Quick PVP gear question...

[Rendakor]

No non-arena PVP weapons, sorry. You'll either have to take Kail's advice, or bite the bullet and do a raid or two.

[Ingmar]

Crafted weapons are your best bet as long as you like maces and daggers, since that's all we can make right now. If you can't get by with a titansteel weapon of some kind, you're stuck doing the tournament, raiding, or possibly doing heroics if you're one of the specs that has a passable heroic purple. There's a decent 2h axe, for example.

[Kail]

Not related to PvP at all, but this is a stupid question which doesn't really need it's own thread:

Rolled a DK and took Blacksmithing, and as I was levelling, periodically sunk cash into the AH to skill it up.  Now it's sitting at around 410, so that's fine.  Problem is, I'm at lv 78, without cold weather flying, and I've only got about 500g or so.  Cleared out Sholazar and Zul'Drak, more or less, and as far as I know, all that's left to do is Icecrown and Storm Peaks, both of which require flying mounts.

Anyone see a way for me to get out of this without having to grind mobs to the tune of 500g?  Bearing in mind that I am completely retarded at gaming the AH?

[Simond]

Run mining circuits of HF/BoT/GW/etc - you're looking for cobalt, not saronite.
Oh, and one of the two zones you mentioned gives you a 'rental' flying mount that can only be used in that zone but doesn't need cold weather flying iirc so you might want to take a look at that. I think it's K3 in Storm Peaks but don't quote me.

[Rendakor]

You could sell instance runs; I've made as much as 50g per run from twinks looking for VC and SM runs.

[Ingmar]

Not related to PvP at all, but this is a stupid question which doesn't really need it's own thread:

Rolled a DK and took Blacksmithing, and as I was levelling, periodically sunk cash into the AH to skill it up.  Now it's sitting at around 410, so that's fine.  Problem is, I'm at lv 78, without cold weather flying, and I've only got about 500g or so.  Cleared out Sholazar and Zul'Drak, more or less, and as far as I know, all that's left to do is Icecrown and Storm Peaks, both of which require flying mounts.

Anyone see a way for me to get out of this without having to grind mobs to the tune of 500g?  Bearing in mind that I am completely retarded at gaming the AH?

Run dailies. If you did a full slate of 25 dailies a day it would only take you a couple days to get to the 1k you need for cold weather flying.

EDIT: I believe in Storm Peaks you can get a loaner flying mount from one of the NPCs at the goblin town, too.

[Malakili]

at gaming the AH?

Run dailies. If you did a full slate of 25 dailies a day it would only take you a couple days to get to the 1k you need for cold weather flying.

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Incidentally, does anyone know if the Sunwell Plateau dailies are still viable.  I've got 2 level 70s I haven't begun leveling yet, and I had considered running some of those just make some easy cash.

Then again, I could probably make more cash flying around on my main and harvesting herbs.  Frost Lotus prices are INSANEEEEEE right now.

[Merusk]

They're still available, but grant XP at 70 instead of cash unless you don't have WOTLK installed. The XP is also very crappy when compared to doing real quests in Northrend, however.   At 80 it's even worse money than just selling greys.  I went back and did a few on my DK, planning to get another exalted rep and title.. I'm better off soloing MGT for the rep.  Quests give 4gp per turn in at 80.  Ditto the Netherwing and Skyguard quests. (Which don't have very viable alternate ways to level the factions if you want the mounts.. Curse it.)

[Vash]

Frost Lotus prices are INSANEEEEEE right now.

I don't think I saw it officially listed in any patch notes (stealth fix) but the drop rate for frost lotus was dramatically lowered a few patches ago.  I noticed it right away on my herbalist character and all of the herbalists I know in game have noticed it too.

Combine that with Ulduar creating a huge demand for flasks and it's pretty easy to see why frost lotus prices should be heading through the roof on most servers.

[Kail]

Aha, thanks for the tip about that Storm Peaks mount, that's exactly what I needed.  Works in Icecrown, too, evidently.  Phew!  Thanks!

[Phred]

They're still available, but grant XP at 70 instead of cash unless you don't have WOTLK installed. The XP is also very crappy when compared to doing real quests in Northrend, however.   At 80 it's even worse money than just selling greys.  I went back and did a few on my DK, planning to get another exalted rep and title.. I'm better off soloing MGT for the rep.  Quests give 4gp per turn in at 80.  Ditto the Netherwing and Skyguard quests. (Which don't have very viable alternate ways to level the factions if you want the mounts.. Curse it.)

Ya the only quest that kept it's cash value after they nerfed the old dailies was the outland fishing daily, I guess cause they forgot to nerf the bag drops.