Post by Treskol
Hi and welcome.
I'll play an undead because the racials seem usefull and cool
They aren't great. Orcs have the best PvE racial currently, but it doesn't matter much, play which ever one you want, people won't call you out because of race.
and I did read the stickys, but a lot of the stuff seems outdated for the new expansion and since I'm already seeing stuff about new patches I figured even the up-to-date stuff will quickly change
these two are up-to-date, and the patch won't change things as dramatically as I think you think.
I asked on the PvP forum, because I had so much fun with my friends characters in battlegrounds, and found out that you can level with them. Since I really want to learn the game, I want to both quest and battleground, but I hear there are some challenges.
You can do, but the most optimal way to level is questing/dungeons, because BG's only give good exp when it is a Call to Arms holiday, which is the weekends
I want to go assassination. My friend had that and I liked the mechanics, and I read on here that it's good for leveling too, so I think it's perfect for what I want from the game.
It's good you've made you're choice, and Assassination is good for leveling. Not the best, but it's certainly a good choice.
Current leveling placements are;
Combat -> Assassination -> Subtely
Saying that, play whichever one you enjoy the most. What I will say is at level 30, go and buy Dual Wield Specialization, and try them all out.
I think herbalism and potion making look like fun and would be useful if I'm leveling the way I want to, and my friend said that selling ingredients from herbalism is a great way to make money. But it was also suggested that I just do two gathering professions and go all out selling ingredients and making money, so as to support leveling in battlegrounds.
Whichever, because you're getting the ingredients without buying them, Alchemy costs a lot less to level up.
However, with another gathering profession, the money you make increases substantially when selling on the Auction House.
Is assassination good and what tips could I get to do well with it?
You need two daggers; A slow one (1.80 speed) and a fast one (1.4 speed)
For rotation in PvE:
Stealth(Before level 58)
Ambush (After level 58)
Cheap Shot or
GarroteMutilate
(Before level 54)
Dispatch (After level 54)
EnvenomPoisons wise you will probably want to use:
Main Hand; (Before Improved Poisons)
Empty Poison Vial (After Improved Poisons)
Empty Poison VialOff Hand;
Empty Poison Vial