What do you think is the best profession for shamans??
So far I'm kinda wondering about Alchemy, Blacksmithing, Leatherworking, or 2 gathering professions...
I know it might depend on what I like: PVP or PVE...Solo, Dungeon, or Raid...Elemental, Enhancement, or Restoration....
But I was wondering, in your opinion, what profession would be the best bet. And if it is only good for one kinda playstyle please explain.
Thx for the input...
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Unlike the clothies, where it's almost imperative to take tailoring, Shammies aren't at a disadvantage if they *don't* take something. My Sham went alch/herb, and I enjoy being able to transmute and craft pots (especially mana, because we're mana inefficient).
Skinning and LW is a solid combo b/c of the gear you can make yourself deeper into LW...If you want to make money, I think it's smart to take two gathering professions: mining and skinning, for example.
Skinning and LW is a solid combo b/c of the gear you can make yourself deeper into LW...If you want to make money, I think it's smart to take two gathering professions: mining and skinning, for example.
LeatherWorking has some nice mail armor you can make eventually. BlackSmith has some nice weapons you can make eventually.
I personally took Jewelcrafting as it was my first character and didn't really know any better. I know if your alliance then you get the racial JC skill increase. I find it a really good source of money once you get to the gems. Getting to cutting gems takes A LOT of mats and A LOT of time or A LOT of money depending on whether you choose to get the mats yourself or just buy them. Once you do you can prospect ore to no end for gems and either sell them raw or cut them and sell them on AH. This weekend I sold about 100 cut green gems for between 1-3 gold each. Blue gems can go between 20-50 gold depending on the cut and you can really pile in the money on those. The designs are rather expense to buy for cuts though. Depending, anywheres from 100g-1000g. So it can be very expensive to get going but once you do it can bring in lots of money. Everybody needs gems and usually lots of them.
*edit - not all design cuts you have to buy. There are lots from vendors, rep levels, and training also. Just the rarer ones and the "good" ones you have to buy or get to drop.
Edited, Aug 8th 2007 1:13pm by Sercease
I personally took Jewelcrafting as it was my first character and didn't really know any better. I know if your alliance then you get the racial JC skill increase. I find it a really good source of money once you get to the gems. Getting to cutting gems takes A LOT of mats and A LOT of time or A LOT of money depending on whether you choose to get the mats yourself or just buy them. Once you do you can prospect ore to no end for gems and either sell them raw or cut them and sell them on AH. This weekend I sold about 100 cut green gems for between 1-3 gold each. Blue gems can go between 20-50 gold depending on the cut and you can really pile in the money on those. The designs are rather expense to buy for cuts though. Depending, anywheres from 100g-1000g. So it can be very expensive to get going but once you do it can bring in lots of money. Everybody needs gems and usually lots of them.
*edit - not all design cuts you have to buy. There are lots from vendors, rep levels, and training also. Just the rarer ones and the "good" ones you have to buy or get to drop.
Edited, Aug 8th 2007 1:13pm by Sercease
I'd say that herb/alch is the best combo, but only because the benefits aren't dependent on your spec. In other words, you'll only really benefit from Blacksmithing if you're Enhancement, and LWing is nice, but obsolete at a certain point. Jewelcrafting is farking expensive, and tedious to level.
Alchemy (and herbalism), on the other hand, will help you throughout the entire game, and the benefits never become obsolete; there's no super-uber potions that drop that would be better than the stuff you can create, unlike the 375 armor set in LWing, or the big bad weapons in BSing.
Alchemy (and herbalism), on the other hand, will help you throughout the entire game, and the benefits never become obsolete; there's no super-uber potions that drop that would be better than the stuff you can create, unlike the 375 armor set in LWing, or the big bad weapons in BSing.
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I'm herb/alch (started as herb/skinning- but I prefer to create stuff I found out).
alchemy is nice, and helps out my other chars on the server. I still don't use it as much as I should, as I always forget to take potions. Usually only for hard battles I take them. or boss fight.
hasn't really paid off yet. I hope it does soon. :). still working on materials to get that thing to enable transmute.
alchemy is nice, and helps out my other chars on the server. I still don't use it as much as I should, as I always forget to take potions. Usually only for hard battles I take them. or boss fight.
hasn't really paid off yet. I hope it does soon. :). still working on materials to get that thing to enable transmute.
