 SteveJ
join:2008-06-20 Frisco, TX
| [WotLK] Professions Advice
So question, looking for advice...
My Priest is finally about to ding 70, is herb / alch. I like having alch (master xmute - so far ok cash flow), and realize herb very much supports it.
I have heard however that Tailoring for Priests is great for gear, and was thinking of dropping Herb for it (leaving me to AH or get another char into herb). Thoughts?
My main is a Rogue (skinning / LW) which hasn't been that profitable at all (gold or gear wise). I could easily drop either of them for herb. (and if so then what, keep skinning, get mining, enchanting?)
Thanks as always. |
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 Dodge
join:2002-11-27 clubs:  | I would not drop herbalism simply because inscription is going to depend on it and it should be a nice source of gold once expansion hits. |
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  Jakiel00
join:2007-12-12 Mckinney, TX
| reply to SteveJ I have a 70 Spriest that has all that Shadowgear tailoring stuff. Its worth it but I would not drop the herb/alch since that is a big money maker. Assuming that you have it all maxed out, I don't know if it would be worth dropping one of those just to get the 3 pieces of gear. I would keep it until WOTLK comes out then check to see if the level 80 craftable items are worth changing over too.
Congrats on 70 with the priest. What spec are you? the tailoring has 3 different specialiaztions, 2 of which would be realyl useful to you. But like I just said in the paragraph above, with WOTLK only weeks away, I wouldn't make the switch. |
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 SteveJ
join:2008-06-20 Frisco, TX
| Not quite 70 yet (50% there from 69) right now Shadow, but want to get into healing and will go Holy/Disc either at 70, or when 3.0.2 comes out (we'll see - might stay shadow until 80 now with exp around the corner, or just go holy/disc and do more instances - plus have heard holy dps is better in 3.0.2).
Guess I will keep those professions afterall (thanks for the advice). I really didn't mind grinding my Rogue up in herb (probably could get it maxed before expansion, but will use the time on the Priest instead) |
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 AquaBlaze Premium join:2004-02-02 Encino, CA
| reply to SteveJ Eh, if tailoring in TBC is any hint, I'd imagine grabbing tailoring now wouldn't be too bad an idea. The self-crafted armor sets were quite the leg-up on gearing up for content.
Personally, I went from mining/skinning to mining/engineering. With motes, engineering is similar to another gathering skill, plus the two detection skills stack. Also, I get the ability to craft the best helm (before Naxx, or maybe after, dunno) as well.
That, and I get to blow s*%@ up. Not so much important in TBC, but with siege mechanics coming out...who knows how good Engineering will play, or how well the outdoor PvP will be. |
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  PBX Tech Theory of a Deadman on XM 48 Squizz Premium join:2000-09-20 Norwich, CT | reply to SteveJ on your Priest, drop Alchemy and get skinning. on your Rogue, drop Leatherworking and pick up Mining.
both your toons will be swimming in gold. -- I have come to realize that God doesn't want to hear from me anymore. |
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 SteveJ
join:2008-06-20 Frisco, TX
edit: October 6th, @03:33PM
| Hmmm....Good point if I wanted to go dual gathering and just make money. Think I might want some gear items I could not otherwise just buy...
Guess I can always drop LW on my Rogue and take up herb, keep skinning or drop it for mining (maybe mining / herb and level up together)then when it's up there drop herb for tailoring and get it all.
regardless sounds like I have a few options.. unless there are some awesome LW items in WotLK I am missing and need to get? |
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 Dodge
join:2002-11-27 clubs: 
| Nothing for WotLK has been finalized. Beta is getting reworked daily and it's starting to look like devs are going into a frenzy considering how close it is to release date and none of the classes are working properly.
Making a decision now based on what's going to happen is impossible. Unless you have some extreme need to drop a profession right this second, I would say wait until WotLK comes out. |
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 SteveJ
join:2008-06-20 Frisco, TX
| No extreme need, just happen to have a little more time now than I would at expansion to do something like this I think is all.
That and I have seen and read of a lot of Priest with alch / tailoring and was wondering if I should do that as well, especially since I could get my Rogue up in herb before expansion... |
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 Dropper
join:2008-09-18 Anchorage, AK
| reply to SteveJ I wouldn't drop any gathering profession until you see what bonus you get from it and whether the unique items you can make for yourself from a profession end up being better.
My guess is probably not if you have the right gathering profession for your class. |
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  ErikVKing Erik the Viking Premium join:2008-06-19 Kuwait
| reply to SteveJ On the same note as the OP:
I currently have zero prof's on my 61 Warrior since my focus was all about leveling up fast, and I can't decide between Eng (mainly for the helm(s), and since he's just short of 62 I'd planned to PL it up and make one so as to have a very nice piece at such a low level) and BS.
The *only* reason I have been unsure as whether or not to do Eng on him is that my 38 Rog has Eng right now, and I'm one of those folks that likes to have all profs so as to be self-sufficient for the most part. I used to be when I had my other toons, and would like to be again.
There are some great pieces to be made with BSing, so I know I wouldn't be wasting my time on it, but a few more questions regarding it...
Which specialty is the best overall? Basically, which would be the easiest/fastest to get the "end" piece for? Also, with WotLK right around the bend, does anyone know if the new "end" pieces in TBC will be needed to upgrade to the next tier still? i.e. Bulwark of Ancient Kings to...whatever. -- "I am Jack's utter lack of surprise." |
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 Dropper
join:2008-09-18 Anchorage, AK
edit: October 6th, @08:30PM
| reply to SteveJ I would say LW is easiest, but that doesn't really help your warrior. After that either blacksmith or engineering, as the patterns that can take you to 375 are trainable.
