Profession Questions?

Mtal · March 20, 2008, 08:35 PM

Hi all, I am trying to decide what professions are best for my characters, like to hear what people have to say.

Ok first off, the charater I will probably play the most is a warlock. I was thinking of going with Herbalism and Alchemy. I was thinking cause it will help me survive. I will probably be solo'ing alot and I want to do pvp. Only thing is that since warlocks have ways to get health and mana, would it be a waste? Also, I been told it might be a good to make the warlock a tailor. Is it worth it? Just cause maybe whatever I can do as a taylor, I could buy (unless it is too expensive). I was considering making one of my other charcters a tailor, but from what I hear, when you get up to the high levels of tailoring, the cool stuff you make, you have to keep it (so I can't give it to another character). So at a point, my tailor won't be able to supply my other charaters with the really cool stuff.

Oh now if I do go tailor, what other profession should go with it?

Oh then one thing about alchemy, is there a limit to how many potions you can use at once? Cause I remember that I took a strengh potion, and armor one, then I took a weak trolls blood potion, and one of the other potions would cancel out.

Now hopefully I want to play to others, druid and hunter (l hope to give it a try, lets see if I can keep it up with all three). I was thinking one of them would be a skinner and leather worker (and I could be able to work on all my characters leather needs and bags). The other, I would like to do mining, but can't decide on Jewel Crafting or Engineering. Ok now are all those cool gagets, goggles and bomb's you make as an engineer useful enough to take it over jewel crafting (which I think you can make rings and trinkets, and I read alot about trinkets being useful)? Oh now would one combination (skinner and leather worker and mining and engineering/jewel crafting) be better for the druid and one for the hunter?

Oh I will be playing the horde. Now I was also thinking, should you consider the start area of your character when picking your profession, cause maybe a certain profession has better opportunites in that area? Cause I know in the undead area, I saw more herbs than when in the Tauren and Orc start areas. I was not a miner in any of the horde areas (tried that as a gnome), so I was not able to compare the opportunities to mine. I guess there are plenty of animals to skin in both areas, though it seemed the Orc and Tauren areas a tad more beast (or at least more types).

Oh one other thing, any tips on how all my charaters and professions should work together?

Well sorry for the long post, but I just been thinking how to make this all work and really make my characters super cool.

Thanks all.

Mordechi · March 20, 2008, 08:43 PM

First of all, Tailoring is a great profession for a Warlock. The Frozen Shadoweave Set is great to have, and that is made by Tailoring.
Unlike other Tailoring specializations, the FSW can only be used if you currently have the Tailoring specialization that goes with it. (Shadoweave)
The other sets can be bought.

If you need money, you could go with Mining, Herbalism, or Skinning.
If you like Alchemy, you could level herbalism as you go and AH most of the herbs.
Use Gatherer, and once you have better items than the FSW, you could drop Tailoring and pick up Alchemy, since you'd already have Herbalism.

Enchanting is also good for a Warlock, and Skinning compliments Tailoring for a few things you can make (like some bags, armor, etc.)

And yes, there in a way is a limit on potions.
There are different types, like Battle Elixer, for example.
You can take multiple potions, but only have one from the Battle Elixer category active at a time.

From what I have heard, Engineering and Jewelcrafting (especially) can be expensive to level, so unless you have a good amount of money already for whatever reason, or a friend/guild mate sending you money, I'd stay away from them at first.
Hope that helps ...

Kelstor · March 20, 2008, 09:35 PM

I will take a shot at responding to this question. If you want gold...go with mining and skinning...they are gathering professions. They will make you the money you need to get flying and epic flying. You will need the gold for repair as well. It has worked well for me.

fresnosmokey · March 20, 2008, 10:35 PM

Herbalism and alchemy is great for leveling and you can make some extra coin selling extra pots from leveling or extra herbs. You can also make pots for your other characters/friends/guildies. On a warlock you will probably want the fsw set from tailoring, but you can only begin using pieces in the upper upper 60's. I, myself, used alchemy to level and then powerleveled tailoring (which can be expensive, but I saved a lot of cloth while I leveled) in my 60's.

Engineering didn't seem too expensive to level to 300, but I understand most professions get progressively more expensive after 300 and my warrior is only at 300 in it. The main drawback on engineering is that only engineers can use most of the stuff you make. With most other professions you can sell the product of your labor while you are leveling to help defray the costs. Not too many things with engineering, some but not too many.

Leatherworking I'm not sure about. I didn't max it out on my hunter as it seemed that I was always getting better gear from drops and the ah than I could make (so I kept skinning and dropped lw and took up mining instead to supply my warrior). But, like tailoring's fsw set, there may be some "must have" stuff that you can only use at max skill/level so I would look into that.

