Back to making gold

It wasn't by plan to start playing the AH again. I did that more than a bit last time i played so I know I'll not run out of gold unless I go on a spending spree in the Paris Hilton way.
Then it happened... I got hooked on gold again, so it's back to making gold though I don't need it.

In order to make a solid amount of gold in WoW you need to do one of two things.
1) build a crafting empire of alts.
2) farm content for drops, mounts and what not.

As I only farm for transmog I go the way of the crafting empire. Mine consists of 8 toons. This include everything from my main to the characters posting on the AH.
With my setup I have 4 characters for posting items on the AH depending on the type of item and also with an option to create a price war as I can undercut myself if needed.

Is macros cheating?

I'm a huge fan of macros. The way you can make more actions with a simple click. Some classes are more macro "demanding" than others but all in all a macro can enhance your gaming.
One of the more used macros is a "when shit hits the fan" macro - a macro that pops all defensive CD's and buys you that extra few seconds of life to change the situation.

The fact that macros is a built-in feature makes it a legal way of making automation and/or make more functions on the same button - like changing stance or maybe even outfit from PvP to PVE.

One thing that puzzles me though is how far you can go before other players see it as cheating.
If you have a macro for the opening spells that you use on every encounter then it's seen as ok by most players. However if you have been a little too clever and created a full rotation macro (one key macro) then people tend to call it cheating.

For one I'm all for macros in every aspect. If a person is smart enough to create a valid rotation in a macro I think that's great. Some players even need macros like this as they might have hard time with muscle memory, damaged nerves or even miss fingers. So in no way do I see it as cheating. Hell, I use one button macros myself - mainly for LFR or when farming old content - and I love it.
Rotation macro on mouse wheel and spin the crap out of the mobs.

In LFR and dungeons these macros have made me top the meters with both my Death Knight, Druid, Priest, Mage and now Hunter. I don't use them constantly but if the group is working well then I start spinning the wheel. As for right now while gearing my Hunter I can be top 5 in LFR even with weaker gear than some of the other players.

The key to a good macro is knowing your latency as it can greatly influence your macro with some classes.

I do know that if you raid on a more serious level then rotation macros are not the best way to go as they take some control away from the player. But calling it cheating is not fair I believe.
But try it out and do like me - spin that wheel of fortune.

Rage Finder

As I've mentioned before it's been little over a year since I've played WoW. Now I've made my return to the game where I've gone from one of the oldest guilds to a rather new one. New guildies create new inspiration for me and also mean new gaming-friends.

I was "headhunted" by my new guild... or rather I got an invite thrown at me, but it was part of my plan to accept the 4th guild that gave me an invite - yep, I used a dice and it showed four eyes, so 4th invite it was.
But it's a place where I feel there's a lot of good communication, so I'm staying where I am.

After I did the character boost that I got with the pre-order of Warlords of Draenor it was all in on gear.
First I went through Timeless Isle and then yesterday it was time for Raid Finder (LFR).
Before I started my break from WoW I had tried LFR in Dragon Soul and the first part of Mogu'shan Vaults.

Isle of wasting time... or something

Timeless Isle. I must admit I was looking forward to this area and finding out what all the hype was about. I took my freshly dinged 90 *boost* hunter on a trip there.

First of all I had imagined it to be more spread out but that's no negative input at all. The size seems to be fine for the purpose of this hidden place.
Within seconds I started my first fight there and opened a can of whoop ass for a turtle. It was all good. Took some time to kill it as I'm still new with the hunter but I did ok.

On my way towards the different chests I took on some birds, tigers and what not and I got my first 496 tokens. Within minutes I had collected 7 tokens all in all. Unfortunately 4 of them were class specific and didn't fit my hunter... but my priest thanked him anyways.

Rant 1.0

I can't take it!
Why the f*** can't developers learn to accept Linux and make their software possible to use on said system?!
It really bothers me that while the Linux community is growing there's no sign of developers helping the users.

I run a Linux system and with the help of Wine I can run World of Warcraft with no problems worth mentioning. However I got more than pissed, as I found out that Wine couldn't run Curse Client v5.
Guides, forum posts and other sources all suggest that Curse Client v4 could run on Wine but not the current v5 and how f***** is that?!