| During your adventures in Azeroth, you will | | | | Rugged) but you'll find you'll be better of financially |
| undoubtedly find a lot more stuff than you can | | | | if you ship your lesser leathers to your bank to |
| immediately use. Some of that will go to the | | | | sell. In my case it works like that: I still use Thick |
| Auction House to raise funds for your mount.... eh | | | | and Rugged, so everything less goes to the bank |
| ... charity, and the rest you will probably want to | | | | (Heavy, Medium and Light). It takes AN |
| keep, because it's shiny and new, looks remotely | | | | INCREDIBLE AMOUNT of light leather to make a |
| useful, or you are a pack rat like I am. | | | | single Thick or Rugged, so just sell them. Same |
| Blizzard allows only a limited number of in-game | | | | thing goes for cloth after you level your First Aid. |
| bank slots, which can be augmented through the | | | | A few patches ago, Blizzard made mail between |
| use of bags. Bag slots in the bank can be | | | | characters on the same account instantaneous |
| purchased at a price of 10s for the first one, up | | | | (more or less) so if you find that you need |
| to 25g for the 4th one and above. Obviously that | | | | something your bank is holding, it is very quick |
| is a lot of coin just to store stuff, so careful | | | | and easy to transfer back and forth, and the |
| management is required. | | | | cost is pretty much invisible (30c per stack). |
| In its infinite Wisdom, Blizzard also allows the use | | | | Added to that the ability to send up to 12 stacks |
| of other characters on the same server as | | | | per mail (as of patch 2.3.0 I think), the usefulness |
| "banks", meaning they have no other purpose | | | | of Banks has greatly increased. |
| than to store stuff for your main characters. I | | | | Use your bank (or banks) as your primary |
| personally have 4 or 5, but you should be able to | | | | Auctioneers. They will be able to concentrate all |
| manage with a single bank character per | | | | the cloth (for example) that your main character |
| character played, or even by 2 characters played. | | | | sends in singles into neat 20-stacks and sell them |
| The one I currently use is an 18th-level | | | | like that. They will sell better, and your bank will |
| babe-a-licious Blood Elf Mage named Zallesta, | | | | be left holding the cash. This will make respecting |
| whom I played for a while then got bored of. | | | | Rule Number 1 ("Thou Shalt Not Spend Thy Cash |
| Bank characters are dual-purposed. They should | | | | Frivolously") much easier to respect, cutting down |
| serve not only as a repository of assorted stuff, | | | | on impulsive purchases. |
| but as a gold depot and auctioneer-in-chief. This | | | | If your Bank is your primary Auctioneer, you will |
| means that you should send everything you are | | | | also be able to leave your Main Character in |
| not currently using to your bank. If you are a | | | | outlying areas for questing purposes, cutting down |
| leatherworker, keep only the basics to level up | | | | on flight time and increasing leveling speed. |
| your skill. All rare ingredients (Pearls and whatnots) | | | | Should you find that you are a super pack rat, |
| should be sent to the bank for storage, as well as | | | | you may want to create several banks - one for |
| the leather you are not currently using. I know | | | | food, one for blacksmithing or leatherworking |
| that in leather's case, you can convert lesser | | | | supplies, etc., but in general it should not be |
| leathers into greater ones (6 Thicks make a | | | | necessary. |