Recently, one of the Godfathers of World of Warcraft, Tony "T Dub" Sanders asked me to review his latest guide called HitGoldCap. Tony has been around since the beta testing of World of Warcraft in 2004 so to be asked to review anything he writes is a tremendous honor. As with all of Tony's writings, this one doesn't disappoint. HitGoldcap promises to help do just that – get the maximum amount of gold that WoW will allow. Due to programming considerations, there is an actual upper limit to the amount of gold one character can have. However, that amount was thought to be so large that it was virtually unobtainable. Leave it to Tony to prove the programmers wrong.
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Digging into HitGoldCap
The focus of HitGoldCap is gold without grinding and after reading the guide I can honestly tell you that "I get it." I never thought it was possible to get that much gold without tons and tons of boring, laborious work and I couldn't be more wrong. Here's a quick synopsis of the structure of HitGoldCap.
Module 1 - Getting Started - The first module of the HitGoldCap guide tell you basically what you already know - most of the farming methods other gold guides preach don’t work anymore, you need add-ons to maximize your returns at the Auction House, various websites that are invaluable, etc. Since these were such obvious statements I was expecting to be disappointed with the guide. However, after the inital module, things get really interesting.
Module 2 - Add-Ons - This module covers the 4 key add-ons you must have if you really want to make lots of gold. covers how to use the 4 key add ons you need to really make tons of money.
Module 3 - Making your First Gold - One of the things this guide teaches you that I never really considered was that there are "phases" to your gold making career. This module covers the "getting started" years where you will do things to get you a base amount of money that you will use to fuel the fires later on.
Module 4 - As Much Gold as You'll Ever Need - A lot of people can just stop after reading this module. There's a difference between hitting the gold cap and getting enough gold to live comfortably and get whatever you want. Chances are most people today could live comfortably on 10 million US dollars. That's what this module shows. How to get enough money to be a good raid member or PVP'er.
Module 5 - The Gold Cap - Even though most people would be happy with 10 million US dollars, there are a few extreme people who want to have 10 billion US dollars. That's what this module is all about. The final phase of your gold making career involves everything in module 4 but on a much larger scale. Once I read this module I felt completely confident in the fact I could actually hit the cap.
So what's my take on this? This is a great guide for making maximum profits in World of Warcraft and doing it in ways that don't involve mind numbing grinding and killing multiple mobs over and over again. Have I reached the gold cap yet? Not yet. However the only thing stopping me from doing it is time. I'm 100% convinced by reading the strategies in this guide that it is absolutely possible.
