I'm starting out in WoW, and I would like to know your opinions on the best Main/Alt Profession combinations.
I'm thinking Skinning/Mining and for Alt: ???/???
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Take all the alt professions. They're 'free' in the sense you can take them all.
As for you main, depends on what you want. If you want cash then gathering is the way to go. (mining/herb; herb/skinning; skinning/mining)and I have heard that fishing can be profitable as well, but at the higher skill level. If you are looking more along for benefits for your char, that depends on what your class is.
Suggestion I had made to me was, start off with a couple of gathering profs as a lowbie to make quick cash, then adjust your professions later once you decide what you really want to do based on your character needs and play style.
Edited, Jan 25th 2007 10:16am by wingedim
As for you main, depends on what you want. If you want cash then gathering is the way to go. (mining/herb; herb/skinning; skinning/mining)and I have heard that fishing can be profitable as well, but at the higher skill level. If you are looking more along for benefits for your char, that depends on what your class is.
Suggestion I had made to me was, start off with a couple of gathering profs as a lowbie to make quick cash, then adjust your professions later once you decide what you really want to do based on your character needs and play style.
Edited, Jan 25th 2007 10:16am by wingedim
I'd probably start with a farming/solo job with gathering profession.
Warrior perhaps?
Warrior perhaps?
do mining/skinning doing mining/herbalism is inefficient as you can only track one type at a time.
If you are looking to make a specific farming/solo character, I would consider a rogue or hunter. Warriors are excellent for grouping, but can be costly for farming due to armor repairs and potion use. Stealth (rogue) is also quite useful for getting to resources without having to kill every mob on the way. Hunters can use their pet to tank a mob while they take the resource. You will still be able to farm well with a warrior, but the other two classes are normally more efficient.
The negative side of this equation is that finding a group will be more difficult with a hunter or rogue since there are many of them and they compete for the damage-dealer role. Warriors are normally in demand for grouping since they are the primary tanking character.
Just my two pennies...
The negative side of this equation is that finding a group will be more difficult with a hunter or rogue since there are many of them and they compete for the damage-dealer role. Warriors are normally in demand for grouping since they are the primary tanking character.
Just my two pennies...
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best two pennies I've ever seen...
deciding what character to take is sometimes the hardest. thats why I chose a druid and a warrior for my alt so I have the best of both worlds. my 39 druid is leatherworking/enchanting while my warrior is mining/skinning to farm leather for my druid. I will likely trade skinning for blacksmithing once I have farmed enough. One thing I forget to do Is pervent myself from spending money on crafting professions. The profs should make you money or not cost much. after spending 50g on enchanting I have still gotten no where.
deciding what character to take is sometimes the hardest. thats why I chose a druid and a warrior for my alt so I have the best of both worlds. my 39 druid is leatherworking/enchanting while my warrior is mining/skinning to farm leather for my druid. I will likely trade skinning for blacksmithing once I have farmed enough. One thing I forget to do Is pervent myself from spending money on crafting professions. The profs should make you money or not cost much. after spending 50g on enchanting I have still gotten no where.
Anobix wrote:
do mining/skinning doing mining/herbalism is inefficient as you can only track one type at a time.
Mining/skinning is really not that inefficient since technically you don't use tracking for skinning, unless you are a hunter and you are tracking beasts to kill for their skins.
ok, this dude is asking what should his professions be for his main character and what should they be for his alt character (at least that is how I got it).
Anyway, for your main character I suggest 2 gathering professions such as Skinning and Mining. Then plant your alt in a major city and mail him your findings. If you go skinning/Mining for your main then the logical choice for your alt would be LW/Blacksmith since you will use the materials you find from your main and won't have to buy them on the AH.
You could switch out mining for herb if you want but then you should also switch out blacksmithing for alch. Just don't do herb and mining together as you can't have the tracker on for both of those at the same time.
Edited, Jan 26th 2007 8:33am by zebug
Anyway, for your main character I suggest 2 gathering professions such as Skinning and Mining. Then plant your alt in a major city and mail him your findings. If you go skinning/Mining for your main then the logical choice for your alt would be LW/Blacksmith since you will use the materials you find from your main and won't have to buy them on the AH.
You could switch out mining for herb if you want but then you should also switch out blacksmithing for alch. Just don't do herb and mining together as you can't have the tracker on for both of those at the same time.
Edited, Jan 26th 2007 8:33am by zebug
it made the most logical sense for me when i started my characters to do what i did. i don't usually get to play for large chunks of time, so i need the ability to solo. so i chose a hunter so i could get a tank pet at 10 and solo. i chose skinning/ leatherworking because a hunter can find the skinning resource and the leatherwork can keep me in gear. everyone passes on the "hunter weapons" so you don't need to smith. my alt makes money via mining/enchanting(disenchanting actually) you can make a grip mining at a low lvl and all thos main skins can make a boat load of greens. D/E them and sell the mats. your main will probably be higher in level(otherwise it's not your main) so fish with that one because the better fishing areas have deadlier mobs.
anyway, enough of my secrets. have fun!
anyway, enough of my secrets. have fun!
