Crafting: Are World of Warcraft Players Bad Tippers?

Are World of Warcraft players bad tippers? Stormstrike asks this question, drawing on anecdotal experience as a crafter and comments from other players to determine what the best tipping etiquette is when having an item created, gemmed or enchanted. From the cheap bastards to the benevolent, tipping could have an effect on how crafted patterns circulate — and how easy it is to find someone with a particular pattern, plan or design.

Can you loot this mob so I can skin it?

WoW Insider has an interesting post — and a lively discussion — on disenchanting during dungeon runs in, “Who keeps the shards?” The gist of it is that in WotLK, Enchanters have been keeping the shards from boss-drop disenchants, bucking a basic rule of etiquette that’s been commonplace for at least two or three years [...]