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Why do you have/use professions?
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Post by
Ndragheta
In different games, crafting and gathering professions have different uses. For some, it is only a way to make money. For others it's about self sufficiency and providing for your friends. For most people and games, it is a mix of several things.
In WoW, why do you have the professions you do or what is the purpose for having them?
I would expect a lot of people only have their professions to provide BiS enchants/stat mods for certain pieces of armor. Only a small subset of the current recipes are usable based on your level (with the exception of engineering and vanity items). I personally picked several like engineering because the items felt they had a use other than being placeholder gear until I could get proper heroic/raid gear. I'm just curious to know how everyone else views the professions.
Post by
Maratti
i have BS for sockets and JC for gems on my main but thinking about dropping JC now, cuz it sucks for PVP.
Where are the promised PVP gems!
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Ndragheta
I was kinda thinking your answers would be more general. Rather than "I use BS for extra sockets and JC for gems", I was looking for "I only have professions to make use of the extra stats".
It seems like a lot of focus on which profession to take is what stat benefits does it give.
For example:
- BS gives extra sockets so its +X stat of your choice
- leatherworking has extra attachments which is +(X+50)
So leatherworking is a better profession for me.
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Ndragheta
it helped gearing my Mage alot
thous Badass goggles
That's more like it. Obviously a lot of gathering professions feed crafting professions, but in the case of JC you did it for the stats. For Tailoring it was a mix between providing gear for your mage and for the stat at higher levels/end game.
For me, I enjoyed Alchemy for the discovery and the cool effects. I thought it was awesome that I had a chance to discover new recipes when making my potions. I could care less about the several levels of +strength potions, but changing yourself into a ninja or giving yourselve 15 seconds of invisibility, that is seriously cool.
Same thing with engineering which in my opinion is the best implementation of a profession in wow. You get all these cool gadgets which are of course useful in PvP and raiding, but its also just a whole lot of fun to dismount and parachute down like a special forces soldier.
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Skullhawk13
Engineering because It's the best profession for a casual player, no need to ever see a city again, repair, vendor, teleporters, it's amazing for people who don't bother to get into hardcore raiding or pvp.
Post by
junkseer
I've got engineering and alchemy maxed right now, switched from herbalism to engineering after Cata and haven't regretted it since. Even goblin glider alone was worth it, englineering overall is a ton of fun for me, same for alchemy with all the cool effects some creations give. Discovery process also feels very rewarding, the feeling is nice. Not sure why everyone's forgettting secondary profs either. I've been maxing my fishing ever since i fished up my Crawdad in TBC, it's been a surprisingly fun profession to have. I only leveled cooking for the buff food though, and the hope of someday getting that Cake recipe, but i've been slacking on that front.
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Post by
saiyuri
On my main i chose the professions for the stats (jc +bs) even though shes a rogue (find it odd how many people think its wierd a leather wearer having bs but since everything is boe). I do however utalise it and sell alot of pvp gear and gems so the whole leveling cost over the years has more than paid for itself
On my alts I have most crafting professions maxxed (still need to get mining, skinning and engineering for the achievements, im just so lazy :P), purely for the gold making potential. I sadly enjoy playing the auction house, as it gives me the gold to buy pretty things for my main
The only profession I have multiples of across my chars is enchanting as i mainly lvl through dungeons and find it alot more convinient than a 'proper gathering profession' (although I guess enchanting counts as both as your gathering your mats and you can make scrolls)
Never understood the appeal of gathering professions, I would much rather pay someone to gather materials for me and factor that into my final prices (also tend to find you make alot more gold per hour that way), would take me all day to grind the mats to make as much as an hour or two with a good ah addon, which would cut into my achievement grinding and pet battle time :P
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