Looking into the future: planning for WOTLK

Although this is not a 100% money making post there is enough money related issue I feel warranted to post on WOW Jones.

Here are some suggestions on what to do before the release of WOTLK.

Get all alts to level 70
Coming release of WOTLK most of the classes will see dramatic changes the way TBC did to the original WOW. Some classes will be nerfed, some classes will be buffed. You will never know which class you will enjoy playing coming the expansion. It doesn't hurt to have a few 70s in the pocket so you can pick the ones to take to 80. Currently I have a level 70 priest for healing. A level 62 hunter for DPS and a level 43 warrior which I plan to use for tanking. I plan to get as many of them to 70 as possible before the release. Adding the free death knight I think I will have all the corners covered coming release day.

Clean out your bank and bags
If you are like me, you will be carrying a full bank + bag of stuff. Some are junk, some are treasures, some are stuff with sentimental values only to you. Coming release day a lot of the treasure you collect will become junk overnight. For example, mooncloth's market disappeared overnight when TBC replaced it with primal mooncloth. A lot of "valuable" you have in the bank will go the same route when expansion gets released. Can any one say primal life for 1 GP? Liquidate them before every one else start dumping them.

Level up your crafting professions
You have probably been too busy leveling up your character and have neglected your secondary professions. This is a excellent time to level them up. Current secondary profession cap is 375, WOTLK will likely to revise this upward. It will be even more painful if you have to level it up from 0 coming expansion.

If you are still raiding, stop.
Your gear will be obsoleted coming WOTLK. You may be able to use your T4 for another 4-5 levels but new drops and quest items in WOTLK will surely push them out. Raiding is expensive and time consuming. Your time can be better spend leveling up another character. I however isn't oppose to running 5-men instances for team building purpose.

Cash is king
There is no way to predicate what will be hot what will be not. Save up cash, do some dailies. They will be inflation coming WOTLK but gold is the universal currency. I would say 2000-3000 GP is a well round number to have. Don't spend money on things that won't be useful coming WOTLK. Example, my priest desperately wanted to have the primal mooncloth set, but I can't justify spending another 1200 GP for it when expansion is close at hand.

Make friends
Coming WOTLK new guilds will form, old ones will disband, new people will join the game. Right now is the perfect time to meet up with a group of new virtual friends who will be sticking with you coming WOTLK. Smaller guild will be in fashion again because any 10 men guild can see the end game content. People who hasn't left WOW right now are the ones who have long enough attention span to stick around with you coming expansion. Maybe you should be "LF 9 More friends for WOTLK?" in /1?

That is all the rants I have time for. Remember, change is the only constant.