Jewelcrafting is nice. Everyone uses rings, necklaces, trinkets (and some helms too). However, because you can only train jc in the Exodar (alliance) or Silvermoon City (horde) it almost makes sense to powerlevel that profession when it's affordable. I don't know about getting to Silvermoon City for horde, but getting to the Exodar is kind of a pain for alliance when you are out in the world leveling.

Don't worry about stuff that you need in your 60's - 70 yet. Cash flows pretty easily once you get to the upper levels. Just don't spend it like a drunken sailor. Hope that helps you some (or I just wasted 10 min

). Good luck.

Khaf · March 21, 2008, 12:52 AM

For a while at first I had mining and skinning only for the money since the products of those sell well in AH.

Recently I dropped mining and got tailoring to get the shadoweave set.

I like that combo. Tailoring makes great gear, skinning supplies gold in the AH and random materials for some items you can make through tailoring.

Diandra · March 21, 2008, 02:59 AM

tailoring is ok. (for the FSW, you wont make money with tailoring)

engeneering is great, but you should take mining too (with eng you'll farm primal air etc... you'll be RICH)

mining/jc... you'll swim in pools of gold.

alchemy+herb... you'll be rich too...

skinning, bs... no. i'd never do that as a warlock

enchanting... i'm an enchanter and i want to tell you something... DONT DO ENCHANTING.
there is no point in spending ~5k and reaching 375 just to be able to "ench xyz - free with your mats!".
"but you'll be able to shard blue items in heroics" -> wow and that's like 15g/hr, now i can buy my epic flying mount.... :(

Pervlock · March 21, 2008, 03:39 AM

yeah, ench is a money sink when not handled properly.
Tough when you get 375 ench, you actually CAN make some gold ( tough all the gold you lost disench instead of selling, buying the occasional maths etcetera.
So you will have actually spend most of the money for yer epic flyer before you even got to get yer ench up.
Tough i like doing my own enchants etcetera, help out my guild and so forth.
Disench stuff i tailor, and so on.
Spend loads and loads and more loads of cash on both, havent seen any return yet. But was on it for FSW and baggies anyways. and i did get those ( well, working on fsw anyways )

Mtal · March 21, 2008, 03:24 PM

Thanks all. I see I have options and at least later on I can alway power level a profession. Ok one more question, is the Frozen Shadoweave Set a must have for Warlocks? Is it the top set that you can get? Can a Warlock get by with out it? Just thinking, if it is the best you can get, then I guess at the least, down the line, a Warlock should become a tailor (but not necessary early on if you want gathering skills, etc...)?

RomaGoth · March 24, 2008, 09:33 AM

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Originally Posted by fresnosmokey

Herbalism and alchemy is great for leveling and you can make some extra coin selling extra pots from leveling or extra herbs. You can also make pots for your other characters/friends/guildies. On a warlock you will probably want the fsw set from tailoring, but you can only begin using pieces in the upper upper 60's. I, myself, used alchemy to level and then powerleveled tailoring (which can be expensive, but I saved a lot of cloth while I leveled) in my 60's.

Engineering didn't seem too expensive to level to 300, but I understand most professions get progressively more expensive after 300 and my warrior is only at 300 in it. The main drawback on engineering is that only engineers can use most of the stuff you make. With most other professions you can sell the product of your labor while you are leveling to help defray the costs. Not too many things with engineering, some but not too many.

Leatherworking I'm not sure about. I didn't max it out on my hunter as it seemed that I was always getting better gear from drops and the ah than I could make (so I kept skinning and dropped lw and took up mining instead to supply my warrior). But, like tailoring's fsw set, there may be some "must have" stuff that you can only use at max skill/level so I would look into that.

Jewelcrafting is nice. Everyone uses rings, necklaces, trinkets (and some helms too). However, because you can only train jc in the Exodar (alliance) or Silvermoon City (horde) it almost makes sense to powerlevel that profession when it's affordable. I don't know about getting to Silvermoon City for horde, but getting to the Exodar is kind of a pain for alliance when you are out in the world leveling.

Don't worry about stuff that you need in your 60's - 70 yet. Cash flows pretty easily once you get to the upper levels. Just don't spend it like a drunken sailor. Hope that helps you some (or I just wasted 10 min

). Good luck.

Good info! I have experimented with numerous professions in the year + I have played WoW. Found mining to be the best money maker.

RomaGoth · March 24, 2008, 09:37 AM

My warlock is enchanting/tailoring. I try to level up my professions as I level my toon, but it is sometimes frustrating when you run out of money. Even with a 70 hunter (leatherworking/skinning), I have a hard time bringing in enough money to feed all of my characters.

