Should I get a profession... And which one?

[Topbananas]

Ok so i'm level 48 with no professions.

I Know i'm stupid.

What should I pick up?

Cheers guys :)

[elsegundo]

OMG YES!!!! pick up a gathering skill. how much gold do you have in the bank?

[Topbananas]

OMG YES!!!! pick up a gathering skill. how much gold do you have in the bank?

Just over 1000 now.

[elsegundo]

lol if you can do that without a profession, than maybe you dont need a gathering profession. do something that interests you. honestly, all of my professions are useless (you can buy crafted items or powerlevel later on in game for a BoP set). i make things and most sell for a small amount, other things i take a loss on it... just to level it up because its one of those things i'd like to acheive.

if you must have a profession, i'd say get fishing/cooking/first aid.
first aid is great for when you're outta mana and someone needs a quick heal. or if you're full on mana and low on health, instead of sitting there eating, i'd bandage. this profession doesnt really sell anything to the community though.

fishing and cooking allows you go get your own food buffs in the later levels. i've been living off of cooked meats for a while. but in the end fish will be more valuable than meat. golden fishsticks, etc. they cost a lot at the AH but they offer a good buff above your many other buffs. and you need to level fishing/cooking to get the many buff-giving fish.

other than this, i'd say you're pretty self-sufficient and do not need a profession. if you really want a gathering profession, i'd say do mining or herb gathering. i dont know if you have issues with changing into human form and then skin, but you'll have to do that if you want to skin something. so skinning is another. if you had started with these professions even in your early teen levels, i'd say you would have about double your money now.

[Topbananas]

:O

Oh well, I generally get my money from weapon drops and driving hard deals :)

Lol, I might do enchanting, I heard you can level that easy with 100g or so.

[elsegundo]

:O

Oh well, I generally get my money from weapon drops and driving hard deals :)

Lol, I might do enchanting, I heard you can level that easy with 100g or so.

you can do that. i cant really comment on it since i dont know too much about enchanting. it does take a big investment up front, but in the end you'll make some money. you cant use the AH like others though, unless all you want to do is disenchant your greens for gold. if you want to enchant something, then you'll definitely need to advertise in the /1 channel.

[Super Sneaky Steve]

For a leather wearing druid do leather working and skinning.

Would be the obvious choice.

Enchanting is easy to level with an alt. I have a lowbie loc that has it and I use my main to run through deadmines for greens that I pass on to my loc to DE.

But everyone does enchanting. It's a money pit. At least on my server it is.

[caldepen]

1000g at level 48, with no gathering? Thats pretty good, even if you did gather.

[Luciaz]

Choosing professions in WoW really depends on what you want out of those professions. Most druids take skinning and leatherworking as their main professions.

These are the benefits you get from each professions:

Gathering professions such as mining,herbalism and skinning can give you a very lucrative income if you're diligent on farming their nodes. Most lvl70s got their epic flying mounts this way. Very boring work. Very boring. Watch out for ninjas.

Crafting professions:
Leatherworking - if your character wears leathers. Can sell on AH depends on demands. The devilsaur set can fetch a good price in AH.:)

Engineering - the funnest prof in WoW, really. The prof doesnt sell much(or doesn't sell at all) because most of its items can only be used by engineers. You can still make an income out of selling rifles in AH depending on how many melee classes are rolled each day. With all the recent nerfs(gee, thx for QQing, gatherers...) eng was given, a lot of fun was taken from WoW because non-eng considers them as exploitation. Eg. using rocket boots extreme to get flags, universal remote thingy to control powerful mobs in Outlands and terrorise the other faction. Btw, did you know you can make your own roflcopter as an epic mount? It comes with a hula gnome doll too!

Tailoring - mainly for clothies like priests, mages and locks. you can make a profit out of bags.Pretty easy to lvl considering that most humanoids drops cloths.

Alchemy - if you want the extra buffs. Sells a lot in AH, especially the pots. Took it before, but I find it boring because Im the type that wants to have a lot of fun in WoW.

Blacksmithing - for the melee classes, like pallies and warriors. Same as leather working.

Enchanting - gives extra buffs on you gears. Useful for pvp, especially the twinks:(. Can make a profit.

Extra professions:
You can take cooking, fishing and first aid together because its no included in the 2 main profs.

Cooking - you need it if you're not a mage. You can make really nice treats for your pets. Later in the game, the food gives you better buffs.

Fishing provides mats for cooking(and alchemy). Just find a place with water(the moonwell works too!) to fish. Lvling it is easy for the 1st 100, but it requires more fishing for each skill up later. I use my younger brother to fish, so that I can watch tv while he does all the work.

