Just some feedback concerning the first video to help you with your guides in the future. A guide to making guides, if you will.
As you do mention that you create content for money, undoubtedly the stakes are higher and thus raising the quality of the content is a very good time investment.
- Organize your thoughts and write what you want to say down on a piece of paper. Rehearse it at least once, and play it back. Listen to how it sounds. It is not difficult to understand you, but your content structure is very loopy and long-winded. Often you’ll find 5 or 6 takes will help your guide become far more streamlined.
This tends to be fine when you write content, as the reader is free to skip and skim. With a video, it is very difficult to do these things, and still maintain a good sense of where you are in the guide.
- Your advice is not wrong, but I do cringe every time you use the word advanced. Ignoring the obvious auditory abrasion of hearing the same word repeated many times in a short span, most of your guide’s advice is extremely basic and revolves around one concept.
Don’t get me wrong – I don’t disapprove. Not everyone here demonstrates a basic grasp of market forces. Even the most rudimentary advice can help someone, not to mention that the overall sense of your piece promotes thinking outside the scope of a single set of items.
Still, spending 14 minutes getting that point across is a little bit much.
If you want an example of what I regard to be “advanced” market mechanics, you can send me a PM. Maybe it is something you would like to look into, but it probably will not make for ‘guide’ material.
- You may want more than one practical example.
For those who did not watch the video, but still would like the summary, it is here:
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The main idea is to widen your vision. If a new, possibly valuable item is about to be released, do not focus on only the item itself or the components that create it.
Consider the impact of the item itself on the global supply in general(In his example, it is a new 100% MF food, which would increase world drops, and thus decrease average material price).
Consider heavier foot traffic in the areas where the item’s components might be harvested, and what other surpluses that may cause (For example, if something needs X, check out what other mats are harvested near X, and assume that supply will raise).
Consider the value of the items it might be replacing (In his example, this is the 40% MF Omnomberry bar, which will become obsolete, unless players value the gold find property more)
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For making gold, that in itself is a bit vague.
However, what I do approve of is to get people thinking about the connections between various items, and what drives their supply and demand. Even if you spend 14 minutes to state what is in those 9 sentences above, it’s still the right message.