After reading some of these posts, I am thinking about switching some of my professions again. I have tried to be almost completely self-sufficient, but some of the professions are complete money sinks (jewelcrafting, engineering, blacksmithing), others offer very limited income (leatherworking, tailoring), while others are decent at bringing in some coin (alchemy, skinning). Mining and herbalism are probably the best money makers right now.

March 20, 2008, 08:35 PM	#1 (permalink)
Mtal Lurker	Profession Questions? Hi all, I am trying to decide what professions are best for my characters, like to hear what people have to say. Ok first off, the charater I will probably play the most is a warlock. I was thinking of going with Herbalism and Alchemy. I was thinking cause it will help me survive. I will probably be solo'ing alot and I want to do pvp. Only thing is that since warlocks have ways to get health and mana, would it be a waste? Also, I been told it might be a good to make the warlock a tailor. Is it worth it? Just cause maybe whatever I can do as a taylor, I could buy (unless it is too expensive). I was considering making one of my other charcters a tailor, but from what I hear, when you get up to the high levels of tailoring, the cool stuff you make, you have to keep it (so I can't give it to another character). So at a point, my tailor won't be able to supply my other charaters with the really cool stuff. Oh now if I do go tailor, what other profession should go with it? Oh then one thing about alchemy, is there a limit to how many potions you can use at once? Cause I remember that I took a strengh potion, and armor one, then I took a weak trolls blood potion, and one of the other potions would cancel out. Now hopefully I want to play to others, druid and hunter (l hope to give it a try, lets see if I can keep it up with all three). I was thinking one of them would be a skinner and leather worker (and I could be able to work on all my characters leather needs and bags). The other, I would like to do mining, but can't decide on Jewel Crafting or Engineering. Ok now are all those cool gagets, goggles and bomb's you make as an engineer useful enough to take it over jewel crafting (which I think you can make rings and trinkets, and I read alot about trinkets being useful)? Oh now would one combination (skinner and leather worker and mining and engineering/jewel crafting) be better for the druid and one for the hunter? Oh I will be playing the horde. Now I was also thinking, should you consider the start area of your character when picking your profession, cause maybe a certain profession has better opportunites in that area? Cause I know in the undead area, I saw more herbs than when in the Tauren and Orc start areas. I was not a miner in any of the horde areas (tried that as a gnome), so I was not able to compare the opportunities to mine. I guess there are plenty of animals to skin in both areas, though it seemed the Orc and Tauren areas a tad more beast (or at least more types). Oh one other thing, any tips on how all my charaters and professions should work together? Well sorry for the long post, but I just been thinking how to make this all work and really make my characters super cool. Thanks all.

March 20, 2008, 08:43 PM	#2 (permalink)
Mordechi Lurker Character Info Mordechi 67 Undead Warlock Kel'Thuzad US PvP Guild: Burial Detail Profile: Blizzard Armory Talent Spec: 41/16/1	Re: Profession Questions? First of all, Tailoring is a great profession for a Warlock. The Frozen Shadoweave Set is great to have, and that is made by Tailoring. Unlike other Tailoring specializations, the FSW can only be used if you currently have the Tailoring specialization that goes with it. (Shadoweave) The other sets can be bought. If you need money, you could go with Mining, Herbalism, or Skinning. If you like Alchemy, you could level herbalism as you go and AH most of the herbs. Use Gatherer, and once you have better items than the FSW, you could drop Tailoring and pick up Alchemy, since you'd already have Herbalism. Enchanting is also good for a Warlock, and Skinning compliments Tailoring for a few things you can make (like some bags, armor, etc.) And yes, there in a way is a limit on potions. There are different types, like Battle Elixer, for example. You can take multiple potions, but only have one from the Battle Elixer category active at a time. From what I have heard, Engineering and Jewelcrafting (especially) can be expensive to level, so unless you have a good amount of money already for whatever reason, or a friend/guild mate sending you money, I'd stay away from them at first. Hope that helps ...

March 20, 2008, 09:35 PM	#3 (permalink)
Kelstor Registered Character Info Kelstor 70 Undead Warlock Korialstrasz US PvE Guild: Juggalo Raiders Profile: Blizzard Armory	Re: Profession Questions? I will take a shot at responding to this question. If you want gold...go with mining and skinning...they are gathering professions. They will make you the money you need to get flying and epic flying. You will need the gold for repair as well. It has worked well for me.

