of these mobs, just check thottbot and alakhazam. You'd need to grind the named for that, which is fine (these are easy kills).
You get more silk than mageweave, but it definately adds up. 9-10s per mage on my server, about 2-3s per silk. There is a limit to how much silk you can sell a day/week, however.
In sum, this is ok if you have a special silk market you are after or if there's a hot 39 twink scene on your server and tons of alts. You'll get many silk stacks along with greens and perhaps some blues if you farm inside the quest building (which could get you reported for griefing, i suspect, if folks are trying to quest there).
This is sorta like SM GY in many ways and a quick jog from the alterac valley entrance or chillwind. Lots of greens and silk on top of 5g an hour cash. That's all.
48-49 mobs. Around 4g cash per hour. Maybe 100 mageweave an hour.
Timbermaw reputation is a perk (5 per kill). Mithril, Groms, arthas and a little dreamfoil are available in this little village area.
Downside is that this is heavy group hostile area for players around 50. You'll regularly have competition for a small # of mobs as well as packs of angry questers. Not much in terms of greens and blues can be expended.
Maybe 3-4g an hour depending on how quiet it is.
Savage fronds for Argent quests (perhaps 30-40 an hour). Some blues and other world drops pop here (47-50 range i think). These guys also drop ghost mushrooms, heart of the wild and stuff like that. Living essences are always good but it appears to be about 1-2% drop rate (figure 1 an hour). They also drop occassional heal pots ftw.
Dreamfoil, mountain silversage, groms and plaguebloom spawn here.
Major downside is that this is a heavily farmed area (were 4 others on the irontrees while i tested, not to mention 2 kiling water guys). You are competing with other farms and potentially in a retarded pvp spot (the graveyard is just a few feet away)
It's hard to say how much you can make here. It really depends on all the drops and your professions.
I'm testing on a lvl 60 warlock. My hour stats are from Titan bar. I seek a solid pace with minimal/no downtime (i.e. just cuz you can blast 2 mobs a minute doesnt mean you can keep that pace if you must take 20-30s downtime and waste $/time on food/water). I also try to account for standard repair costs in figuring out hourly cash.
It's important to stick to accurate raw cash accounts, then acknowledge all potential secondary revenue uncluding nearby herbs and ore. It's silly to presume that you will make the "ultimate" cash from the best potential rare drops cuz that's obviously not the pace you'll keep. You also need to keep in mind that you cant always flood the AH with the same crap day in and day out. Most trade items have somewhat of a daily and weekly cap in terms of the microeconomics of the AH.
I tested this one and it's just ok.
3-5g cash an hour grinding non-stop on a warlock, kiling 1 per minute or two.
There are several types of dragonkin and imo most do not drop much cash at all for 59 elites. The squishy Wyrmkin seem to drop the most, but i've seen nothing outside 5-22s and usually a bit on the lower end. I've seen nothing but cash and am not a skinner on this char. This might be worth it if you are a skinner and red dragonscales sell well.
These guys are easy as fuck to kill, btw (i was killing them in a min flat, taking my time on a lock). I cant think of any weaker 58/59 elites in the game. However, it i wanted to grind elites for $$$ then i'd likely go grind giants and hederine demons in winterspring due to the drops and same about of raw cash flow. Although the respawn rate seems to be akin to normal mobs and dependent on zone activity. It's incredibly low respawn rate for me during testing (none respawned after i killed about 10-12 and got half-way through the valley when they all repopped again... at same time)
This is not 45-80g an hour by any means, although i cannot account for skinning revenue potential. They die really, really easy. These might as well not be elites, so you could skin them VERY fast. Red dragonscales is what they are really worth. For elite dragons at this level, it might be a good skinning target. I don't know. But the cash itself is average.
37-39 elites. I was killing solid 2 a minute (total pace with no downtime). 5g an hour raw cash. Period.
Some greens dropped, 35-39 range. Grave moss, wintersbite and some bruiseweed are right there, for herbalists. Some iron for miners. There are no blues on most of these mobs, just check thottbot and alakhazam. You'd need to grind the named for that, which is fine (these are easy kills).
You get more silk than mageweave, but it definately adds up. 9-10s per mage on my server, about 2-3s per silk. There is a limit to how much silk you can sell a day/week, however.
In sum, this is ok if you have a special silk market you are after or if there's a hot 39 twink scene on your server and tons of alts. You'll get many silk stacks along with greens and perhaps some blues if you farm inside the quest building (which could get you reported for griefing, i suspect, if folks are trying to quest there).
This is sorta like SM GY in many ways and a quick jog from the alterac valley entrance or chillwind. Lots of greens and silk on top of 5g an hour cash. That's all.
48-49 mobs. Around 4g cash per hour. Maybe 100 mageweave an hour.
Timbermaw reputation is a perk (5 per kill). Mithril, Groms, arthas and a little dreamfoil are available in this little village area.
Downside is that this is heavy group hostile area for players around 50. You'll regularly have competition for a small # of mobs as well as packs of angry questers. Not much in terms of greens and blues can be expended.
Maybe 3-4g an hour depending on how quiet it is.
Savage fronds for Argent quests (perhaps 30-40 an hour). Some blues and other world drops pop here (47-50 range i think). These guys also drop ghost mushrooms, heart of the wild and stuff like that. Living essences are always good but it appears to be about 1-2% drop rate (figure 1 an hour). They also drop occassional heal pots ftw.
Dreamfoil, mountain silversage, groms and plaguebloom spawn here.
Major downside is that this is a heavily farmed area (were 4 others on the irontrees while i tested, not to mention 2 kiling water guys). You are competing with other farms and potentially in a retarded pvp spot (the graveyard is just a few feet away)
It's hard to say how much you can make here. It really depends on all the drops and your professions.
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