tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2227696920491367483.post8570232404588153088..comments2023-04-16T07:15:41.644-07:00Comments on Zanderfin's Wow "Casual" Raiding: The Mining IssueLeiandrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01538165503955317466noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2227696920491367483.post-63188889646127842862008-01-21T13:46:00.000-08:002008-01-21T13:46:00.000-08:00Hey this is Fay. As you know, I am a craft addict ...Hey this is Fay. As you know, I am a craft addict too. I think I found Leatherworking with skinning to be the two easiest to lvl. Granted though when I was leveling my LW and Skinning together that was my primary focus. For the first 40 lvls of the game, I only took quests on that were kill this mob you are killing anyways to get mats for your LW. I remember the only reason why I started to pick up other quests was when I had maxed out my skill at lvl 24 or so and I couldn't level up LW again until I hit 35 lol. I think leveling up crafts on secondary toons is a bit easier too... I know I send random greens to my enchanter and gems that I come across to my JC. I think the main benifit to the "gathering" crafts is... if you aren't leveling the craft that goes hand in hand with it it's pure profit. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2227696920491367483.post-73383654316093018682008-01-21T05:11:00.000-08:002008-01-21T05:11:00.000-08:00I think you hit the nail right on the head. I'm c...I think you hit the nail right on the head. I'm currently levelling an alt with Skinning and Leatherworking. Although still at low level, I found that I levelled out of Teldrassil (the zone you spend your first 10 levels in) way fast and I had not skinned nearly enough to keep my Leatherworking at even close to the appropriate level to craft the best stuff I could equip.<BR/><BR/>I'm not sure if recent changes to levelling impact such low levels (this guy is just about to ding 14), but I am definitely having to spend much more time specifically farming leather rather than just casually gathering while I quest. If levelling changes did not impact these low levels, then the pain will only increase as I speed through my 20's.<BR/><BR/>That's why my main took up three professions: herbalism, mining, and crafting gold<BR/><BR/>Dual-gathering, FTW!!!Amavahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01455843297167787383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2227696920491367483.post-7859367752773699172008-01-18T12:05:00.000-08:002008-01-18T12:05:00.000-08:00Mining was a pain to get to 375, but wasn't that b...Mining was a pain to get to 375, but wasn't that bad once I found a cool <A HREF="http://www.almostgaming.com/wowguides/world-of-warcraft-mining-guide-1-300-with-maps" REL="nofollow">website </A> that has routes to get you through each tier. <BR/><BR/>This was the one time I wished I was on a PvP server so I could kill all the horde taking my nodes!<BR/><BR/>As for faster leveling impacting gathering professions, I hit a wall doing skinning when I came to Outlands, just like you did for mining. I had to sit around killing lower level mobs for a while just to get it up to snuff, but after that initial grind I had no more problems.<BR/><BR/>If you are going to put cloth gathering as a profession, what about the mote gathering profession? And the primal nether, and the... :)Jimbogunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08762866969237014873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2227696920491367483.post-4576915318549329462008-01-18T11:50:00.000-08:002008-01-18T11:50:00.000-08:00I found the simplest solution for leveling through...I found the simplest solution for leveling through thorium, is to go down to winterspring in the area with the elite demons.<BR/><BR/>There is on average 4 rich throium vein spawns at one time. You can level your mining all the way to 375 on rich thorium. Also you get a ton of thorium and gems for your jewelcrafting.<BR/><BR/>The respawn on the veins if fairly fast too, about 15 min or so, so I use to keep a toon down there logged out, and just log in every 20 min or so, make a loop, and log off.<BR/><BR/>Of course you have to watch out for the elites, but with a little practice they don't pose much problem.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com