This week I made a total of 2,098,336g and I didn’t have any purchases, so that was nice. The thing is, I barely did any gold making at all this week. I started off with good intentions, wanting to make sure all of my auctions were restocked and posted, but before long I fell off. Life being what it is, I just didn’t have the spoons to do everything that I wanted to do, so something had to take a back seat. In this case, it was World of Warcraft. I didn’t even get my weekly completed (I’m hoping to work on all of that tonight before reset happens tomorrow, but if it doesn’t work out that’s no big deal, we do what we can).
As you can see my sales were all over the place, a few recipes, some transmog. Nothing important of note. I imagine I’m selling to a lot of other goblins who are hoping to make a profit, or maybe the odd collector here and there. Still, 2 million gold is at least some gains, and next week is a new week.
As always, happy gaming – no matter where you find yourself.
I started out confused, but by the time I had finished the latest EVE Online event, a gallente election, I was smitten. I have a hard time finishing most EVE Online events, they usually require me to leave my cozy wormhole, head to highsec/nullsec/lowsec or some other activity that I am less than thrilled to be doing.
This event had a long list of things I could do. I started out attempting to mine scordite like everyone else in the universe and quickly backed off of that one as it became the most rare ore in all of New Eden. In my wormhole, there were sites to hack that gave points, but searching for them was a bit hit / miss, I did find a nice C6 that had 6 of the sites, so that was lovely.
Eventually I opted for the lesser of all evils, and I grinded L1 security missions with the masses. I completed the quest chain, and then I promptly started doing it on alts.
Number one, the currency is actually tradeable. You can sell it on the market or pass it to your main . Alpha characters can also fully do this event – though the daily login rewards ARE boosted for Omega characters. I currently have 2 Omega accounts, and one alpha. For a change I decided to just stick with the alpha account and see what I could do. I found a Tristan fit that Alpha can use without too much issue, and off I went. Easy.
This is the first event I’ve completed so quickly, and also the first event that I’ve even WANTED to do on alts. I hope CCP keeps up with events of this type. I didn’t feel pigeonholed into completing something I wasn’t interested in, it didn’t take too much effort, and I found it mildly enjoyable. I do hear some corp mates who are leaning the opposite direction, but compared to the winter event I will take this one all day every day.
This was a week of really big sales (but not that many over all), I made a total of 2.9 million gold, but I also didn’t post for a few days as real life took over (happy Easter for anyone who celebrated, and Happy First Contact day)! I can’t even remember what I spent the 30k on, I think it was a housing item or two I had found that I didn’t have yet, and maybe some flips I had found. The biggest sales this week actually came from Moon Guard, which is not usually one of my better performing servers, so I was surprised. Someone bought a transmog shirt (again) and I am of course thankful for it.
I did get into the Firelands raid for some gear upgrades, and I also did Prey to boost my vault for the week. Here’s hoping I get some great sales the upcoming week!
No dramatic exit, no grand declaration—just a quiet disconnect and a shift of focus to things that exist outside of warp tunnels and signal noise. Family has a way of reminding you that some things matter more than stars and ships, and for a time, New Eden went still for me.
When I came back, it hadn’t waited.
It never does.
Instead, I found myself dropped straight into Gallente politics—campaigns, slogans, broadcasts looping through comms channels like they expected me to have been paying attention the whole time. Debates, promises, direction for the Federation. All very important, I’m sure.
I am Gallente.
I just… don’t feel especially invested.
Still, ignoring it entirely felt wrong somehow. So I listened—just enough to choose a direction without getting pulled into the noise. Soraya Roden’s message, Return to Strength, was simple. Direct. Familiar, in a way. It didn’t ask me to feel anything in particular, which made it easier to accept.
So I signed on.
Not with speeches or banners, but with tasks. Challenges completed in her name. Small contributions, quietly logged. Mine some scordite. Run a security mission. Repeat. I couldn’t help but smile at the absurdity of it.
What sort of presidential candidate needs scordite?
What strategic vision hinges on me clearing out a handful of pirates in a system no one will remember tomorrow?
And yet, the rewards ticked in. Points accumulated. Progress bars filled. The machinery of politics, reduced to something almost… domestic. Tangible in the smallest, strangest ways.
Maybe that’s the point.
Big ideas, built on small actions. Or maybe it’s just the Federation finding another way to keep capsuleers busy.
Either way, I found myself easing back into motion. Not fully immersed, not particularly passionate—but present. Participating, in my own quiet, slightly confused way.
It’s good to be back.
Even if I’m not entirely sure why I’m mining rocks for a presidential candidate.
I spent a LOT of gold this week, 1.2 million – on housing items. I bought every crafted item I could because there is just no way I’m harvesting lumber except to get the achievement associated with it. I simply do not enjoy harvesting. In fact you can use that as my “huh something is wrong with Stargrace” fact if you ever see me actively harvesting.
Sales this week were great, over 5 million for once – but a lot of that came from a single sale. There was 1 sale for 1.8 million gold that happened with a no longer obtainable transmog, I believe it was a shirt.
Mid week the sales slowed down – but that’s mostly because I didn’t post my auctions back up after they had expired. I was working on doing my weeklies, dungeons, raids, and all of that good stuff. Sometimes, I’m just not into it. That’s OK though, after being in the game for this long it’s not really a big deal if I don’t post for a day or two.
I continue to post on my top 10 earning servers, the others have mostly fallen by the wayside. I am sure I could eek out a bit more gold if I were to continue to post on all of the servers I was on previously, but it’s a lot of time for very little return. Eventually I might get back to it, but for now I’m happy with how things are going.
I hope everyone else is having a lovely time in Warcraft, remember that you’re more than welcome to play your way, no matter what that ‘way’ is. Don’t let others talk you out of it. As always, happy gaming – no matter where you find yourself.