05-17-2005, 02:42 AM
All of my characters are engineers (at least the four old enough to go to school). The only choice is Goblin or Gnomish, and the selection of a secondary profession.
For a hunter I would suggest mining and Goblin engineering. The thorium arrows are nice but you need a source of thorium for shells. A hunter can wear the Goblin Mining Hat. Making the shells is a great way to level engineering. Then decorate your new bow with a sniper scope. You might as well keep making them because the scopes sell for five to eight gold at the auction house.
If you were into guns, the engineer can make a lot of them. Impress your friends. Entertain your pet with a compact harvest reaper kit or an explosive sheep. (Alas, not a battle chicken, as that is Gnomish only.) The explosive sheep actually graze and chew grass, which makes me think it has to do with gas. Want more company? Summon your own mechanical dragonling. Need food for your pet in front of Scholomance or Stratholme, or inside the Sunken Temple? Fishing skill not high enough to catch fish in that pond? Engineering to the rescue!
In over you head? Bring out your deepdive helmet! Party wiped? They don't always work, but Fafner always carries cables. Saved at least one instance run. None of my characters have one, but you would be a party favorite with your own repair bot, I am sure.
You will need leather and leather items for engineering. Make up a supply before you switch.
For information, Tribade is a miner, Fafner is a weaponsmith, Baguette a tailor (and Tribade just brought home the mooncloth bag pattern for her last night from Stratholme). Roquefort, the youngest, is an enchanter.
For a hunter I would suggest mining and Goblin engineering. The thorium arrows are nice but you need a source of thorium for shells. A hunter can wear the Goblin Mining Hat. Making the shells is a great way to level engineering. Then decorate your new bow with a sniper scope. You might as well keep making them because the scopes sell for five to eight gold at the auction house.
If you were into guns, the engineer can make a lot of them. Impress your friends. Entertain your pet with a compact harvest reaper kit or an explosive sheep. (Alas, not a battle chicken, as that is Gnomish only.) The explosive sheep actually graze and chew grass, which makes me think it has to do with gas. Want more company? Summon your own mechanical dragonling. Need food for your pet in front of Scholomance or Stratholme, or inside the Sunken Temple? Fishing skill not high enough to catch fish in that pond? Engineering to the rescue!
In over you head? Bring out your deepdive helmet! Party wiped? They don't always work, but Fafner always carries cables. Saved at least one instance run. None of my characters have one, but you would be a party favorite with your own repair bot, I am sure.
You will need leather and leather items for engineering. Make up a supply before you switch.
For information, Tribade is a miner, Fafner is a weaponsmith, Baguette a tailor (and Tribade just brought home the mooncloth bag pattern for her last night from Stratholme). Roquefort, the youngest, is an enchanter.
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