Herb/Alchemy Farmer Druid

[nobbie]

Thanks :) I too am not focused on any Druid animal form, I just pick whatever gets me experience faster, i.e. Cat against low-armor caster mobs as Watto mentioned. Leveling up professions means that you need to reach level 10, 20 and 35 (for the max. profession skill level 300). There is no way around it (and that is a good thing IMO). While I made my three Horde crafter chars, and also an Alliance char (Night Elf Druid), I noticed that doing the usual quest series per area for the additional quest experience bonuses isn't that hot at all. Grinding equal, or 1-2 levels lower mobs, is king here because each character can be twinked with the best possible "green" equipment for its level without making big financial investments. Green stuff, and even some of the "blue" stuff for level 1 to 35 is very cheap now that the game is a half year old. The experience bonuses you get from the usual quest lines is rather low compared to what you can grind in the same time with twink equipment. The usual Hillsbrad quest, for example, yields about 2000-2500 xp, and a dead Bear, Lion or Spider already gives 175-200 xp at level 20+. Compare that to the time required you need to find and visit the quest mobs, and you'll see that you can get these 2000-2500 xp much faster by killing, for example, spiders and lions (lower armor mobs than bears) near Darrow Hill or the Lordamere Internment Camp. So, if you intend to build crafting chars, there are three ways to level up fast: Grinding, grinding and grinding ;)