I’m sure I’m not the only one who has considered going back to the old world straight after the Death Knight starting area.
The reason, to get mining to 300 before setting foot in Outland/Northrend and because if I rush all the way to 80 I would regret it each time I passed a node in Outland/Northrend. I would think that I could be levelling mining and also making a ton of money or saving materials for Blacksmithing without having to come back at lvl 80 to start all over.
There is a solution! Although it might cost some money and time before wotlk, but what else is there to do?
In my searches around the net, I came across some good mining guides. What I found out is that it is perfectly possible to smelt your way up to 290 and not have to touch a single node until that point. Combined with the fact I’m going to be doing 58-60 in WP/EP anyways I can quite easily get my last 10 skillups for Outland there.
I’ve so far gathered:
165 copper, 115 Tin, 15 Silver, 67 Iron, 13 Gold, 120 Mithril, 44 Truesilver and 60 Thorium Ore.
A lot I’ve ground out on my alt and I’ve also bought some off the AH. I figure the money I lose on the AH now with the hiked prices should still easily be made up by the extra mining I’ll get done in Outland/Northrend as people start buying out materials for their new professions. Also I plan on selling all the bars that I smelt from the ore.
By the way if anyone is a miner on Shadowsong you can make a killing on Thorium ore atm. I didn’t buy any because it was 50g a stack but those stacks were only on the AH for about 10minutes and as of right now there is no Thorium ore on the AH.
Maybe lots of people have the same idea?
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Hey,
I’m Gridlocked from the Dreadmual server. I saw a link to your blog on wow-pro.com and started reading. I have a similar situation as you guys do with the not wanting to play my main (hunter) anymore. I have had my heart set on re-rolling a DK for some time and I am looking forwarded to the chance. This guide for fast mineing plus the link is great, I still have 3 days till WotLK and now I’m going for the same idea as you to build up a gathering profession now rather then later. Thanks for that, I will be following your progress on the blog. Good luck.
Thanks Gridlocked. Is that the name of your new Deathknight? I’m almost there with my mining as is DKMex one of our other Deathknights. We’re not as worried about the last bit of Thorium since we can pick that up in WP/EP if you follow the levelling guide. I’m just about to add 2 new levelling guides that Jame wrote on his wow pro site which you have probably already seen. I don’t plan on reading the Death Knight starting zone bit but I certainly will be following his other parts and Outland guide later on.
Good luck! Make sure to keep us informed of how you do.