I recently dropped my blacksmithing skill in favour of engineering. Blacksmithing was doing me no good, as found it easier to find better items from mobs/instances or of the AH. And as am not in a guild, had no need to make anything for people. At first i thought i had made the wrong decision, but not anymore. I can now use dynamite/bombs to draw tricky mobs(and the damage helps).
It also helps me in PVP, especially since i either run into hunters or more than one enemy players - since i can now lay landmines, call on a mechanical dragon/reaper. Or shrink them, death ray!!!! As a pally, having any sort of ranged attack seems to flummox them, and delight me no end.
What i would like to hear from other engineers is, since there is little call for mechanical devices on the AH and all the ore i mine ends up getting used - how do you level up your skill and make money. Or any advice on how you use devices/trinkets against foes or for your team?
Any advice would be appreciated(helpful advice, that is).
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The bombs and grenades are the single easiest way to level up engineering IMO. This is because of the few mats required for it. You're probably not going to be making much money as an engineer. You could try selling EZ throw dynamite or bullets. The thing from engineering that will help you the most in groups is the repair bot. It's schematics arent too hard to get. They are in BRD by the Golem Lord. Also semi-useful in groups would be the bombs/grenades because of the AoE. This is only situational though. If your in it for cash then i would suggest switching but it is really useful in soloing and other things.
Yeah you wont make much money with engineering.
I agree the leveling part is the worst because you dont get anything you could sell if you really wanted too.
The only advice i can give you is to level the skill up to 300 as quickly as you can so that you can start using the ore that you mine to make a profit.
And let me just its definately not cheap to get from 275-300.
Luckily for me, i have a main character to fund my alt and it makes it much easier for me to get the mats i need.
I agree the leveling part is the worst because you dont get anything you could sell if you really wanted too.
The only advice i can give you is to level the skill up to 300 as quickly as you can so that you can start using the ore that you mine to make a profit.
And let me just its definately not cheap to get from 275-300.
Luckily for me, i have a main character to fund my alt and it makes it much easier for me to get the mats i need.
I make quite a bit of money as an engineer.
1. Just start making gizmos. Make'm, use'm. Get your skill up.
2. Cultivate relationships with hunters, especially gun hunters. Occasionally rogues and fighters too, if they aren't engineers but use guns, they will need ammo. But hunters go through ammo like water.
3. Scopes. Every type, start making and selling them in the AH. They will sell, even the crude scope.
4. Scour the AH for schematics. If you get Goblin Jumper Cables XL or Deepdive Helmet or Parachute Cloak, that means someone else DOESN'T. I learn the schematic and then sell the product to other engineers. They don't care if they made the item, as long as they can use it.
5. Got mining as well? Metal bars sell, because after a short while, smelting does not give you skill points and blacksmiths, who go thru lots of metal, don't want to waste their time on smelting.
1. Just start making gizmos. Make'm, use'm. Get your skill up.
2. Cultivate relationships with hunters, especially gun hunters. Occasionally rogues and fighters too, if they aren't engineers but use guns, they will need ammo. But hunters go through ammo like water.
3. Scopes. Every type, start making and selling them in the AH. They will sell, even the crude scope.
4. Scour the AH for schematics. If you get Goblin Jumper Cables XL or Deepdive Helmet or Parachute Cloak, that means someone else DOESN'T. I learn the schematic and then sell the product to other engineers. They don't care if they made the item, as long as they can use it.
5. Got mining as well? Metal bars sell, because after a short while, smelting does not give you skill points and blacksmiths, who go thru lots of metal, don't want to waste their time on smelting.
engineering is more of a untility profession than a money maker. BS doesn't make much money while leveling up, but if you get 300 in it and specialise in something that there aren't many of in the server, you can make a ton. My old server, Frostmane, there were a shortage of swordsmiths, so any 300 swordsmith BS could make a ton of money. That was on frostmane though.
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i am an gnome engineer and i make lots of money as selling dynamites and granades but also as selling repair bots . and also selling some rare engineering items to ppls who cant find schemas and wen i sell them the items they get so happy and pay good like from arcanite dragonling and others what are rare or like some what only gnome engineers can make but goblins can use too . and my engineerings come really handy wen im whit group on instances boss or we get lots of mobs on us . just use bombs on mob group and that deadly gnome thing (cant rememper name)i use on boss mobs...hits normally about 800-1000 and wen get crits it have even hit 10k of dmg (o boy it whas lovely) and there is also lots of use of mind controlling wen there is big group and we need get 1 enemy out whit out getting owned. o yes i whas almoust forgotting the thing what can controll robots it sure whas lots of use in gnomeregan wen i whas noob and if there is any high lvl robots found (not sure if there is ) can use agains them too and you can how lots of fun whit this thing and it will sure be lots of fun in pvp server...go behind a tree on some goblin place were are robots and wen other oppition player come whit pvp on take robot on your controll attack whit it to your enemy player and after robot dead attack on your self..you get some healt out of em atleast if you have luck (i sure had and so i have killed lots of my enemys taht way ) so there whas some things what are in use being engineer so have fun and if these were any usefull info then its good but if not then its been still use for me
Edited, Sep 7th 2006 at 7:32am EDT by tuhooja
Edited, Sep 7th 2006 at 7:32am EDT by tuhooja
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i am a gnome engineer but im currently stuck at 225 and i cant learn artisen engineering yet i am also lvl 40 plz help me someone
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