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Every week, WoW Insider brings you [hide]Gold Capped[/hide], in which Basil «[hide]Euripides[/hide]» Berntsen and [hide]Fox Van Allen[/hide] aim to show you how to make money on the Auction House. [hide]Email Basil[/hide] with your questions, comments, or hate mail!
Patch 4.3 will bring with it the ability to [hide]shatter Maelstrom Crystals[/hide] into Heavenly Shards. This is unsurprising, as we have been able to shatter or transform the epic enchanting mats from other expansions. At this time, it looks like it will produce two [hide]Heavenly Shards [/hide]per [hide]Maelstrom Crystal[/hide], and since it’s not disenchanting, it’s unlikely to be affected by the [hide]guild perk[/hide]. This is going to be an opportunity for people to make some money, as well as provide a much needed sink for these Maelstrom Crystals, which have been piling up of late.
The market for Heavenly Shards is a little odd. In case you’ve forgotten, you can [hide]make one[/hide] from 16 [hide]Elementium Ore[/hide] and 8 [hide]Obsidium Ore[/hide]. Despite this being «common» knowledge, the price for these enchanting mats has a consistently high profit margin. Maybe it’s because of how long and annoying it is to turn ore into shards, or maybe it’s because of the large volume taken by the popular enchants this expansion.[hide]Continue reading Gold Capped: Shattering Maelstrom Crystals[/hide]Filed under: [hide]Economy[/hide], [hide]Gold Capped[/hide][hide]Gold Capped: Shattering Maelstrom Crystals[/hide] originally appeared on [hide]WoW Insider[/hide] on Fri, 07 Oct 2011 17:00:00 EST. Please see our [hide]terms for use of feeds[/hide].[hide]Permalink[/hide] | [hide]Email this[/hide] | [hide]Comments[/hide]