Conundrum.

[enveri]

My hunter has been relegated to permanent seldom-played-alt status, and I've been thinking. My pet jewel crafter has quit the game, and it would be -very- handy to have one. I don't mind leveling up a new tradeskill, but I'm waffling. Should I drop engineering on my hunter and pick up JC? (She's a miner, I want to keep that) I'm leveling it on

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[enveri]

I don't have a JC, and I end up buying the bulk of my gems off the AH. My Main is an alchemist, so it kinda seems Meant to Be, yaknow?

[sheg33k]

it was kinda crazy coming across your post, my hunter is an eng. (maxxed) and she's been one for about 3 years now. I've been going back and forth trying to decide if I should drop it for something more useful (cata engineering be damned >.>) I always end up coming back to the same place " I spent so much time and money leveling this profession...do i really want to drop it" *sigh*

But it seems you like jewelcrafting and you're not quite maxxed in Eng for cata...maybe you should give it a go?

[enveri]

Hee! Mine's been an engineer for about 3 years, but when cata hit... I'm not sure what it was. Alot of the fun went out of playing her, so she's been level 81 for ages.

I spent alot of time and money on engineering, but I've also figured out that leveling a profession from scratch is alot more fun/relaxing when you farm your own mats. All of my horde characters start out nekkid and broke, as they're on a different server, and.. it's been fun! Slow, but fun. :)

[frieliegh]

My jeweler has singlehandedly made enough money to provide max level flying for myself, my guy, amd my cross faction main, epic flight for his cross faction main and my son in law, and masses of mounts for all of us plus random pets for my step daughter, the collector. Seriously.

I don't seriously work the AH with my gems, either. I know full well I could be making a lot more than I am. You already have mining. You can make bank as a jeweler, and never ever have to buy gems again. ;)

If you're wanting to actually make the rings, etc, at skill cap - they don't take chaos orbs, but they do take an obscene 75 volatiles each. (my blacksmith, OTOH, needs four. It's nuts.) Gems, though - so so so worth it!

[enveri]

I'm just looking at gems. I should probably play the AH more- my main's an alchemist, and people -always- need flasks, but.. enh. :)

Thanks! This helps me make the decision. :)

[ghosts]

JC wasn't that bad to level. I decided to do it a day before raid night, and spent 16 hours total on it, haha. Mining my own ore, mind you. I wasn't paying for anything on that ah at that point XD

[enveri]

I highly doubt I'll be that speedy. :D

Right now I'm happily mining away, trying to get a large stockpile of ore so I can sit in town and prospect a gem stash. :)

[rainisnice]

if you care about professions that are useful to a hunter, drop mining. it's easily the LEAST useful profession a hunter could have. eng/jc is actually a pretty solid choice for a hunter.

people are saying engineering is bad in cata, and yeah, it's not what it used to be, but it's not BAD. synapse springs on my gloves, a damage absorbing bubble on my belt, a parachute wherever i go, completely customizable helm, jeeves, molle, goblin jumper cables/gnomish army knife defibrillator.... being an engineer is AWESOME.

seriously. drop mining. it would take about ten seconds to power level mining on another toon. and think of all the gems you'd get for yourself to use while leveling jc!

[enveri]

The problem with that is, I don't have any other higher level characters (save a death knight that juuuuust made it out of the starter area) I could powerlevel mining on.

Oh, pardon, I think my druid is in the low 60s, but she's a lw/skinner and I want to keep her that way, and my main is going to stay an herb/alchemist.

I really have no intention of seriously playing my hunter again. If hunters (or shamans) drastically change enough to make me rethink that, I'll consider picking up engineering again at that time.

[rainisnice]

fair enough. like i said, IF you care about usefulness to the class :)