Re: herbalism/skinning ?


"Paul Vader" <pv+usenet@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> KJ Stone <kj@xxxxxxxx> writes:
>>So far, all of my characters have been mining/skinning and I have been
>>happy with the income. I have noticed however that I come across herbs far
>>more than I come across veins. Has anyone tried herbalism/skinning? On my
>>server (Elune), I noticed some herbs go for up to 10g a stack and even
>>common ones like stranglekeep go for 3-4g. What do you think?
>
> Herbalism seems very, very fast to level up to 150 at least, and I
> definitely agree that there's lots more plants than minerals in most zones
> (though many of them are the annoying peacebloom).
>
> Though you're right that some herbs do sell quite well, mining has the
> advantage that the output is a major feedstock for two professions
> (blacksmithing/engineering), and skins are used even more widely. Raw
> herbs are only used by alchemists as far as I can tell. *

But they do have links elsewhere - some potions are used in leatherworking
for example, so a leatherworker might gather materials and then enlist the
help of an alchemist. Perhaps ;)

I'm a herbalist/alchemist at the moment, and I enjoy having the potions
there. Considering going for a double gatherer (maybe back to skinning,
maybe mining) but that might be for an alt instead.

--
Sue


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