Blacksmithing WotLKFollow

You mean Dragonstrike was the only good BS weapon, right?

Because for rogues, that's the truth.

And I'd probably try wowhead's WotLK page.

There are a few (like 3) BoP weapons which require Weaponsmith (not a specialisation), but those are blues, and for high level 70's.

One sword for main hand looks good (2.6 114 dps, agi, hit, expertise), one sword which is terrible for anyone (1.8 speed sword ??) except maybe a hunter looking for stats, and one 2 handed mace. http://wotlk.wowhead.com/?items=2&filter=cr=131:86:2;crs=1:2:1;crv=0:0:0

That's consistant with how it was in BC (one or 2 level 65 BoP blues, then the level 70 epics). So I'm sure it's safe to assume they're coming, just haven't been implemented yet.

That being said ... what Theo alluded to is right ... Blacksmithing for a rogue is largely a waste ... you'll probably only get benefit from a single item that you can craft ... the rest will be a money sink.

Never thought about blacksmithing being able to add sockets to non plate gear, if that's true though, then that's quite a bonus. *edit* ... just checked, it's bracers and gloves, and it's armour type independant .. so, plate, mail, leather and cloth - did NOT know that

And yeah, I hear you on the 114 dps weapon being a bit blegh. However, bear in mind that generally anything (from blacksmithing at least - as that's the one proffesion I've spent most time with) which is sub-max level is only there as a stepping stone. It was the same with the specialist level 65 weapons - they weren't fantastic, but they filled a gap while levelling (assuming you couldn't get an equal level drop).

So don't view these weapons as anything else. At the same time, don't view this list as anything near complete ... there are sure to be level 80 epic quality BoP weapons requiring specialisation. I believe that the specialization concept worked well in BC, and they will be carrying it forward.

Currently, however (as far as wowhead is concerned), there are only 7 items in total which require a profession specialization, 2 of which are engineering, one of those is a gimmick. So I'm sure we will see a large influx of worthwhile specialist crafted items coming up soon.



Edited, Sep 21st 2008 11:55am by robertlofthouse

Goggles

Only the lvl 72 model atm, but still not bad.

Except for AP those engineering goggles are virtually identical to S5 ones. So the question is do you get engineering and make these allowing yourself to buy a different pvp epic and in theory have 2 very nice epics by the time some people would have 1. With the lack of Hit in S5 i was hoping the goggles would have a fair amount allowing for a variation of gemming in other pieces. Ok well the next profession that always has some valuable pieces is JC i am gonna have a look for some wotlk JC trinkets and possible other pieces.

Heh, I may have to drop JC for LW. Those plus drums and other gear is pretty incredible.

Edit: unless JC get something in addition to prismatic cuts.

Edited, Sep 22nd 2008 11:29am by Theophany

The only thing really stopping me from dropping Leatherworking is:

1. Lazyness/Cost. I really don't want to level another proffesion when my second one isn't even 375 yet.
2. Leg Patterns. Its always been cheaper to make them yourself and I think it will continue to be.
3. Sunwell Gear. Not the gear itself but the fact that LW has some of the best Rogue gear in the game, this could be very helpful if the trend continue in LK.
4. Drums. I'm one of the few LW in my guild as is.

So I probably will stay with LW, unless something mindblowing pops up before LK.

Not 100% related to this but for those of you who don't have cooking at a maxed level i would try and get it asap.

http://wotlk.wowhead.com/?item=43016#currency-for

Some of these recipes are insanely good....ofc this is "insanely good" from a burning crusade perspective, maybe everything will be like this but stuff like "Track Humanoids for 1 hour" is sweet

And for Theo as well as other JC's don't think you will be missing as the goodies just yet.

http://wow.crafterstome.com/recipes/jewelcrafting.html

Scroll down a fair way, the stuff highlighted in a gray colour are in wotlk. And anything ending with "Dragon's Eye" seems incredible.

Edited, Sep 22nd 2008 4:59pm by yankytoon

Ahhh you replied to quick, make sure you check the cooking / JC links above

I was slightly gutted on the last trinket, first thing i saw was hit rating but turns out its a caster trinket. You spoke in another post about the Cool downs on some of you abilities with the spec. you are currently testing. Well looking at the glyphs on that website it seems we can reduce them even more, preparation can go down to a 3minute CD which seems amazing, AR can have its CD reduced by a minute too, but with only 3 slots there will be some tough choices to make. Righ now i like the Hemo glyp. The preparation Glyp and The sprint Glyph again reducing its CD by 60 seconds.

The problem is thats one dps glyph and 2 lots of CD reduction glyps. Will obviously depend how people spec, but the crippling poison glyph didn't seem to bad if you for the spec you have atm Theo. Logic being but Wound on OH for shiv, and crippling on MH or is this bad?