Comments on: Professions – The Basics http://dominateyourserver.com/2008/05/09/professions-the-basics/ World of Warcraft Gold, Tips, Tricks, and Discussion Thu, 30 Dec 2010 10:05:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Peyana http://dominateyourserver.com/2008/05/09/professions-the-basics/comment-page-1/#comment-6597 Peyana Thu, 15 Jan 2009 16:12:16 +0000 http://dominateyourserver.com/2008/05/09/professions-the-basics/#comment-6597 I haven't seen an update to your Inscription Guide lately. I bought it and haven't received an update yet. Any plans on that? I haven’t seen an update to your Inscription Guide lately. I bought it and haven’t received an update yet. Any plans on that?

]]> By: tatsumasa http://dominateyourserver.com/2008/05/09/professions-the-basics/comment-page-1/#comment-592 tatsumasa Fri, 13 Jun 2008 17:28:12 +0000 http://dominateyourserver.com/2008/05/09/professions-the-basics/#comment-592 every character i play has two gathering professions and with one exception all are mining and skinning. my rogue has mining and herb but the problem with this combination is that she can only track one at a time. i leave mining up and just do herb as a secondary. so, why two gathering? quite simply, i like money. both my 70s have their epic flying mounts and can afford any gem or enchant they ever need. (i've also helped my friends get mounts they couldn't afford, lvl 40 and 60.) i acquire so much crap on all my characters that i have a bank character who i mail everything to in order to do all my auctioning because otherwise i would have auctions running all over the place. this also helps when the demand is low for the mats i get; i can hold the items until prices go back up. skinning is the easiest profession to control and mining is the most money for the least amount of work, especially with the raw gems that i get every day. add to the bars, ores, and gems motes of fire that randomly drop without any extra grinding and you can understand why these professions are what i choose. and finally, no epics you can create (that i've seen) are better than heroic drops or t4s anyway. so why waste so much money making something you're going to replace? every character i play has two gathering professions and with one exception all are mining and skinning. my rogue has mining and herb but the problem with this combination is that she can only track one at a time. i leave mining up and just do herb as a secondary. so, why two gathering? quite simply, i like money. both my 70s have their epic flying mounts and can afford any gem or enchant they ever need. (i’ve also helped my friends get mounts they couldn’t afford, lvl 40 and 60.) i acquire so much crap on all my characters that i have a bank character who i mail everything to in order to do all my auctioning because otherwise i would have auctions running all over the place. this also helps when the demand is low for the mats i get; i can hold the items until prices go back up. skinning is the easiest profession to control and mining is the most money for the least amount of work, especially with the raw gems that i get every day. add to the bars, ores, and gems motes of fire that randomly drop without any extra grinding and you can understand why these professions are what i choose. and finally, no epics you can create (that i’ve seen) are better than heroic drops or t4s anyway. so why waste so much money making something you’re going to replace?

]]> By: Rkkn http://dominateyourserver.com/2008/05/09/professions-the-basics/comment-page-1/#comment-591 Rkkn Fri, 13 Jun 2008 17:17:55 +0000 http://dominateyourserver.com/2008/05/09/professions-the-basics/#comment-591 hunter part is all wrong u don't really need engineering theres not many guns that can be made and if they are they aren't better then the ones in raids and heroic instances. hunter part is all wrong u don’t really need engineering theres not
many guns that can be made and if they are they aren’t better then
the ones in raids and heroic instances.

]]> By: Ren http://dominateyourserver.com/2008/05/09/professions-the-basics/comment-page-1/#comment-332 Ren Tue, 13 May 2008 04:55:09 +0000 http://dominateyourserver.com/2008/05/09/professions-the-basics/#comment-332 My priest is a tailor and enchanter and I agree that the two work very well together. Cloth is easier to get (in my opinion) so you can grind tailoring, DE what you make, and grind enchanting just as easily. Great post Gavin, but may I add some information which reinforces what you are talking about? Everyone needs mats and you are going to have a negative income if you buy them all on the AH. Because of this is, it is crutial that one has the gathering skill to support their creation skill. If you just want to make money, get two gathering skills. The thing about gathering is that the mats you need are found in higher and higher level areas so you need a main character to be doing at least one of these. Creating professions on the other hand can be done at a relatively low level (you can get up to 300 skill at lv 35) so you can hand these proffesions to an alt. Most items are BoE anyway so their is not much to lose by doing this formula. My priest is a tailor and enchanter and I agree that the two work very well together. Cloth is easier to get (in my opinion) so you can grind tailoring, DE what you make, and grind enchanting just as easily.

Great post Gavin, but may I add some information which reinforces what you are talking about?

Everyone needs mats and you are going to have a negative income if you buy them all on the AH. Because of this is, it is crutial that one has the gathering skill to support their creation skill. If you just want to make money, get two gathering skills.

The thing about gathering is that the mats you need are found in higher and higher level areas so you need a main character to be doing at least one of these. Creating professions on the other hand can be done at a relatively low level (you can get up to 300 skill at lv 35) so you can hand these proffesions to an alt. Most items are BoE anyway so their is not much to lose by doing this formula.

]]> By: Gavin http://dominateyourserver.com/2008/05/09/professions-the-basics/comment-page-1/#comment-327 Gavin Mon, 12 May 2008 21:30:17 +0000 http://dominateyourserver.com/2008/05/09/professions-the-basics/#comment-327 Zippy, try leaving a comment with some substance next time. Zippy, try leaving a comment with some substance next time.

]]> By: Chuck http://dominateyourserver.com/2008/05/09/professions-the-basics/comment-page-1/#comment-323 Chuck Mon, 12 May 2008 17:17:09 +0000 http://dominateyourserver.com/2008/05/09/professions-the-basics/#comment-323 I find that pairing tailoring with enchanting for clothies is also a good combination. You can get the skins you need for tailoring from an alt who skins/leatherworks or buy them on AH if you have the cash. You can use tailoring to manufacture greens to DE with your enchanting, and sell the mats on AH for a profit, or use them to spam your enchanting skill higher on a pair of throw away bracers or something. This works well at low levels, but tends to become more difficult as the mats for tailoring become more exotic (i.e. potions or skins or whatever). Still, this works well at low levels, and can be used to power level these professions up to 150 or so very rapidly. I find that pairing tailoring with enchanting for clothies is also a good combination. You can get the skins you need for tailoring from an alt who skins/leatherworks or buy them on AH if you have the cash. You can use tailoring to manufacture greens to DE with your enchanting, and sell the mats on AH for a profit, or use them to spam your enchanting skill higher on a pair of throw away bracers or something. This works well at low levels, but tends to become more difficult as the mats for tailoring become more exotic (i.e. potions or skins or whatever). Still, this works well at low levels, and can be used to power level these professions up to 150 or so very rapidly.

]]> By: Holyperson http://dominateyourserver.com/2008/05/09/professions-the-basics/comment-page-1/#comment-321 Holyperson Sun, 11 May 2008 17:07:46 +0000 http://dominateyourserver.com/2008/05/09/professions-the-basics/#comment-321 good point raised here, usually i can't be bothered with them so much, but thats a bad idea i guess, maybe i should make more effort good point raised here, usually i can’t be bothered with them so much, but thats a bad idea i guess, maybe i should make more effort

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