For beginner/low lvl, I'd just pick professions that you can make money at; Herbing, skinning, mining.
I went skinning/LW myself, but I made the mistake of trying to do LW early to make "gear". I'd end up making something, which usually just ended up getting replaced by something better 5 lvl's later or something better from a instance. All of which made my wallet do a Yo-yo, due to using mats and buying them, along with the typical maintaince and such. U can imagine how pissed I was, way back b4 TBC when I spent months farming mats and buying the patterns to make things like a full suit of Black Dragon scale set...
All of which was replaced as soon as I stepped into Outland :p All that time and money down the drain...
Looking back, what I shoulda done was take a gathering job, make a profit, get my charater's lvl maxed, then with all the money I saved, powerlvl the profession I wanted fast, THEN make the gear I want.
Anytime I start a new alt, I just pick gathering jobs...I'll deside what I "want" to do with them way later.
I went skinning/LW myself, but I made the mistake of trying to do LW early to make "gear". I'd end up making something, which usually just ended up getting replaced by something better 5 lvl's later or something better from a instance. All of which made my wallet do a Yo-yo, due to using mats and buying them, along with the typical maintaince and such. U can imagine how pissed I was, way back b4 TBC when I spent months farming mats and buying the patterns to make things like a full suit of Black Dragon scale set...
All of which was replaced as soon as I stepped into Outland :p All that time and money down the drain...
Looking back, what I shoulda done was take a gathering job, make a profit, get my charater's lvl maxed, then with all the money I saved, powerlvl the profession I wanted fast, THEN make the gear I want.
Anytime I start a new alt, I just pick gathering jobs...I'll deside what I "want" to do with them way later.
the thing about levelling a profession as you level is you don't spend much money on it (except perhaps enchanting or jewelcrafting- those are money pits). Though you could argue time=money. skinning and leatherworking is easiest as you don't have travel time to your resources. The kill is right in front of you. Just skin it. skin everything and you should have enough leather to level to 300 by the time you hit 60. Things are a bit tougher after 300 though. But getting mail recipes is much more difficult. I think leatherworking is more suited to rogues and maybe druids.
// the thing about levelling a profession as
// you level is you don't spend much money on
// it (except perhaps enchanting or jewelcrafting
// - those are money pits).
Actually, enchanting can be quite profitable if you level it to disenchant. I have also heard JC is a big money sink.
// Though you could argue time=money. skinning
// and leatherworking is easiest as you don't
// have travel time to your resources.
Hmm. Sure you kill and skin for your mats, but LW isn't as easy as you're suggesting. Well, maybe the first 150 points are easy, but once you start creeping into the 200s, you need LOTS of mats for a simple quiver or armor kit.
// I think leatherworking is more suited to rogues
// and maybe druids.
Leatherworking SHOULD be for rogues like tailoring is for Mages / Locks / Priests, but it's not. If you plan on being serious with your toon, especially at endgame, most of the high-end LW gear is replacable, thereby making LW for a rogue... well... something to be desired, especially after sinking so much money into it.
Take mining. Buy your epics. :)
// you level is you don't spend much money on
// it (except perhaps enchanting or jewelcrafting
// - those are money pits).
Actually, enchanting can be quite profitable if you level it to disenchant. I have also heard JC is a big money sink.
// Though you could argue time=money. skinning
// and leatherworking is easiest as you don't
// have travel time to your resources.
Hmm. Sure you kill and skin for your mats, but LW isn't as easy as you're suggesting. Well, maybe the first 150 points are easy, but once you start creeping into the 200s, you need LOTS of mats for a simple quiver or armor kit.
// I think leatherworking is more suited to rogues
// and maybe druids.
Leatherworking SHOULD be for rogues like tailoring is for Mages / Locks / Priests, but it's not. If you plan on being serious with your toon, especially at endgame, most of the high-end LW gear is replacable, thereby making LW for a rogue... well... something to be desired, especially after sinking so much money into it.
Take mining. Buy your epics. :)
I chose mining/JC, currently level 22. I sell most of the copper ore I get now, prospect most of my tin, will do the same with other ores as I level my JC. Most of the items I make I send to my mage with enchanting to disenchant if they aren't selling for much on the AH. I am making a descent amount of money selling copper ore and gems from prospecting. I buy new gear at levels of between 12-16, 20-26, most stuff around 18-19 and 28-29 are usually very expensive on the AH due to twinks buying them.
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