Gathering professions

[Abeezil]

I'd like to see the two gathering professions, mining and herbalism, made into secondaries like first aid or cooking. They're really not that different from fishing, after all. :idea: Maybe skinning, too.

[snowieken]

Would be overpowered as hell, since you can make tons of money from each of these professions. There has to be a limit somewhere.

On a side note, the money problem would basically sort itself out if it was to become a secondary profession: the demand and therefore the price would drop drastically. But that's another disadvantage, I like making money with them.

So, bad idea all round, in my opinion. :grin:

[Tikki]

I have to agree with snow!
you can make SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO much money from skinning, mining, and 'herbalizing' that making them a second profession would cause a money melt down. The only possible way that would work is if they made other non-gathering professions...

any ideas for some?

perhaps, boat building? butchering? or wenching?

even creating other professions which would utlize the resources and at the same time made it a competitive industry...still...doubt it would work- sorry!

[Abeezil]

My view is that the real profession is making 'things' with all this stuff you gather, hack out of mineral veins, take off dead critters and the like. Sort of like buying something in your local supermarket but then using a real skill to make it into a spectacular dish.

[Tikki]

My view is that the real profession is making 'things' with all this stuff you gather, hack out of mineral veins, take off dead critters and the like. Sort of like buying something in your local supermarket but then using a real skill to make it into a spectacular dish.

mmm, i can see what you're saying. What's the difference in being qualitifed in first aid compared to mining?

I suppose realistically, you're right.
I don't know if it's possible for it to happen in how or not since there would be major economic shifts and such...if everyone can get the material for the mats, than no one would need to buy them at the AH....and there's just a down spiral effect after that

[Caderbery]

As it is now people have to decided on what they want, either 2 gathering skills to make money, 1 gathering and 1 production skill to gather the mats and make things, or 2 production proffs which means buying everything of the ah. If you could have all 3 gathering Proffs and 2 Production Proffs you would never need to rely on other people for items (Leather for BSing for example) which is one thing blizz would never want to happen.

[Abeezil]

It's (for me, anyway) a bore trudging about picking veggie things or knocking off and skinning various critters. Mining too. The real interest lies (again, maybe just for me) in what my crew can make out of these raw materials. And selling them on the AH or trading those creations. Although lately the AH on the European server I'm on seems to be dead - sales are 'way down, maybe coincidentally since kids went back to school a month ago.

[Caderbery]

Maybe your not one of us Gather's then? i know a few people on my server that much rather buy the materials they need on the AH and make fancy items than to go out and farm the materials they need, I have a deal with a few of them to supply them with what they need and in return they sometimes make me some nice items.

[Abeezil]

Maybe your not one of us Gather's then? i know a few people on my server that much rather buy the materials they need on the AH and make fancy items than to go out and farm the materials they need, I have a deal with a few of them to supply them with what they need and in return they sometimes make me some nice items.

Nope, I gather, but grudgingly :laugh: because it takes up time when I could be doing more exciting or interesting things (sorta like real life). Maybe it's because unlike many women I don't like shopping?

[Caderbery]

Nope, I gather, but grudgingly :laugh: because it takes up time when I could be doing more exciting or interesting things (sorta like real life). Maybe it's because unlike many women I don't like shopping?

Hate shopping as well, hehe. I find there is nothing better when im playing wow to go out and just gather everything till my bags are full chuck everything on ah knowing when i log on the next day ill have a couple 100g waiting for me. on the other hand i hate Having to use mats on creating things because all i can think about is how much those Raw Materials cost on the AH and how much money im losing. Suppose the main reason for me not to make them secondary proffs is the fact that i would lose so much money.