tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-98202484097177760.post-63515899815270475972008-06-10T12:47:00.008-04:002008-06-10T13:13:56.577-04:00We've already discussed <a href="http://birdfall.blogspot.com/2007/06/buy-gold-in-game-or-how-to-become.html">making gold</a>, but now we're going to talk about how to <span style="font-style: italic;">save </span>for the things you want.<br /><br />It's a basic fact that mounts and riding skills in the game are expensive. In fact, over a character's lifetime, if he or she wants all the available types of riding speed, it will cost 6,700g (NOT including <a href="http://birdfall.blogspot.com/2008/03/mount-listing-or-hold-onto-your-raptors.html">mount</a> prices, which tend to run 110g before 70).<br /><br />And that's <span style="font-style: italic;">per character</span>. Add a beloved alt into the mix, and you have some serious cashflow issues.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">This is my advice:</span><br /><ul><li>Make an alt. It could be your bank alt or a savings alt, but the idea is that you <span style="font-style: italic;">won't touch this character's money</span>.</li><li>Start sending this character the cash you can spare -- make it a % of your character's money, and do it on a regular basis. (Bank characters should be sending the majority of their profits to this savings, just keeping enough to manage their own auctions.)</li><li>Level 70s without time to do dailies should try to squeeze in 2 dailies a week and send the resulting 20g to their savings character. (There's a very nice bombing quest that requires no effort at all on the Isle of Quel'danis.)</li><li>If you can, get in the habit of doing the <span style="font-style: italic;">easiest </span>daily every day. That's 70g a week without a lot of effort. (People often think they have to do <span style="font-style: italic;">all </span>the dailies once they start, but limiting yourself can free a lot of your play time for more important things.)<br /></li><li>If you have trouble keeping your money untouched, get a <span style="font-style: italic;">trustworthy </span>friend or relative to keep it for you. (If this person has their own money issues, don't send it to them.) My brother's brother-in-law is sending his savings to the GL, who is my husband's best friend and would never bilk anyone out of their gold.</li></ul>Therefore, even if you don't have a lot of play time available, you can still manage your money in an intelligent way and save for the things you want.<br /><br />/bowBirdfallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07275637177494490776noreply@blogger.com