WTS Mining, WTB JC

[techead]

hi guys

at the moment I have alchemy transmute master, and mining. Im finding that Im using mining less and less as I get better (and better understand) alchemy and how to transmute gems and sell them on AH.

So I was thinking of giving mining the BOOT, and taking up JC?

That way I would be able to cut the gems that I transmute.

Is this a good idea? It just feels like right now my mining is totally going to waste...

thoughts?

 

[Kaine]

good move, but before u do that, go and check out something that tells you what mats you need for jc, and go and mine as much of it as possible, because jc is quite possibly the most expensive profession to level. spend a week or 2 doing it, and you can save several thousand gold on mats (well, depends on what your server is like regarding stuff to buy)

do a search on wowwiki, they have pages with links on them to free leveling guides that are pretty damned decent. you might want to register, less ads then, because they slow the loading times of the pages.

 

[zippy]

I used to swop professions often. You will find once you it max skill with any profession that there always seems to be a reason that another profession is better.

So I changed strategy.

I now have all the professions covered by alts and they are all on skill 450 except leatherworking which im leveling with my druid alt and its on 380 atm. Just make sure that mining and herbalism is on a character with epic flying mount and you can fly in Northrend. Using this method I never to level up a profession from scratch again. The downside is that you probably wont get the BOP epic plans/patterns that drop in lvl 80 dungeons, but then thats a good reason to spend more time on that character to get the character into those dungeons.

This has worked well for me. I can enchant just about any enchant. I have access to all the decent gems. I can transmute when needed. I dont buy any flasks, haste potions etc. Saves me a fortune keeping my main gem'd, enchanted and high on flask I am always fully stocked on enchanting mats, cause all my BoE greens and blues goes to my enchanter to de. I always have at least 15 flasks in my bag. I try to keep a stock of 5 of each epic raw gem and about 40 of each herb that often use. I sell the rest which easily covers any emergency outlays and basically funds the flying skills for my alts.

My main is a warrior who does herbalism and enchanting. I recently switched from tanking to dps, so I am thing of dropping the herbalism in favor of skinning, but I need to compensate and get herbalism on another alt is qualified to fly in Northrend.

Occasionally I need to buy the odd gem, but by doing the Dalaran JC dailies im getting all the JC patterns. I have most now to cover spell power, stamina, strength, expertise, intellect. etc.

EDIT. i have also found, by just doing the lvl 80 dailies for an hour or so with my gathering characters, that I always get enough ores and motes(or whatever the Northrend version is called) and herbs to keep the crafting professions going.

 

[twixt]

Assuming Cataclysm is coming sometime this year, I'd say its a bad time to drop mining unless you're getting into raiding seriously on that toon. Mine whilst you level in Cataclysm then either sell the mats for a small fortune to people power leveling their raiding professions or keep the mats and swap over to jewelcrafting then.

 

[SnowWar]

Valid point twixt has.

My main has JC & Alchemy. Main reason I have it if for my raiding, not to make gold. But still transmute each day and cut gem(s), then sell it

Leveling jc can be quite expensive, its usually the older mats thats gonna cost you an arm and a leg, so try and farm them 1st as Kaine said.

http://www.wow-professions.com/wowguides/wow_jewelcrafting_leveling_guide.html

 

[semaphore]

snowar you homo you beat me to it.

i recently dropped skinning on my hunter and took jc, it cost about 3K gold to level, because im just way to lazy.

 

[SnowWar]

hey u slut. lol ye I'm way 2 lazy also. When I leveled my priest earlier the year I also power leveled my Tailoring & Engineering the one Sunday morning same with rogue and other toons. Just my 1st toon was hard work
Thank god for gold sellers