Great input so far guys, thanks. ^^
Basically a forager (skinning/mining/fishing) type character for main and, civilisation (LW/bsmithing/etc) for alt.
I can see the space savings benefits of skinning/leatherwork but is mining/blacksmithing any different?
In an MMO I'm playing, crafted items take up more space than ingots(trade items) as ingots can stack.
Basically a forager (skinning/mining/fishing) type character for main and, civilisation (LW/bsmithing/etc) for alt.
I can see the space savings benefits of skinning/leatherwork but is mining/blacksmithing any different?
In an MMO I'm playing, crafted items take up more space than ingots(trade items) as ingots can stack.
Ryuukage wrote:
In an MMO I'm playing, crafted items take up more space than ingots(trade items) as ingots can stack.
Same situation with WoW. Take leather for example. You can have a stack of up to 20 Leather in a single bag slot. But make a couple items from the leather and now you've got 2 bag slots taken up by the item. In general, equipment such as armor and weapons do not stack and take up 1 slot each.
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My main has engineering and mining, as he's a hunter I make my own rounds and farm my own mat's for it. Just created an alt and was going to go herb/alch, should i change my main to eng/alch and just have the alt farm and sell?
Cochu wrote:
Anobix wrote:
do mining/skinning doing mining/herbalism is inefficient as you can only track one type at a time.
Mining/skinning is really not that inefficient since technically you don't use tracking for skinning, unless you are a hunter and you are tracking beasts to kill for their skins.
to quote myself:
Quote:
doing mining/herbalism is inefficient
and i said to do mining/skinning
but anyway. if you are interested in class choice listen to what reednut said. I also like soloing with my mage (especially a little later) I hardly take any damage with frost and can solo pretty well.
Skinning/mining/fishing or skinning/herbalism/fishing for the main.
as far as the alt goes, what is the purpose of the alt? Is it to make money? Is it to have another toon to adventure with? Why you are creating an alt is as important to choosing a profession as race/class.
If your alt is going to be a bank alt, then either day-trading or disenchanting should be your choices. Either can be lucrative without having to move out of whichever city you wish to be based in.
If your alt is going to be an adventurer, choose the option that your main didn't. If your main chose mining, choose herbalism instead. Or he can have mining, too - it's not like your alt will be in competition with your main. DO NOT CHOOSE A CRAFTING PROFESSION. All crafting professions are money sinks, unless you find a niche that no one else is exploiting.
as far as the alt goes, what is the purpose of the alt? Is it to make money? Is it to have another toon to adventure with? Why you are creating an alt is as important to choosing a profession as race/class.
If your alt is going to be a bank alt, then either day-trading or disenchanting should be your choices. Either can be lucrative without having to move out of whichever city you wish to be based in.
If your alt is going to be an adventurer, choose the option that your main didn't. If your main chose mining, choose herbalism instead. Or he can have mining, too - it's not like your alt will be in competition with your main. DO NOT CHOOSE A CRAFTING PROFESSION. All crafting professions are money sinks, unless you find a niche that no one else is exploiting.
I would choose either herbalism/mining and skinning for your first char to make money. Don't choose a crafting prof as you end up spending money on it. Always try to keep Firstaid, cooking, and fishing up. They are very easy to raise and fishing will make you money also.
I would make another character and leave them at the AH and learn Enchanting. Send everything you want to put on the AH and BOE greens to them to disenchant. You will make easy money this way, esp since enchanting materials do not have a deposit cost. You will be bringing in the money in no time.
Once you get to a high level then you can switch to a crafting profession.
You dont make any money off them until a high level really and it is more of a PITA farming everything yourself.
Soloing with Rogues is fast with a combat sword build. No downtime really what so ever and as long as Vanish is not on cooldown you shouldn't die.
I would make another character and leave them at the AH and learn Enchanting. Send everything you want to put on the AH and BOE greens to them to disenchant. You will make easy money this way, esp since enchanting materials do not have a deposit cost. You will be bringing in the money in no time.
Once you get to a high level then you can switch to a crafting profession.
You dont make any money off them until a high level really and it is more of a PITA farming everything yourself.
Soloing with Rogues is fast with a combat sword build. No downtime really what so ever and as long as Vanish is not on cooldown you shouldn't die.
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I took my mining/skinning up while I was lvling for cash and when I reached 60 I took blacksmithing up real quick before the expansion came out. Couldn't have timed it better either. I'm a huge blacksmithing fan, especially with the expansion the benefits for a plate wearer are unreal, but I'd hate to be lvling bs right now while the prices are shooting through the roof.
I have 3 alts, 1 as an enchanter/tailor, 1 as a skinner/leatherworker and 1 as a miner/engineer. I just started a draenai who will be my herbalist/jewelcrafter and I will change my miner/engineer to alchemist/engineer when he reaches lvl 35.
Some of the classes don't interact appropriately being on the same account since I can't, for instance, enchant my main or other alts with my enchanter since they can't be on at the same time, but I can send the mats to my main and either tip someone for the enchant or have a guildmate do it. It also helps with making things like arcanite bars and not having to wait for the guild enchanter to be free or spend hours on the trade channels.
