My two horde characters: An Orc Shaman and an Orc Warrior

17.12.08

BRD and UBRS key run

Yesterday someone was asking to have this made:Dark Iron Pulverizer. He had gathered/AH'd/begged people for dark iron ore and needed someone to smelt them into bars. So being the bored guy that I was, Urum ran him through BRD to the black forge, and then ran back to the black anvil. Both are in this instance. I never realized how many trash mobs were in BRD! That place is chuck full of some nasty mobs. Every group had runners at low health, and some groups even had a mob that would bubble and heal himself. That was just crazy. No wonder when I went with ten people it took so long. He ended up bailing shortly after that, I don't think he expected it to take all night. He ended up thanking me twice though for helping.
Well after all that time in BRD, I thought, might as well pickup the UBRS key since I am here. LBRS is crazy! I got lost a few times and I still don't know how to actually make your way through there with a straight run.
There is a quartermaster that drops Plans: Annihilator and after killing him twice, he didn't cough it up. /shrug
After the patch 3.0.8 maybe I will solo UBRS.

14.12.08

Enhancement ability rotation

So far, this is my rotation.
FS, SS, LL, MWx5 then LB, Lava Burst, earth shock or flame shock.

someone said, that Lava burst is lowering my DPS, but i am not sure about that.

Is there a better attack rotation?

Gathering professions.

Lets be clear, I love professions.
Now, why am I a skinner and a miner, instead of a leatherwork or alchemist or Jewelcrafter?
1. Gold.
2. ???

Yeah, that's about it. I can take Borean leather, and have a Leatherworker turn it into Heavy Borean leather and turn around and make a profit.
That's handy. I can also use part of the Heavy Borean leather and have him make me something good.

Now you might ask, what stuff are you farming for that they can make?
here is my short list:
Giantmaim Bracers
Giantmaim Legguards
Those are for PVE type activities.
And for PVP I would like to start out with the swiftarrow set.
Swiftarrow Belt
Swiftarrow Boots
Swiftarrow Bracers
Swiftarrow Gauntlets
Swiftarrow Hauberk
Swiftarrow Helm
Swiftarrow Leggings
Swiftarrow Shoulderguards

Mats look preatty easy to pick up for these actually.
I like the look of the female orc, so here is what all the swiftarrow looks like on one.
All of those are BOE so all you need is to find a Leatherwork(LW) to make them for you. My one rule is to always tip alot, maybe 10g per item made for the LW who makes them for me.
And I can always find a LW to combine things for me.
You have to keep in mind that someone who spends all his time and gold leveling up a tradeskill does it for many reasons.
1. They like to make gear for themselves
2. They like to make it for other people
3. They would like to profit from making it for other people.
4. Its something to do while you are sitting in town waiting for a battleground, dungeon, raid, or the like, and fishing is too boring.

When you don't tip your LW for making something, I personally feel like you are telling them, I take you for granted.
And that doesn't bode well for me.
A few nights ago, I had a LW make me two pieces of gear, and he fronted 7 of the Heavy Borean Leathers for free. I thought that was just awesome. He was able to get a skill up and I received the gear that I wanted.
I still tipped him though, cause I appreciated his time.

Now, here is a wowhead comparison of all that.

Level 80

I made it to level 80 this week, and what a ride it has been.

I really enjoyed alot of the places in Northrend.

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