Comments on: Lusting over Engineering in Wrath

By: Lightdealer

Lightdealer — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 22:52:13 +0000

I myself had Mining and Skinning at 350-375 and i wanted the goggles, so i dropped skinning and took up Engineering. think i used 1000g on leveling it up to about 350.. but i regained alot of that money aswell by selling the stuff i made :)

By: Drowgrim

Drowgrim — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 09:54:24 +0000

My hunter is currently level 53 with 300 skinning and 230 mining I am intending on dropping one for engineering which should I drop and how much gold should I save to level engineering? Also at what level should I make the switch?

By: Bloodshrike

Bloodshrike — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 20:53:40 +0000

I play 30 toons on 3 servers, all of them at least 20+, with a few 40′s scattered among them. I play that many so that each toon (except priests) can take up engineering, as well as having a second crafting profession. For me, I’ve determined that rogues and paladins should be miners, druids should be herbalists (since they can easily pick stranglekelp at low levels, and pick herbs in flight form at high levels), and hunters should be skinners (so they can keep find humanoids up at all times).
I love engineering. I powerlevel to 225 engineering as soon as one of my toons hits 20, so they can equip the parachute cloak with an appropriate enchant on it, thus saving me from them needing to upgrade their cloak for at least 20 levels.
I love the AOE power of bombs, I love the versatility of the attack pets and trinkets, and the jack-of-all trades outlook of engineering that lets you emulate talents from other classes.

I even have my paladins go thru Gnomish engineering first, then when they hit 35 and get their Death Ray and Chicken, I drop it, talk to Narain Soothfancy in Steemwheedle Port to respec to Goblin, and re-level engineering thru to 300 on Goblin side. Paladins are natural choices for using Death rays and Sapper charges, since their bubble allows them to use them without taking damage. Heck, at higher levels, you could probably use both and still have some time left in bubble.

So, yeah, I’m only slightly looking forward to the expansion. :)

By: Zuggy

Zuggy — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 04:18:50 +0000

all of these items are find and good, but when I watch the video the new mechano-hog, well I don’t need any more reasons to go engineering! =D

By: Beathooven

Beathooven — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 21:29:59 +0000

BBB: I agree that Engineering is awesome. It’s not a profession you see a lot on Druids, and when I made my second goggles, the Wonderheal XT40 Shades, my GM was surprised “blue lenses? never seen that before. I just think it’s awesome that I can make a pair of goggles for each spec ^_^.
And although engineering seems a lot stronger for hunters, mine will remain a devoted Leatherworker (hopefully be a bit more profitable in LK than BC).
Nice to see that they’re keeping the gas clouds idea, that was an awesome bonus.
And yes, that Army Knife is awesome. Means I can sell my Jumper Cables… oh yeah, we get a non-combat res anyway. \o/ (Druid with Jumper Cables is very entertaining)

By: Suicidal Zebra

Suicidal Zebra — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 20:48:11 +0000

It’s a shame that wearing Engineering goggles won’t let you look like these guys:

http://static.mmo-champion.com/mmoc/images/news/2008/september/8970/mount_armoredbrownbear2.jpg

By: Mosshoof

Mosshoof — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 20:43:06 +0000

Artorin — play with friends! It looks like new engineering recipes will start at skill 350, and will no doubt be cheaper to make than those last 7 points you can get right now.

By: Artorin

Artorin — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 20:10:36 +0000

Hmm my subscription is expiring in 2 days and this may be the last few days I play before WotLK comes out… so do I play with friends or grind my engineering from 368-375? Man I hate choices! Either way looks like my hunter will be my main come WotLK. With all of the gear/class changes going on with my Druid/Pally I think I will enjoy the scenery and content alot more if I can just sit back relax and enjoy the view. I’ll wait and see when the dust settles how I want to lvl my pally and druid to 80. Priest changes don’t seem to be all that dynamic but I cringe at taking a squishy on my first grind to 80.

By: Joggoms

Joggoms — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 19:59:14 +0000

Assuming that the frozen orbs are *not* BOP, I am very excited as I currently have 3 engineers…but if I have to wait to level 80 to get a heroic BOP drop to use my equip-able at 72 goggles, I’m not going to be a happy camper.

By: Braveship

Braveship — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 18:40:56 +0000

BBB –

I’ve been suffering from some of the malaise you wrote about a couple of posts ago. My home computer was down for about two or three weeks, and even when I got it back up, I haven’t found myself itching to get back in-game like I used to, at least not at the expense of much-needed sleep. But your post about the Engineering goodness (and goodies) coming in WotLK has got me excited again, so many thanks. Obviously, when I rolled a Gnome Rogue long ago, I wasn’t playing the percentages. I chose Engineering mainly because I thought it would be fun. And any time I find genuine utility or function out of things I make, I consider it a bonus. Looks like we’re in for all KINDS of bonus fun in a couple of months! WOOT!