MMORPG.com WoW Correspondent Deborah Deitrich writes this article discussing Inscriptions in Blizzard's World of Warcraft.

With the Echoes of Doom content patch, a new profession has been added to World of Warcraft. Players can now choose to train a character in Inscription, a skill used to create Glyphs and other items. Glyphs are the big new thing in Azeroth. They can be added to a character to enhance a spell or ability to great advantage. Additionally, as the materials to make glyphs are relatively inexpensive (typically 5-10 herbs), it's not unthinkable that one would change glyphs, depending on the situation. One might equip one set of glyphs to raid and replace them with another set to PvP, much as one would use different potions for different occasions.

Glyphs are class specific and can be traded, mailed and sold on the Auction House. There is a new category on the Auction House, labelled Glyphs. If you click this link, you'll find a sub-menu of the various classes. Click on a class and you'll get a listing of the glyphs currently on sale that can be used by that class.

Scribes learn to inscribe glyphs from Trainers or through discoveries. Glyphs above level 350 and the certain inscription recipes can only be learned from the trainers in Northrend. Additionally, the ingredients for higher-level glyphs are only found in Northrend. As a result, glyphs above that level will be unavailable until Wrath of the Lich King is released and Northrend is added to the World of Warcraft geography. Certain glyphs are learned through the discovery. As a result, they will not be as universally available as the trainable glyphs. Their relative rarity will no doubt impact their price.

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 Excellent money making prof right now. Not quite what it was when patch got rleased but Ive made over 13k on glyphs alone and it costs next to nothing to get started. I  still make roughly 300g a day doing nothing but making glyphs anyone could make.

Man that is some insane cash inflow.  Too bad we aren't related.  Everyone should have a rich uncle.

 Yeah, it will be cheap until they make the components some rare item that is a rare drop off of a rare spawn herb. Knowing blizzard some kind of kick arse item will require that.

Also, while it is nice now, remember that it is all realitive to demand and supply. So while people will continue to demand it, depends on how easy it is to get the required herbs. No doubt it will be easy now to make people feel good until they hit that realization that it costs a buttload to train the new northrend abilities.

My mage is scribe and she made a ton of gold on the frist day Inscription came out. I was lucky enough to get the Glyph of Pinguin which sold like crazy.

Originally posted by bluefooted

 Yeah, it will be cheap until they make the components some rare item that is a rare drop off of a rare spawn herb. Knowing blizzard some kind of kick arse item will require that.

 

Also, while it is nice now, remember that it is all realitive to demand and supply. So while people will continue to demand it, depends on how easy it is to get the required herbs. No doubt it will be easy now to make people feel good until they hit that realization that it costs a buttload to train the new northrend abilities.

 Well obviously it depends on supply and demand. I made 4k  the first day it was out because of seriously high demand. The demand will still be great when the xpac comes out due to higher end glyphs regardless of what it takes to make them. If its harder to make , you will charge accordingly. Also due to everyone learning random glyphs , it gives players a chance to find a money maker right away that no one else has ...at least for a little while. But that little while could fetch you tons of gold. Just like the guy above me who learned penguin ...on my server it was selling for 90g before other people started learning it and brought it down to roughly 40g  .... then lower.

Its still not too late to get into this profession for people looking to make a little dough. Or at the very least , not spend money to level a profession. On the other hand ....selling herbs should fetch a decent amount of money as well. This would definately be great for any lowbie or player new to the game to make some money.  But If higher level players don't get into it now , the money train will have left the station. And just as bluefooted stated , it will end up just as most every other profession ...and you wont make much at all if any.

Hi,

I would take.. oh...

.0005% or so. Then I will "Live In A Van Down The River!" :)

Maxximus

Originally posted by Bama1267

Originally posted by bluefooted

 Yeah, it will be cheap until they make the components some rare item that is a rare drop off of a rare spawn herb. Knowing blizzard some kind of kick arse item will require that.

 

Also, while it is nice now, remember that it is all realitive to demand and supply. So while people will continue to demand it, depends on how easy it is to get the required herbs. No doubt it will be easy now to make people feel good until they hit that realization that it costs a buttload to train the new northrend abilities.

 

 Well obviously it depends on supply and demand. I made 4k  the first day it was out because of seriously high demand. The demand will still be great when the xpac comes out due to higher end glyphs regardless of what it takes to make them. If its harder to make , you will charge accordingly. Also due to everyone learning random glyphs , it gives players a chance to find a money maker right away that no one else has ...at least for a little while. But that little while could fetch you tons of gold. Just like the guy above me who learned penguin ...on my server it was selling for 90g before other people started learning it and brought it down to roughly 40g  .... then lower.

Its still not too late to get into this profession for people looking to make a little dough. Or at the very least , not spend money to level a profession. On the other hand ....selling herbs should fetch a decent amount of money as well. This would definately be great for any lowbie or player new to the game to make some money.  But If higher level players don't get into it now , the money train will have left the station. And just as bluefooted stated , it will end up just as most every other profession ...and you wont make much at all if any.

I understand that part of it, but what i was pointing out was that he said that they were easy enough to make that people would be constantly changing them. Change for raid, change for pvp, change back for raid. What i'm saying though is that if they run expensive enough, people wont be changing them constantly, and knowing blizzard they wont make it that way. It will require rare herbs, and thus require higher prices and people wont change their glyphs daily. Mayvbe per spec, and that should drive down prices. 

it is like jewel crafting. At first it was extremely profitable, and even today is still doing fairly well. But the gems that everyone wants now require rare materials, and the price is so dang high that people dont replace them. When green gems were the best, people resocketed their gear whenever they wanted to try something new. Just saying if the items to make the glyph ends up being rare (like a .1% drop off a gathering of a herb), then we will see the same thing. Glyph will cost 400g and people will find out the ones they want and never change them.

Just a follow up ...... inscriptions alone since xpac was released net me 4400g a day. Now some people don't have the time to spend making and selling as I do , but good money is there for people who want to make it. The DK craze is the major reason for the huge influx of cash. People need roughly 4 glyphs every tiem they buy .... and If your the one with them all made up and lowest on AH ...you close out about 50-100g a person. The window to make money may be closing  very soon ...........