Alchemy + Herbalism, no alts, money making?

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Hello guys and girls!

Im new to these forums, I've got a question about choosing a profesion for my character when WoD hits.

Im not curently playing and I dont even have an account, I used to play in vanilla, bc, wrath than stopped for a while and Im planning on comming back when WoD launches.

Here comes the question, Im planning on making brand new tauren lvl 90 shaman.
Im not planning on leveling another alts, because I dont like to have more characters than 1, just that I can fully focus on one character, so other I will have just the 2 professions...

I was thinking about getting Herbalism + Alchemy, for money making. What do you think would be the best choice? Just 2 profesions...

Thanks!

[xskarma]

Hmm, with a brand new char on a brand new account Herbalism & Alchemy is a good choice. 3 main options if you do:

Go transmutation spec, buy bars, transmute into whatever is profitable. This is a mostly a once a day business. You do the cooldown, put up for sale what you transmuted, and then go about your business. There's usually gold to be made by doing unlimited transmutes for bars and gems, but those are usually smaller markets with less profit (especially if you have no professions to use these transmutes).

Go Elixir spec, buy or farm herbs, make flasks. This is a business that will scale with how much gold and time you put in. It can go from just a flask here and there from stuff you farm yourself, to full scale Flask market control if you invest enough time and gold (which is unlikely if you have no previous gold stockpile).

The third option is to go Potion spec, which works pretty much the same as Elixir spec, just with less demand of your products and a higher need for large scale production.

[Deleted]

Depends what your stragey is and the way you wnat to make gold. If you are inexperienced/ unfamilar with gold making then I would make a dual gatherer. Make my money at the beginning of the expansion and then if you want swap one or both of the professions out.

I would want my character to be 90 and ready to go when wod comes out. Is that the free upgrade you intend to use?

Xkarma points out the differences in specialisations, but you need to see the patch notes before we will know how professions are affected. Some expansions have really pushed or hindered flasks ir gem production. You will also need to weigh up what your server is like.

[ripponesan]

What do you want to do in WOW?

If your Focus will be raiding, then a gather Profession wont earn you much Applause from coraiders.
If you Focus on making Money, then you are fine with your choices.

If you Focus on just dungeons LFR and playing alongside friends, you cold as well go with 2 crafting professions as you wont Need much Money for that.

[Deleted]

I want all the money! I want to swim in a pool filled with gold.

Im gonna play mainly pvp (rated arenas, BGs) and sometimes flex raiding/ normal riding 10m.

I dont know whats the economy nowadays, I used to play in Wrath, I had a ench and jwc, usualy buying tons of ore from AH prospecting made quite a good amount of money...

And realm is gonna be probably drakthul EU.

[Caanrial]

Herbing + Mining = rich

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I want all the money! I want to swim in a pool filled with gold.

Im gonna play mainly pvp (rated arenas, BGs) and sometimes flex raiding/ normal riding 10m.

I dont know whats the economy nowadays, I used to play in Wrath, I had a ench and jwc, usualy buying tons of ore from AH prospecting made quite a good amount of money...

And realm is gonna be probably drakthul EU.

If you want money then you will mostly have to put effort in to get it more effort applied smartly will mean more gold. The principles are still the same as in wrath. What ripponesan says is true, its about picking the right combination to suit your style of play and the economy you are on. You seem to have some enthusiasm for spending your gold before you have earned it.

The start of an expansion is unique and more fun than any other time. In terms of the AH you need to be prepared and have a strategy on what you are going to do. If you arent prepared when others are then you will already be at a disadvantage. Read up and put some thought into it. What the patch notes say will be v important as to how your professions will work in the new expansion. If you are slow to the market then you will be losing prime time in which you could make gold.

If you wnat the oddles of gold you say then be prepared to be smart or put the work in. If I was advising people then id tell them to make the money they need for the expansion and be comfy then leave it.

[xskarma]

Herbing + Mining = rich

While I'd normally scoff at taking 2 gathering professions as a way to make gold there is some value in doing so right now, actually. The tactic being level both professions up (will be pretty efficient) but KEEP WHAT YOU GET WHILE LEVELING. Don't flog it, stach it in a GB, or circulate it in mails between alts. Then when at max level use your gathering professions to make some gold in Mists (probably quite boring, but hey, it's a start) and simply wait for mor einfo on professions in WoD to come out.

Once you know some of the important details (like changes to JC/Enchanting, but also what kind of trinkets Inscription will be able to make and HOW they will make them) you can now use that stache of herbs/ore you got while leveling to fuel whatever profession you need in WoD. No back tracking, no needlessly dropping professions, smart and efficient and ready for WoD.

If it's extreme gold you are after, and you can manage to get at least a decent lump sum for WoD together (5-10k) and the trinkets from Inscription are like we are used to in quality (BiS for most of the first tier) and not too restrictive in creation, then I can HIGHLY recommend going Herb/Inscription at the start of WoD and getting in on some of that trinket action.

It takes dedication, and good handling of your funds, and some luck with the cards you create and trade(!!), if you have only 1 Scribe, but if you manage to pull it off you can easily rake in 100k with those first trinkets that hit the market. In Mists I was able to make 2 trinkets the first Faire and it netted me 165k after herb/card costs were deducted. And that was just the insane first Faire, later Faires I sold more trinkets for less profit, but the overall profit was still HUGE.

[Dooney]

Alchemist + Herb = super rich, some times. I was lucky enough to get the recipe for Vial of the Sands, 8 days after the release of Cata. Stockpiled a lot of gold with those tips. Since then, you can make decent gold with herbs and some alchemy pots. With new glyphs for inscription, I sold a lot of herbs. Then it was cooking and fishing. I used to make most of my gold fishing and killing then selling food on AH. Tiller farms bit a hole in that one. Garrisons are due to cut into trade mats in WoD as well. Long answer, it is all a gamble. Professions are changing.

[Deleted]

If used as a ALT, get Herb / Mining.
Or if you dont have enchantning, take that for making enchants.
Just have fx. Engineer / Alchemy for max profit of your main (+stats)
and collector on your alt for mats to your main char.

My opinion

[mmokri]

The only way to make money as herbalism = report & homing & tracing all farm bots.

[3stats]

Inscription and Jewelcrafting, followed by enchanting used to be the best money makers.

WoD will restrict enchants and gems, so no one really knows now.

[Aiurus]

Without knowing more about WoD, it's hard to make a call. I'd still say JC/Ench should be the biggest money maker, but it also requires a lot of processing time (prospecting, disenchanting, etc.) Alch/Herb should be fine for moderate gold making. I'd recommend potion mastery, and hope that your server has a decent raiding population.

[Lillpapps]

Alchemy + Herbalism is actually pretty solid. You would have gained more money by just buying mats low and selling pots high but then you need money to start out and herbalism will help out in the beginning. Herbalism is also decent nowdays when it comes to raiding and alchemy is really good.

[Val the Moofia Boss]

If your focus is to gear up for raiding or world PvP, potion making will help.

If all you want is mountains of gold, go transmute.