You don't need to go that broad spectrum route, but I enjoy being an all-purpose member of my guild. The important thing is to pair correctly, if you decide on bs, engineering or jewelcrafting you're going to have to keep your main as a miner to help with materials and if you wanna do tailor or enchanter you can do whatever with your main as you're only gonna use him to feed stuff you get for drops to the professions. Leathercrafter of course you'll need to keep skinning on your main.
If your main is a plate wearer I suggest bs/mining main and jewelcrafting/enchanting on your alt. that way you can make jewels for sockets, rings and necklaces for stats and your own plate and weapons and an enchanter for enchanted thorium and arcanite and the like.
I don't know much about the cloth-wearer or leatherworking jobs but I think I'm smart enough to make a guess that tailor/leather and alchemy/herbalist go together well and leatherworker/skinning, jewelcrafter/mining might work.
I have 3 alts, 1 as an enchanter/tailor, 1 as a skinner/leatherworker and 1 as a miner/engineer. I just started a draenai who will be my herbalist/jewelcrafter and I will change my miner/engineer to alchemist/engineer when he reaches lvl 35.
Some of the classes don't interact appropriately being on the same account since I can't, for instance, enchant my main or other alts with my enchanter since they can't be on at the same time, but I can send the mats to my main and either tip someone for the enchant or have a guildmate do it. It also helps with making things like arcanite bars and not having to wait for the guild enchanter to be free or spend hours on the trade channels.
You don't need to go that broad spectrum route, but I enjoy being an all-purpose member of my guild. The important thing is to pair correctly, if you decide on bs, engineering or jewelcrafting you're going to have to keep your main as a miner to help with materials and if you wanna do tailor or enchanter you can do whatever with your main as you're only gonna use him to feed stuff you get for drops to the professions. Leathercrafter of course you'll need to keep skinning on your main.
If your main is a plate wearer I suggest bs/mining main and jewelcrafting/enchanting on your alt. that way you can make jewels for sockets, rings and necklaces for stats and your own plate and weapons and an enchanter for enchanted thorium and arcanite and the like.
I don't know much about the cloth-wearer or leatherworking jobs but I think I'm smart enough to make a guess that tailor/leather and alchemy/herbalist go together well and leatherworker/skinning, jewelcrafter/mining might work.
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Right now, my advice would be to take mining/ jewel crafting; prospect the ore you find and sell the jewels. Jewel crafting is the "New" thing right now; that should throw a switch in everyones head that the materials that jewel crafters need are in demand. If this changes longterm, you can stick with jewel crafting for the high end patterns, and there are some pretty nice "Grinding" rings/ trinkets on your way up. Or you could always drop the JC long term. Since you are new to the game i think the advice i give here is mostly this is what everyones doing right now; so this is how you can make money by selling to those people
For the alt, if he is a bank mule then you want to take two crafting professions ( keep in mind your still gonna need to level him up, but if his main purpose is to squat at the mailbox awaiting your packages, then he will generally never be in a position to farm materials ). Tailoring Enchanting works, because cloth is gathered but does not require a gathering skill. and the Tailor end results can always be disenchanted for mats.
In a nutshell:
Main: Mine -> ore -> prospect w/ jewel crafting -> sell jewels and gather cloth
This can work for any class as there are rings/ trinkets/ necks/ Crystals for every class.
Grind the alt to 35 then sit at the mailbox
Alt: Get cloth in mail -> Tailor cloth items -> Disenchant with Enchanting -> Sell Jewels/ Shards/ Dust/ and ore ( Silver cannot be prospected )
Cool thing is you can also buy gear for your main with character and enchant it right away.
This is not what I did when I first started out. I took Herbalism/ Alchemy on my tank. Not a good money making skill when your starting out ( couldnt afford my mount till 47 ) but once you can transmute arcanite it really took off.
Edited, Jan 31st 2007 4:16pm by Gaish
For the alt, if he is a bank mule then you want to take two crafting professions ( keep in mind your still gonna need to level him up, but if his main purpose is to squat at the mailbox awaiting your packages, then he will generally never be in a position to farm materials ). Tailoring Enchanting works, because cloth is gathered but does not require a gathering skill. and the Tailor end results can always be disenchanted for mats.
In a nutshell:
Main: Mine -> ore -> prospect w/ jewel crafting -> sell jewels and gather cloth
This can work for any class as there are rings/ trinkets/ necks/ Crystals for every class.
Grind the alt to 35 then sit at the mailbox
Alt: Get cloth in mail -> Tailor cloth items -> Disenchant with Enchanting -> Sell Jewels/ Shards/ Dust/ and ore ( Silver cannot be prospected )
Cool thing is you can also buy gear for your main with character and enchant it right away.
This is not what I did when I first started out. I took Herbalism/ Alchemy on my tank. Not a good money making skill when your starting out ( couldnt afford my mount till 47 ) but once you can transmute arcanite it really took off.
Edited, Jan 31st 2007 4:16pm by Gaish
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