As a blacksmith you'll get the ability to add gem sockets to some of your gear, the engineering you know about.
One thing on the engineering. A relatively easy thing to make is called a mote extractor. This enables you to suck up motes from gas clouds. Windy clouds in Nagrand and Felmist in SMV are particularly easy to find, and give between 3 - 5 motes each. This means you can easily make a living without a gathering profession, and I believe the extractors will be usable on the expansion's equivalent of these gas clouds. The fact the lvl 72 helm has a "see gas clouds" equip ability is more or less confirmation that this or another easy to build equivalent will work.
Takes me around 15-20 minutes to get 1-2 primals from each zone. |
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 AquaBlaze Premium join:2004-02-02 Encino, CA
| said by Dropper :After that either blacksmith or engineering, as the patterns that can take you to 375 are trainable. Actually, you do need to do some grinding to learn your final leveling recipie for Engineering (Field Repair Bot). Blizzard kinda dropped the ball for leveling Engys. From 360-375, you're pretty hard pressed to max your skill using skills from the trainer. |
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 Dropper
join:2008-09-18 Anchorage, AK
edit: October 6th, @08:50PM
| Adamantite rifles from the Lower City Trainer. From 365-370 one rifle per level, from 370-375 between 1-3 rifles per level.
edit actually he might be just a vendor, but you can get the pattern in lower city. The adamantite is the expensive part, but only if you haven't leveled your mining too.
Pretty sure I made some sort of bomb to get from 360-365. Probably adamantite grenades or gnomish flame turrets. |
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  ErikVKing Erik the Viking Premium join:2008-06-19 Kuwait | reply to Dropper hmmm, looks like I'm steering myself back toward Eng. I wasn't thinking about the extractor (didn't really know exactly what that was about, lol). |
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 AquaBlaze Premium join:2004-02-02 Encino, CA | reply to SteveJ Huh. I rather liked the Field Repair Bot method. Not only did I level up assembling the Khorium Power Cores, but I leveled a point for each one I made from 360-375. (It was yellow through 370-375) |
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 Dropper
join:2008-09-18 Anchorage, AK | The field bots are more useful than 15-20 adamantite rifles  |
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 AquaBlaze Premium join:2004-02-02 Encino, CA
edit: October 6th, @08:55PM
| reply to Dropper »forums.wow-europe.com/thread.htm···sid=1#30
quote: 300 - 310 Your going to need 55 x Fel Iron Casing, 270 x Handful of Fel Iron Bolts and 35 x Elemental Blasting Powder, so just make all that first and you'll get to 310+. For every point you go past 310, reduce the the number of items you make by 1 x Fel Iron Casing, 2 X Handful of Fel Iron Bolts and 1 x Elemental Blasting Powder. i.e. the mats required to make Fel Iron Bombs.
310 - 320 Fel Iron Bomb (1 x Fel Iron Casing, 2 x Handful of Fel Iron Bolts, 1 x Elemental Blasting Powder) x 10
320 - 335 Fel Iron Musket (1 x Heavy Stock, 3 x Fel Iron Casing, 6 x Handful of Fel Iron Bolts) x 15
335 - 350 White Smoke Flare (1 x Netherweave Cloth, 1 x Elemental Blasting Powder) x 25
350 - 360 Khorium Power Core (3 x Khorium Bars, 1 x Primal Fire) x 20 It is already yellow when you learn it, but this doesn't turn grey until 370. So after making the 20 you need for the next part, you should be past 360 
360 - 375 Field Repair Bot 110G (8 x adamantite Bar, 8 x Handful of Fel Iron Bolts, 1 x Khorium Power Core) x 20
Approximate Required Materials
435 x Fel Iron Bars 9 x Mote of Fire 18 x Mote of Earth 25 x Netherweave Cloth 60 x Khorium Bars 20 x Primal Fire 160 x Adamantite Bars 15 x Heavy Stock
Yeah, guess I made a few bombs too. Of course, I keep a stack of both types of 'nades. Never bother with bombs - I need to be able to move as a rogue. |
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  Don69Fire
join:2006-12-28 Danville, WV
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| reply to PBX Tech said by PBX Tech :on your Priest, drop Alchemy and get skinning. on your Rogue, drop Leatherworking and pick up Mining. both your toons will be swimming in gold. i agree, any gathering profs are money makers. i have a shaman that is herb / mining. and yes it does take time to lvl both. but i make a butt load of gold with them. plus i have 2 bank toons now with nothing but herbs for 0 to 300 lvl. hitting the AH as soon as the X-pack comes out. |
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 WoWjunky
join:2008-08-11
| reply to SteveJ Yes, having gathering profs is very profitable, and having lots of cash is always nice. But considering dailies now, with just 1 hour of playtime in IQD you can make an easy 100g or more, so gold is relatively easy to create.
I guess it depends on what you like doing. I have the crafted BS pieces (armorsmith on my tank, weaponsmith on my PvP warrior), as well I have the FSW set on my mage, and the Primalstrike set on my rogue. I just really enjoy crafting, it gives you some extra goals while you level, and at least I dont look like every other player out there with the "cookie cutter" PvP gear. Another plus is I can now mail enchants, BS sockets, LW leg enchants and various other buffs to myself because I am a master of all trades. Be an Individual! |
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