I am new to this side of the forum. I am going to roll a dwarf hunter. I have more or less know what levelling specc i should go for but I am not too sure on what professions to take up. I have googled and some say BS, Engineering, Leatherworking etc. So I am alittle confused on what to chose.
I would be mucb obliged if you could give me some advice on what profession to choose. Thank you in advance.
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THE F*CKING STICKY wrote:
What are good trade skills for a hunter?
This, like almost anything else in WoW, depends on what you want to do.
Do you want to raid and go for the best possible stats? Then Jewelcrafting + Blacksmithing is your choice.
Do you want to raid and be as self sufficient as you can? A combination of leatherworking, enchanting and Alchemy will be great.
Are you leveling, or just using your hunter to farm? Skinning + Mining or herbalism will be great.
Are you PvPing? then you might want to consider grabbing engineering for the extra tricks it has (even if half of em are nerfed in arena)
The standard is to have two gathering professions while leveling and two crafting professions for endgame.
This because the stat bonuses that crafting professions give are superior to gathering professions and thus will give you more dps.
Note that First Aid, Fishing, and Cooking are not technically trade skills, and do not count against your limit of two. All hunters should do First Aid. Fishing and Cooking help feed your pet, but aren't necessary as they can be a huge waste of time.
Check here for more detailed information on tradeskills.
This, like almost anything else in WoW, depends on what you want to do.
Do you want to raid and go for the best possible stats? Then Jewelcrafting + Blacksmithing is your choice.
Do you want to raid and be as self sufficient as you can? A combination of leatherworking, enchanting and Alchemy will be great.
Are you leveling, or just using your hunter to farm? Skinning + Mining or herbalism will be great.
Are you PvPing? then you might want to consider grabbing engineering for the extra tricks it has (even if half of em are nerfed in arena)
The standard is to have two gathering professions while leveling and two crafting professions for endgame.
This because the stat bonuses that crafting professions give are superior to gathering professions and thus will give you more dps.
Note that First Aid, Fishing, and Cooking are not technically trade skills, and do not count against your limit of two. All hunters should do First Aid. Fishing and Cooking help feed your pet, but aren't necessary as they can be a huge waste of time.
Check here for more detailed information on tradeskills.
Seriously, read it.
Back when I still played, BS/JC was the best for min/maxing, and JC/Eng was the best for arena.
JC made a fair bit of money too, if you had enough recipes.
JC made a fair bit of money too, if you had enough recipes.
The first question i have is do you have plenty of gold from a high level alt ?
I can say if not only take gathering professions as you might as well make some gold while you learn about Hunters , for example skinning and mining work well with nice profits and a bonus of slight extra damage and extra health .
Also cooking fishing and first aid can be helpful as cooked food gives extra stamina plus with the fishing can make extra gold and of course for a class that cannot heal itself the first aid is a life saver at times .
Leatherworking is not that great for a hunter as there are not that many great pieces you will want to use and they can usually be brought from the auction house pretty cheap anyway .
Blacksmithing is also not a lot of use for a hunter as few items are that great so not recommended .
Engineering is expensive but also i find it great fun with all the bombs and other items you can make but i would not recommend taking it unless you already have enough gold.
Alchemy can be useful but again at least at lower levels not a good money maker so not recommended .
Tailoring of course is pretty pointless as its mostly cloth items but of course there are the bags which are nice to have and if you took up Enchanting i can see some point in tailoring for a hunter but not recommended .
Enchanting can be good but you can usually find a high level enchanter that is willing to do enchants for the cost of the materials with sometimes a small tip . I use enchanting on one of my cloth wearing alts but only really for the disenchanting aspect as that can make some gold .
I guess that my opinion of most trades is there is not a lot going for any of them at least at lower levels unless you do not care about making gold .
I can say if not only take gathering professions as you might as well make some gold while you learn about Hunters , for example skinning and mining work well with nice profits and a bonus of slight extra damage and extra health .
Also cooking fishing and first aid can be helpful as cooked food gives extra stamina plus with the fishing can make extra gold and of course for a class that cannot heal itself the first aid is a life saver at times .
Leatherworking is not that great for a hunter as there are not that many great pieces you will want to use and they can usually be brought from the auction house pretty cheap anyway .
Blacksmithing is also not a lot of use for a hunter as few items are that great so not recommended .
Engineering is expensive but also i find it great fun with all the bombs and other items you can make but i would not recommend taking it unless you already have enough gold.
Alchemy can be useful but again at least at lower levels not a good money maker so not recommended .
Tailoring of course is pretty pointless as its mostly cloth items but of course there are the bags which are nice to have and if you took up Enchanting i can see some point in tailoring for a hunter but not recommended .
Enchanting can be good but you can usually find a high level enchanter that is willing to do enchants for the cost of the materials with sometimes a small tip . I use enchanting on one of my cloth wearing alts but only really for the disenchanting aspect as that can make some gold .
I guess that my opinion of most trades is there is not a lot going for any of them at least at lower levels unless you do not care about making gold .
Yuppley wrote:
Back when I still played, BS/JC was the best for min/maxing, and JC/Eng was the best for arena.
JC made a fair bit of money too, if you had enough recipes.
JC made a fair bit of money too, if you had enough recipes.
And I even quoted the relevant part of the sticky.
Slack.
Aethien wrote:
Yuppley answering a question that is answered in detail in the sticky?
And I even quoted the relevant part of the sticky.
Slack.
And I even quoted the relevant part of the sticky.
Slack.
It's not like I post much anymore, so I might as well be helpful when I do, eh?
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