March 20, 2008, 10:35 PM	#4 (permalink)
fresnosmokey Member Character Info Shortbread 70 Gnome Warlock Nazgrel US PvE Profile: Blizzard Armory Talent Spec: 41/20/0	Re: Profession Questions? Herbalism and alchemy is great for leveling and you can make some extra coin selling extra pots from leveling or extra herbs. You can also make pots for your other characters/friends/guildies. On a warlock you will probably want the fsw set from tailoring, but you can only begin using pieces in the upper upper 60's. I, myself, used alchemy to level and then powerleveled tailoring (which can be expensive, but I saved a lot of cloth while I leveled) in my 60's. Engineering didn't seem too expensive to level to 300, but I understand most professions get progressively more expensive after 300 and my warrior is only at 300 in it. The main drawback on engineering is that only engineers can use most of the stuff you make. With most other professions you can sell the product of your labor while you are leveling to help defray the costs. Not too many things with engineering, some but not too many. Leatherworking I'm not sure about. I didn't max it out on my hunter as it seemed that I was always getting better gear from drops and the ah than I could make (so I kept skinning and dropped lw and took up mining instead to supply my warrior). But, like tailoring's fsw set, there may be some "must have" stuff that you can only use at max skill/level so I would look into that. Jewelcrafting is nice. Everyone uses rings, necklaces, trinkets (and some helms too). However, because you can only train jc in the Exodar (alliance) or Silvermoon City (horde) it almost makes sense to powerlevel that profession when it's affordable. I don't know about getting to Silvermoon City for horde, but getting to the Exodar is kind of a pain for alliance when you are out in the world leveling. Don't worry about stuff that you need in your 60's - 70 yet. Cash flows pretty easily once you get to the upper levels. Just don't spend it like a drunken sailor. Hope that helps you some (or I just wasted 10 min). Good luck.

March 21, 2008, 12:52 AM	#5 (permalink)
Khaf Member Character Info Khaf 70 Blood Elf Warlock Uldaman US PvE Profile: Blizzard Armory Talent Spec: 9/41/11	Re: Profession Questions? For a while at first I had mining and skinning only for the money since the products of those sell well in AH. Recently I dropped mining and got tailoring to get the shadoweave set. I like that combo. Tailoring makes great gear, skinning supplies gold in the AH and random materials for some items you can make through tailoring.

March 21, 2008, 02:59 AM	#6 (permalink)
Diandra Lurker Character Info Diandra 70 Human Warlock Hakkar Euro PvP Guild: VarioneS Profile: Blizzard Armory Talent Spec: 43/0/18	Re: Profession Questions? tailoring is ok. (for the FSW, you wont make money with tailoring) engeneering is great, but you should take mining too (with eng you'll farm primal air etc... you'll be RICH) mining/jc... you'll swim in pools of gold. alchemy+herb... you'll be rich too... skinning, bs... no. i'd never do that as a warlock enchanting... i'm an enchanter and i want to tell you something... DONT DO ENCHANTING. there is no point in spending ~5k and reaching 375 just to be able to "ench xyz - free with your mats!". "but you'll be able to shard blue items in heroics" -> wow and that's like 15g/hr, now i can buy my epic flying mount.... :(

March 21, 2008, 03:39 AM	#7 (permalink)
Pervlock Member Character Info Pervlock 70 Human Warlock Nagrand Euro PvE Guild: Dark-flame Profile: Blizzard Armory Talent Spec: 14/43/0	Re: Profession Questions? yeah, ench is a money sink when not handled properly. Tough when you get 375 ench, you actually CAN make some gold ( tough all the gold you lost disench instead of selling, buying the occasional maths etcetera. So you will have actually spend most of the money for yer epic flyer before you even got to get yer ench up. Tough i like doing my own enchants etcetera, help out my guild and so forth. Disench stuff i tailor, and so on. Spend loads and loads and more loads of cash on both, havent seen any return yet. But was on it for FSW and baggies anyways. and i did get those ( well, working on fsw anyways )

March 21, 2008, 03:24 PM	#8 (permalink)
Mtal Lurker	Re: Profession Questions? Thanks all. I see I have options and at least later on I can alway power level a profession. Ok one more question, is the Frozen Shadoweave Set a must have for Warlocks? Is it the top set that you can get? Can a Warlock get by with out it? Just thinking, if it is the best you can get, then I guess at the least, down the line, a Warlock should become a tailor (but not necessary early on if you want gathering skills, etc...)?

March 24, 2008, 09:37 AM	#10 (permalink)
RomaGoth Lock of All Trades Character Info RomaGoth 70 Human Warlock Durotan US PvE Guild: Ultima Forsan Profile: Blizzard Armory Talent Spec: 0/8/53	Re: Profession Questions? My warlock is enchanting/tailoring. I try to level up my professions as I level my toon, but it is sometimes frustrating when you run out of money. Even with a 70 hunter (leatherworking/skinning), I have a hard time bringing in enough money to feed all of my characters. After reading some of these posts, I am thinking about switching some of my professions again. I have tried to be almost completely self-sufficient, but some of the professions are complete money sinks (jewelcrafting, engineering, blacksmithing), others offer very limited income (leatherworking, tailoring), while others are decent at bringing in some coin (alchemy, skinning). Mining and herbalism are probably the best money makers right now.