First aid - is for everyone. It doesn't sell because everybody took it. Can be useful for priests when out of mana.

For me, I took mining because it complements my engineering needs. I took engineering for the lulz. :P

[dwarfenhelm]

for me first aid makes me a fair bit on money on my hunter. netherweave cloth is about 2g50 for a stack of 20 and 20 heavy bandages sell for 6g. i grind upto 200 cloth a day without actually trying to.

[Topbananas]

Sounds pretty good to me, at what enchanting level do I get the disenchant spell?

And is it too late to pick up skinning and leatehrworking?

[Luciaz]

You get disenchanting the minute you pick up the prof.:)
Though what items you can disenchant depends on your lvl of enchanting.
Higher lvl items need higher enchanting lvl.

And no its not too late for you, you can pick your professions which ever suits your fancy, and you can drop em anytime, if you dont like it. Skinning and leatherworking is good for droods:D

[Topbananas]

You get disenchanting the minute you pick up the prof.:)
Though what items you can disenchant depends on your lvl of enchanting.
Higher lvl items need higher enchanting lvl.

And no its not too late for you, you can pick your professions which ever suits your fancy, and you can drop em anytime, if you dont like it. Skinning and leatherworking is good for droods:D

Ok man awesome :grin:

[Luciaz]

Aahehe...just remember to have fun!:laugh:

[dexterhall]

Lol, I might do enchanting, I heard you can level that easy with 100g or so.

Enchanting is one of the more expensive professions. Basically, take a look at the ring enchants only for enchanters. If you think +4 stats or +12 spell dmg at max skill level is worth thousands of g in lost profit from disenchanting items rather than selling them, by all means, go for it;)

[Navhead]

Enchanting is one of the more expensive professions. Basically, take a look at the ring enchants only for enchanters. If you think +4 stats or +12 spell dmg at max skill level is worth thousands of g in lost profit from disenchanting items rather than selling them, by all means, go for it;)

It is expensive, but it's also hardly true saying that you'd get more gold by selling the items rather than disenchanting. Very few greens will sell on the AH, most boe blues sell well so you wouldn't want to DE them anyway, and you can DE all the crappy soulbound blues you get from instances and quests. The shards, dusts and essences 90% of the time sell for more than what a vendor would've paid for the item.

That said, just pick what you like since you already have so much gold to start with. :)

[Patchouly]

It is expensive, but it's also hardly true saying that you'd get more gold by selling the items rather than disenchanting. Very few greens will sell on the AH

You make a good point.

A lot of the greens are kind of junky. I had little luck selling many of them, with the exception of some "Of the Monkey" and "Of the Eagle" items. Things with tons of spirit on them were money makers ... once I disenchanted them.

I always thought engineering would be a very fun profession to level. You can make some cool things for yourself and even craft your own flying machine(s) at level 70.

[elsegundo]

i sell almost every green i get in the AH. certain items are worth more though, and those that are basically useless to people i sell at a little less than the disenchant value. those get bought up quick.

[dexterhall]

It is expensive, but it's also hardly true saying that you'd get more gold by selling the items rather than disenchanting. Very few greens will sell on the AH, most boe blues sell well so you wouldn't want to DE them anyway, and you can DE all the crappy soulbound blues you get from instances and quests. The shards, dusts and essences 90% of the time sell for more than what a vendor would've paid for the item.

Yes, but the shards and essences you don't AH or vendor, you use them to fuel enchanting;) On my server people enchant for free using their own mats as they skill up, later they do it for free as long as people bring mats. Only a few like Mongoose, Executioneer, etc. will make any money. I'm only saying this, because I didn't want OP to think it was a cheap profession:

Originally Posted by Topbananas
Lol, I might do enchanting, I heard you can level that easy with 100g or so.

Edit: And you do need to level enchanting to be able to keep disenchanting.

[Navhead]

Yes, but the shards and essences you don't AH or vendor, you use them to fuel enchanting;) On my server people enchant for free using their own mats as they skill up, later they do it for free as long as people bring mats. Only a few like Mongoose, Executioneer, etc. will make any money. I'm only saying this, because I didn't want OP to think it was a cheap profession:



Edit: And you do need to level enchanting to be able to keep disenchanting.

Yes, disenchanting won't make any money until you're done leveling with the particular mats you're trying to DE the items into. The money to be had there is from buying cheap greens off the AH and reselling the dust and essences.
1-300 WILL cost you 500-1000g unless you farm all the mats, but at 300 you can DE every item in the game currently.