Any love for Engineers?Follow

Not in the beta testing, but get the feeling that engineering like a lot of the crafting professions won't get much if any love from bliz in the next expansion. From experience, basically from seeing TBC come out, there isn't going to be much as far as big money making patterns for engineers since as you pointed out, it's basically a self profession.

Course I have to say that even blacksmithing and to an extent leatherworking is also kind of a self profession, yes you can do shield spikes and stones from blacksmithing and the lovely amor patches from leatherworking, but that's about it. I guess in the end most people just take crafting professions either to help out their guild/friends or just for their own benefit. I think that the next big money maker will of course be inscription; course it might kind of fizzle like jewelcrafting seems to, at least on my server. It was big when it came out and everyone tried to powerlevel their skill, but now it seems like unless you have access to some of the sunwell patterns JC'ing just isn't the money maker it was.

Personally I'll always use my enchater and herb toons as my money makers. Seems like I can always stick up any extra enchanting mats and sell them extremely easily as well as any spare herbs that my alchemist can't use

Of course there will be new schematics in the expansion. We can reasonably expect a new set of best-in-slot goggles and a slew of new gizmos that let characters mimic select powers of other classes. We can hope for a update to the Zapthrottle and for even more PVP-friendly items.

I've never taken the time to learn the market--I have enough balls in the air on the AH as is--but I know there are people on my server who turn a consistent profit by selling Engineering crafted items: arrow/shell machines, potion injectors and quest requirements. Honestly, the profession has a lot going for it.

There is SOME Engineering stuff that sells, but I am hoping for more in WotLK. I read that Smiths may get the skill to add a socket to a weapon, which would be cool. Maybe there would be something similar for the Engineer, a permanent sharpening of your weapon, a special polish for your armor, and of course, laser beams for your shark.

At one time, the Flying Machine Control was the cheapest way for me to get a skill point, so I made it and posted it on AH, priced slightly higher than the mats cost and less than buying a regular bird. Surprisingly, it sold on the second try.

As long as they give us stuff that has a CHANCE to sell, I will be happy. I assume that we will get another transporter station, too. But maybe not.

The only 70 gear an engineer can make is a few trinkets, class-specific helms, and upgraded helms if you can get the recipe from SWP or buy it from someone who did.

Goblin Rocket Launcher is cool. The teleport trinkets can get you to a few useful places. Repair bots can save a lot of time in a raid. And the helms are just awesome. The first ones are a bit above T5, but the upgraded ones are T6+.

I wish I had enough money for the recipe.. or a SWP GKP group.

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As far as we know, it won't be restricted to Engineers but that could change at anytime until the expansion's released.