I'm having an image problem. I think.
Or I don't? Or at least not in the literal sense.
Focus of the Week: Professions
This week I put some extra effort on professions. Mostly because I learned something new from a summary about professions on wowhead, and experimenting some in the game last week. So here's some things I have picked up and have been doing this week...
Sparks, Primal Chaos and Craft Orders from Alts
This has been the most important revelation. Recently a skip was added to the Spark questline so alts (even fresh ones off the coast) can get 5 at once. Also added was the ability to buy a box (with some tax) of Primal Chaos. With the result that any alt can have the limited resources to order the big skill upgrade items from professions. Which in turn makes it a lot easier to not only skill up the professions without trying to get in on the low amount of public crafting orders for recipes everyone has, but the alts also gets a bunch of really important gear when they hit 70, like 382+ weapons for everyone.
Knowledge vs Skill
Skill is obviously important, but it's also something you just get from crafting. No limiting factor, only materials. And what you spend knowledge on.... Choosing the right knowledge stuff on the other hand has been more tricky. At first I was very specialised, like wanted multicrafted drums and phials. But now I have tried to learn as many recipes as possible, since every craft gives knowledge the first craft, and then just have alts get different things. And as knowledge and skill is gained, can always recraft things to something better later. Also the amount of hard dungeons I do has plummeted since other people play less, and I don't do them on my own. Hence no need to mass produce drums, phials and other consumables.
Materials
Herbs and ore is easy to get hold of, and cheap to buy if somehow end up with low stocks (solo shuffle queues not being 30 mins for example). Elemental stuff on the other hand, I just gave up on. I am simply spending all the gold I earn each week to get enough for crafting the alt gear, and use the elemental mats I get on my own for consumables.
A note on quality levels
It can sod off.
Character Summaries
Dominator [Social Dungeon Tank Progress Character]
Human Paladin [Level 70]
Weekly activities:
4 m+ dungeons (1x +17, 1x +16, 1x +15s, 1x +11)
World Boss/Accord/World Quests/Profession Quests
Character Stats
Guild: House of Small Gods
Main spec: Protection
Talents: BIEAwtJ2KpR8WbGzhz/jy2AP8USaikiodAtIJlWTSiERiEAAAAAAAAAAAAAA0EJJpJQSUSRkElDoEA
Professions: Enchanting 64/100 [+1] (Enchantment: 100 - Insight of the Blue: 45) - Alchemy 100/100 [+2] (Phial Mastery: 55 - Potion Mastery: 55) - Cooking 80/100 [+3] - Fishing 100/100.
iLevel/PvP iLevel: 409 [+5] (2 set) / 405 [-]
m+ Score: 2261 [+39]
Valor spent/earned: 6000/7500 [+750]
Conquest spent/earned: 0/1320 [-]
Solo shuffle rating: -
Raid progress: -
Wutteät [Personal Dungeon Tank Progress Character]
Night Elf Demon Hunter [Level 70]
Weekly activities:
8 m+ dungeons (1 +13, 1 +12, 6 +11s)
Accord/World Boss/Profession quests
1x LFR Boss (Ra)
Character Stats
Guild: House of Small Gods
Main spec: Vengeance
Talents: BUkACnvaHJn8GSPD6tpaeczPTBAgIIJRSAEJCQDQ0iEJJJJJJtkISSSokkEAAAAA
Professions: Skinning 100/100 (Tanning: 40 - Harvesting: 40 - Bait Crafter: 10) - Leatherworking 77/100 [+4] (Leatherworking Discipline: 45 - Leather Armor Crafting: 50 - Primordial Leatherworking: 20) - Fishing 51/100 [-] - Cooking 51/100 [+12]
iLevel/PvP iLevel: 398 [+7] (4 set) / 411 [-]
m+ Score: 1678 [+78]
Valor spent/earned: 6950/7500 [+750]
Conquest spent/earned: 590/1545 [-]
Solo shuffle rating: 192 [-] (Vengeance)
Raid Progress: 1/8 LFR [+1]
Esmënet [Dungeon/PVP DPS Progress Character]
Dark Iron Dwarf Hunter [Level 70]
Weekly activitites:
5 m+ Dungeons (1x +11s, 4x +10s)
World Boss/Accord/Communal Feast/World Quests/Profession Quests
Solo Shuffles (3x fully completed ones, 1x two rounds with leaver)
Character Stats
Guild: House of Small Gods
Main spec: Beast Mastery
Talents: B0PAIlFMjeNhnEouGfV8Ij2uS5ACaJAIEAAAAAAAAAAAaEpIhWEJSiE5AhWCRIJEJJhGJRA
Professions: Herbalism 100/100 (Bountiful Harvests: 40 - Botany: 70 - Mastering the Elements: 40) - Mining 100/100 (Mining Process: 50 - Metallurgy: 40 - Mastering the Elements: 50) - Fishing 23/100 [-] - Cooking 35/100 [-]
iLevel/PVP iLevel: 390 [+2] / 420 [+1] (4 set)
m+ Score: 1484 [+138]
Valor spent/earned: 0/6700 [+1000]
Conquest spent/earned: 4950/5750 [+550]
Solo Shuffle rating: 1148 [+84]
Raid Progress: 8/8 LFR Vault of the Incarnates [-]
Rank Log
Esmënet: 96 [-] (Did 5 dungeons, guess everyone around me on ranks did the same as me)
Wutteät: 21 [-] (Did 8 dungeons for some score gain, but it was not big score)
Dominator: 10 [+1] (Only did 4 dungeons, for a small score gain, but still advanced?)
At this point, it still seems like other people playing the same classes have about the same activity rate as I have. Which I find a bit surprising since a lot of people seem to take breaks or play a lot less at the moment.
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