World of Warcraft

I know, usually I have our mid-week video right? But instead I’m gonna shake things up a bit and visit some activities that I do once a day for fun and of course, new equipment. On average, these activities can be done in about an hour per day. You don’t need to do them all of course, but if you happen to only have 15-20 minutes you can still squeeze in a daily or transmute here and there. Here’s what I like to do to progress my character in a limited amount of time.

1. Dailies (Average completion time: 5-15 minutes per quest) I know I’ve mentioned daily quests in previous articles, but for the sake of completeness I thought they were worth mentioning again. If I only have 15-20 minutes of game time to work with, I’ll often head over to Ogri’lah and get as many dailies done as possible. If you are very limited on time stick to wrangling aether rays and the attunement quest, as these are the quickest timewise and will give you precious rep that will lead to solid (though overall sub-par) gear and potions from your favorite ogres. Be sure to leave your hearth near by, so that you can log in and hearth to your dailies if need be.

2. Dungeon Dailies (Average Completion time: 30min-1 hour and 15 min.) I’ve made a past time if trying to complete dungeons as fast as humanly possible. I think it really accelerates the challenge and skill of an instance, especially if you outgear the place. Don’t write off the regular dungeon daily, either. You can burn through a regular instance in a short amount of time, and end up with some blues to disenchant as well as the money from the quest (and consortium rep!). Heroics are a bit more of a complicated affair, so make sure to bring a group of friends you travel regularly with. For me, our group usually clears a heroic (depending on the instance) in about 45 minutes to an hour. Take advantage!

3. Gathering Professions (Average Completion time: 10 minutes) These are great money makers for alts looking to make a quick buck. Simply park your character near a zone/area that often has node spawns or herbs, log in, and run them around a pre-designated loop. This can take an extremely short amount of time if you happen to have an epic flying mount! I’ve often spent a couple weeks grabbing nodes on an alt this way, and ended up with a tidy sum after selling my goods to the auction house. Again I’m sure this is a re-cap of what I mentioned in an earlier post, but it’s important to note!

4. PvP Daily (Average Completion time: 20-40 minutes) If you happen to like the battlegrounds, but don’t want to get burned out cranking out match after match, the pvp daily is a great way to earn extra money and honor. I usually hop on a character, do the associated daily, and log off, happy with my small taste of pvp for the day. It’s important to note that you should only do dailies that your faction is likely to win. You don’t want to spend the next 2 hours getting face stomped in eye of the storm, do you? Instead stick to surefire winners, such as the AV alliance side, in my case. Play to your factions strengths, and you can pull in a solid amount of honor and gold each day.

I’m sure there’s more to it than that, so feel free to send me any money-making ideas you come across. I’m not really a min-max type of player myself, so I usually pick one of the above depending on what I think will be the most fun, and I encourage you to do the same!