Herb/Alchemy Farmer Druid

[nobbie]

This seems really ambitious. I don't want to discourage you, but this could be a big undertaking.

I know, but I assume that I have at least 12+ months until the first WOW Expansion comes out ;)

First, I assume you know that to get to 300 in a skill, you need to be 35.

I'm thinking about around 250 for most "crafting" chars. 300 maybe for the Weapon Smith, which shouldn't be too hard as he is a (Troll) Hunter with best item support from my highlevel Warrior.

Second, I hope you know how hard it is to become an armorsmith or master weaponsmith. I can link you to some guides, but basically it involves doing numerous quests, mining hundreds of mithril and truesilver, and farming some other rare ingredients. Some of it is hard to do solo, and may require you to be in your 50's. I assume the leatherworking specializations are equally taxing.

Yes, my Undead Warrior has just recently finished his kinda "epic" Armorsmith education (with the help of our guild), and I believe it was around 400 Mithril bars total for all Heavy and Ornate Mithril stuff I had to deliver, not counting the Truesilver, Black Pearls and the hard-to-come-by "Heart of Fire" from the Elementals in Searing Gorge. I had a guild friend get me the latter, and also got some very nice highend armor plans (level 270+) so far (for free) from the guild like this one or this one. I bought 50% of the Mithril bars in the auction house, which made the grinding of these much less painless.

Finally, some of the plans you mention are extremely rare drops. To this day no one in the Alliance on my server can craft the Arcanite Reaper. In the end it may cost you less time and money to buy some of the super-items you seek then to try to craft them all.

I'm counting on my guild here (currently over 60 players), where I'm the only Armorsmith at the moment :)

Also, remember that 98% of engineered items can only be used by engineers, so don't expect to use tons of bombs and gadgets on your main. :)

Good point. Engineering is the only profession I did not choose :)