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Evzal
Probably been asked before but cant find it. Whats better to have as a shammy enhanc/resto? Id like to take alchemy tbh but i just hate starting all over on a proffesion and farm till i die. LW seems easy when it comes to skinning. Any inputs? ;P Thanks in advance
Post by
MegaVolt
What's your other profession? Do you raid a lot?
As a raider Alch is pretty awesome, it will save you a lot of money on flasks. It also is pretty cheap to level, each lvlup only takes ~2 herbs. Around 1000 to 1500 gold and the AH should get you to Northrend level.
LW is pretty nice for the free leg enchant you get for enhance but otherwise it's quite useless. You get the same stat bonus that Alch gives but nothing else of worth. No conveniance, no money saved on flasks ... and how often to you really upgrade your leg armor? I just don't see the point in LW.
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Post by
Evzal
Thanks for the input. Forgot to mention that im a raider even tho my shammy is lvl 74 now. Reason i asked was also cause of gold issues. I was thinking that alch was the sweetest but then i started to think that with LW u can make those 245+ items and earn alot of cash. So yea :P What would earn the most over time?
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Post by
Tenshigure
Personally, I chose Alchemy simply for
these
awesome
items
that save me a ton of cash on pots; not to mention the fact you get increased effectiveness from all your flasks thanks to Mixology.
Also, ever since 3.3.3 with the surge of Frost Lotus availability thanks to Frozen Orbs cashing in for them, I've found myself switching back to Transmutation Mastery for some quick money. Whenever I get a frozen orb running my daily, I'll buy a cheap gem for 3-4G on the AH, buy the corresponding Eternal Element with the Orb, and then throw the epic gem back on the AH for an extremely good profit (even better if Transmute procs and I get 2-6 gems instead of 1!).
That's not to say there's anything wrong with LW, but just put into consideration a ton of the items you'll want to make the most money off of will require some of the most expensive items in game currently (
Primordial Saronite
still goes pretty damned expensive) so it'll take quite a bit of gold to level compared to Alchemy.
If it's a debate between the two, I say do both; gathering professions take forever to gain real profit and it'd be better holding off until you hit 80 to even consider leveling any profession (at least until after you get Epic Flying and your Dual Spec, that is).
Post by
marlowe
this is what i think you should do, and what im doing on my current main. as i level im doing both skinning and herbalism. i have a list of the exact mats i'll need to level both alch and LW to max. farm all those mats your self, selling what you don't need for extra cash. drop both and level up the crafting ones. then you get all the benefits, and it wont cost a ton of cash!
yeah the farming will suck for you because you aren't just doing it while you level, but still.
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