Let's look at that demographic for a minute, shall we? The people who affect the market for enchanting goods the most are people who use their professions for a profit. Eventually, these lower-level recipes may get profitable because many of them are very much in demand, but not until the people who are leveling enchanting have finished. The profitability comes when you start using recipes or materials that are harder to get.
As long as there are people leveling enchanting, recipes like these will remain unprofitable. In fact, I routinely restock at ridiculous discounts compared to what it would cost me to buy the mats and do the enchant myself. My guild's bank is full of stacks of scrolls like agility to boots and crit to cloak that we picked up for less than the cost of the mats. You have a few steady sources of income however, one of the reasons that its overall profitability is high is that Blizzard put it behind the level 84 phasing wall, making a huge chunk of the profession in Cataclysm only accessible to people who have access to the shard trader.Īs a general rule, if something can be done with enchanting before level 84, it's basically free. Email Basil (new address is old one no longer works) with your comments, questions or hate mail!Įnchanting is a very straightforward business.
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