So what will be the best way to make money

[Storm]

My thinking on this is kind of the same as yours. Ill probably go Mining/ Herb and just post all the mats I don't need. Its a pretty safe bet you'll make a few copper.

Not a great idea because you can't track herbs and ores the same time. I would go herb and alchemy but you gotta beat the competition for high tier herbs.

[Drain]

We can't tell you a "best" way to make money pre release, as it depends on supply/demand. If few people want to do laps around zones for ore, then Mining will be extremely profitable. If too many do it, then it won't be worth your time vs other tasks. Gathering professions are quite profitable, until too many people are farmers as opposed to crafters, reaching a point where you could then turn big profits just buying their cheap material, crafting stuff with it, and throwing the item straight to the auction house.

Of course everything is dependent on hackers being kept off our server, which cheat to farm or clone materials and then flood it into the auction house for pennies on the dollar. I hope Nostalrius is very strict against bots and cheaters, unlike other private servers have been and even Blizzard itself.

[Smorgeybork]

pick flax, craft into bowstrings, and sell it to fletchers

[Trolle]

Do enchant/gather for disenchant(all drops you get from instances will be material that is highly desirable) and sell the ingrediants for a profession. Mining yields Arcane Crystals, Herb for all the pots you need for raiding or skinning for devilsaur leather for all warriors/rogues

[nujabes]

Find a niche, plan ahead and know the economy/potential market. I know it sounds basic but short of telling you where to farm and what to farm for that's all the advice I can give.

Also, if you can use the auction house intelligently then you'll get far.

[Undertanker]

If you are really wanting to make money, and think you can manage the herb/miner (knowing what areas to track what) keep everything you get. Do not AH these at launch.

Too many people will be flooding the market at first and most serious profession builders will be farming their own mats with their first profession.

Wait a month for when people are creating alts they want to power lvl their profession, you have new comers to the server, and frankly not so many people selling the low and mid tier resources you have stock piled. Put a couple stacks of each on the AH at a time, not everything, you will put a lot of money into AH fees and if you get undercut, you will loose a in the end.

[TheBigTwig]

pick flax, craft into bowstrings, and sell it to fletchers

almost fucking lost it

[Aelliah]

Herbs. Flasks. Major mana potions. Profit.

[Smorgeybork]

pick flax, craft into bowstrings, and sell it to fletchers

almost fucking lost it

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[TheLockKing]

There's a certain island in a certain area that was famous for being farmed for gold.