LW - Hyjal or Vash'jir?

Post by lankybrit

Hi,

About to venture into Cataclysm with my Leatherworking Hunter. Should I start in Hyjal or Vash'jir? It seems pretty obvious to me that I should start in Vash'jir because of all the skinnables there. I was just wondering if there were any counter views.

Cheers.

Post by Pwntiff

Well, I think most of Vashj'ir was humanoid, while most of Hyjal was Dragonkin. At least that's how I seem to remember it.

Post by lankybrit

Hmm.. maybe you're right. I was thinking that Raiders and whatnots at the start of Vashj'ir were skinnable, but they're not.

I was also thinking of these guys Brinescale Serpent that you see early on, and all the sharks and eels and stuff around.

I think the Dragonkin in Hyjal come into play later, right? The first 10 or so quests just have you killing Rock guys and humanoids, don't they?

Cheers.

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Post by lankybrit

Ah ha. I started in Vashj'ir. Those crab creatures on the bottom (even on the first few quests) were perfect for skinning. Also, you need to kill them for a quest early on. Then there are the Threshers and Serpents, so it was a good choice. I needed scraps BTW, because I was starting from lvl 425.

Thanks and cheers.

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Post by lankybrit

Thanks for the advice. I may just switch to Hyjal soon.

Cheers.

Post by Azrile

I´d say Vash by a longshot, especially if you are talking about the first hour of gameplay

Hyjal really has nothing skinnable in the first hour except some bears and elk, both of which are not part of quests. The first skinnable quest mob I think are the dragon guys right after you do the bear cub drop.

Vash has

1. Crabs in one of the very first quests
2. Eels ( when you kill the first one, you get an auto-quest to kill more)
3. Serpents - again, another very early quest along with the named Snake (ashkara?)

There are also a lot of crabs on the floor almost anywhere you go, and especially near the serpent spot there are a ton of sharks. If you go up in the water, you can basiclaly stay at one spot and kill sharks non-stop. The only problem as a hunter you will have to move to the corpse. I killed the sharks non stop for about 20 minutes on my DK and never had to move.

If you just want to grind mobs from the very beginning.. Vash has the crabs. They are a quest mob, so Blizzard made sure they respawn very fast. They are also on the bottom, so if you dislike únderwater' fighting just stand on the bottom and it feels the same as other zones.

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LW - Hyjal or Vash'jir?

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