Planning professions!

I mentioned in my last post that I've been doing RaF with myself. The end result will be seven new characters at level 85 which I'll then level to 90 as quickly as I can. What this means is I'll have fourteen new profession slots. I'll also be using my free level 90 from pre ordering Warlords of Dreanor to give myself a Rogue. Meaning another two profession slots. While I've been leveling I've been sending everything I pick up to an alt to store in a guild bank. 

The cloth I will be using to level tailors. I'll use what I craft to Disenchant for materials to level a second and third Enchanter. I've been buying any herbs / ore under market price to level Blacksmithing/JC/Alchemy and Inscription. Here's what I'm hoping to end up with by the end of this. If you think I'd be better off with different professions on different characters then feel free to chime in! Any suggestions are more than welcome!

Priest - Enchanting - Jewelcrafting

Hunter - Engineering - Leatherworking

Monk - Blacksmithing - Alchemy

Shaman - Enchanting - Jewelcrafting

Warlock - Inscription - Alchemy

Death Knight - Enchanting - Alchemy

Warrior - Tailoring - Alchemy

Paladin - Mining - Alchemy

Druid - Leatherworking - Alchemy

Mage - Tailoring - Alchemy

Rogue - Skinning - Blacksmithing

My Priest is my main and has JC/Enchanting with all patterns however because she's my main it means she also seldom has much in the way of bag space! So having a second character capable of shuffling ore is a must. 

I've tried to double up on all crafting professions which currently have a cool down and hopefully will continue to do so in Warlords, Blacksmithing, Tailoring and Leatherworking. I'm not 100% sure about the Tailoring on the Warrior although I've had it in the past. Getting that extra cloth on a class which can quickly blitz though instances or mobs is great. Although it's rare that I actually farm. The ability to learn patterns quicker is a huge bonus. 

Ideally my third Enchanter would be my third most played character, being able to DE your gear once you're done with it has always worked out well. Drops in LFR/Flex you don't need? DE them! In terms of third most played I think that'll end up being my Monk or Mage. But at the same time having Enchanting on a character who runs older content has always been a favorite of mine, I'd really like a Plate wearer with Enchanting as they'll be doing a lot of Transmog runs, I adore Plate mogs!

Anything that I'm not sure about I've coupled with Alchemy because Alchemy always gets neat transmutes each expansion.

20 Days of Gold Making - Day Fifteen.

Nev from Auction House Addict has created a community project for the gold makers among us 20 Days of Gold Making You can find a list of all of the participants in this blog post at AH addict.
  The question for today is;

"Professions - do you have all of them, some or none? Which is your favorite for goldmaking?"

Master of All.

All of them! I love professions, even before I got into gold making all of my characters had two max professions. It just didn't feel right not to! It wasn't until I got into making gold that I actually began to use their potential! 

If you're thinking about getting into gold making definitely have a really good look at your professions and work out some synergy between them. For example Alchemists can transmute Living Steel from Trillium on a daily cool down but they can also transmute Trillium from Ghost Iron bars. Ghost Iron bars are often more expensive than ore so if you have a miner you can cut your costs by smelting your own ore. Living Steel and Trillium are used in Blacksmithing and Engineering. 

Double up on professions other than gathering professions. Most if not all professions have daily cool downs such as Living Steel from Alchemy and specialist cloth from Tailoring. If you have characters whom you maybe don't play so much pick up professions on them, they'll take a bit of an investment to get started but as you begin churning out those daily cool downs you'll soon reap the benefits! 

As for my favorite well that has to go to Jewelcrafting.

20 Days of Gold Making - Day Ten.

Nev from Auction House Addict has created a community project for the gold makers among us 20 Days of Gold Making You can find a list of all of the participants in this blog post at AH addict.

The question for today is;

"Do you farm materials? Why? Why not? & which ones, where?"

The short answer is no. At least not specifically. I adore transmog, achievements and reputation which means I often find myself in older instances/raids and come out with a bunch of mats. I disenchant most of the gear pre Cataclysm. I shatter the Abyss Crystals I get from Wrath raids. Heavenly shards sell for very little so when it comes to Cataclysm raids I vendor the items instead. I turn Netherweave and Frostweave into bags.

I also make sure to do my Sunsong Ranch most days.
I enjoy farming leather, I actually find it kind of relaxing but I now don't have a Skinner. I have a visual impairment called Nystagmus which means that farming herbs and ore are pretty difficult for me. I get a really bad headache staring at the yellow dots on the mini-map as they're difficult for me to focus on. Constantly moving my eyes from the top right hand corner of my screen back to my character not only hurts my head but strains my eyes. This could be solved with addons such as moving my map to the middle of my screen or using a map overlay which covers my whole screen but it's just not something I've been interested in doing as I don't enjoy farming anyway.

Farming can be a great way to make some capital if you're new to gold making. The Undermine Journal is a fantastic resource if you're interested in farming up a bit of gold. Once you select your server. Mouse over Gathered on the top bar and select your chosen profession. Herbalism for example. TUJ will pull all of the information for all herbs and you'll be able to make a decision on what's better to farm. Materials from previous expansions typically sell well as they have fewer people gathering them.

Check WoW Professions and select a professions which will go along with your gathering professions. (You don't have to take this profession yourself but you'll be able to see which materials are required for that profession.) If we stick with Herbalism and look up Alchemy you'll see a list of all of the mats required to level Alchemy in a bullet point list. If you have Mining you could look up the Blacksmithing guide.

I'm not against farming I just don't really enjoy it. If there's something I need and there are none on the auction house. I'll likely go get it myself.