Jarulf,Oct 1 2005, 03:53 AM Wrote:I currently have an Undead Priest at arround level 35. For tradeskills, I have picked Tailoring, which I will keep and then picked skinning (which I believe is up to some 240 or so). However, except for some tailoring recipies, I really don't feel I have much use for it. I usually end up selling the leather and such. I could probably go to AH to get a bit more for it, but for some reason I usually do't do much AH stuff. SO I have this desire to pick another tradeskill that might be more usefull and/or fun. I play a lot myself and I like my characters to handle themselves so to speak, hence tailoring suits him well.
So my questions is then, is it worth it? Are there enough nice things in enchanting that would make it usefull? I heared it can cost a lot to level and such, is that a problem? Will I need my leather and skinning for later in tailoring to do nice stuff so that I should keep it? Anything else to consider?
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You don't need to keep Skinning because you can almost always buy Leather in the Auction House. There's not that much Leather used in tailoring anyhow.
Yes, Enchanting is good for disenchanting drops, quest rewards you don't want, etc.
But it's not so great for enchanting things. Just find someone in Orgrimmar and Ironforge to do the enchants for you. Or find a friend to do it. Most guilds will have someone who's a high level enchanter.
Tailoring -- meh. Besides feeding Enchanting, the things you make are usually little better than what you get otherwise at the same level. It's almost all Int/Spi cloth, when what you'd really like more is Int/Sta.
One tip - rather obvious I suppose - try to always level up Enchanting with enchants using Dust rather than Essences or Shards. Dust is usually in surplus.
If you want to be able to Disenchant and sell, just make an alt for the purpose, and send him/her/it the greens you're not going to dispose of otherwise (like Str/Spi armor.)
Anyhow, I shall now declare (by fiat as it were) that the one single worthwhile profession is Engineering. Engineering makes things that have no equivalent in the game -- that don't just naturally drop all the time. I just made my first engineer who's just gotten to 75 and I am making bombs and dynamite and having a blast. Later on you can make little robots to fight for you. Engineering lets warriors rez people (sometimes) with jumper cables. Goggles to help detect stealth, I think. Pets. And so on.
Mining to support Engineering of course.
All other professions duplicate stuff that's in the game ... easy to find or buy the equivalent. Non-Engineers can't just buy and use most of the Engineering stuff because it usually requires Engineering (of some level) to be used.
On the other hand, Tailor/Enchant is kind of fun. At least you're not always running off to attack some resource node. Forget about selling what you make, though: consider made things to be the mats with the skillups extracted (and therefore worth less money.) The one exception I've found is Spidersilk Boots, which get the extravagant "omg a Blue" bonus. Really nice for lvl 20, too. I guess they sell (10-15g) because lvl 20 blue cloth boots are not to be found otherwise.
But if you're min/maxing, then Engineering is mandatory in my opinion. And it's fun too.
(edit: mats for enchanting -- you can put in a minimal bid for whatever magic things that hapless Tailors and Leatherworkers have put in the AH. Keep an eye out for fire-sale prices on Dust, too - you can sometimes get stacks for rather cheap from somebody clearing out their pack/bank.)