It goes without saying that these are times of great economic uncertainty. Wow Gold Ankauf  But just when I thought I had adequately factored in the upheaval in the money markets, something happens to throw the whole thing into flux again.

Next week, the new talents and class changes will go live on all realms in World of Warcraft, as has been widely anticipated. But included with this patch is the new Inscription profession, which will therefore be available to level up to a skill of 375, before Wrath of the Lich King goes live! Since the raw material for inscription will be herbs (to make inks for scrolls), this will send the price of herbs through the roof. Cash-rich, level 70 players typically have at least one crafting profession already maxed-out at 375 and they will be highly unlikely to drop this because of the exciting new recipes that will soon be available for skills above 375. This means that any 70s wanting to take up inscription will be dropping their gathering profession, and that means they will be buying all their herbs on the auction house.

I had plans in place to drop mining for herbalism and level it to 375 before the expansion in November so that I could make a killing selling herbs to impatient noobs. But now I need to get to 375 in less than a week! If I wait until the expansion, the first rush will already be over and prices will wow gold stabilise as everyone gets bored with their Death Knights and runs them round Elwyn Forest picking peacebloom. But if I spend my limited play time picking low level herbs in Arathi and Stranglethorn Vale, I can't finish levelling my character. I'm stuck at level 65 at the moment and I'll need to be at least 68 to be on that first wave of pilgrims heading to Northrend in six weeks.

It is for this reason that I shall be appealing to the Chancellor for an emergency cash injection of 50 billion or so. This will allow me to hire a team of bots to pick herbs for me, with enough left over to pay myself a modest City bonus.