Professions as a Hunter on new server

[Trales 1]

Hey!

 

I am thinking about leveling a hunter(Horde Side, probably Tauren or Orc if that matters) on the new server and was already thinking about what professions to take. I write this in the hunter section because i think theres certain things our class can do, that others can not, like running certain dungeons, soloing certain monsters and farming different places. Also keep in mind i wont be leveling up very fast, and probably be in the mid field, so i wont be one of the first players to have recipe XY and make lots of money out of it.

 

On the new server a lot of herb and mining nodes will probably be overfarmed and it will be a pain in the butt to level these up but i still think taking one of these besides another profession will be good. Are there any arguments why one is better/easier to level than the other? Are there maybe dungeons or spots i can solo/run as a hunter than have a lot of certain herb or mining nodes?

 

Enchanting: Since hunter is capable of soloing certain dungeons (for example maraudon or DM, with enough gear ofc) i thought it might be good to take enchanting and disenchant the items you get there since the materials will be more profitable(?) than simply selling the items. Also for leveling the profession im not bound to nodes and could just start running lower level dungeons with lvl ~30 to get some mats and level up with disenchanting!

 

Skinning: think this is quite clear, its easy to level even on high pop server and even tho i know it wont make big money, a little bit is still better than nothing.

 

Leatherworking: together with skinning it can also be skilled up quite easily, but its probably not the big money maker. Then again a little bit is better than nothing or not being able to skill up a gathering profession because its overfarmed. While Dragonscale Specc could make Mail armor, i think tribal is still better for hunter, and for making money aswell if im not mistaken.

 

Alchemy: Cool profession, especially with herbalism. Not sure how much it would cost to level it up by buying all the herbs early on if i cant keep up with herbalism myself. Probably will return the money at some point and its also pretty useful id say.

 

Since im not interested in Tailoring, Blacksmithing or Engineering(at least for a while since i dont think leveling that one up is easy and it while its useful its probably not as profitable as others) thats it.

 

Would really appreciate it if you could help me out, especially with the questions if herbalism or mining will be easier to level(both still hard ofc), if enchanting how i imagined it is any good, and if alchemy is a good thing to take if i cant keep up with my herbalism. Maybe you can give me some recommendations or tips, and maybe tell me if some of my conceptions of how the leveling/profession works is wrong.

 

Cheers!

[Everquest 7]

I'm going to start out playing a hunter as well. I'm picking SK/LW.

LW is very nice for a hunter because it offers a lot of good agi/sta gear. You'll be good on gear all the way to 60.

It will be leather instead of chain, but for leveling it's fine. It gives a good base of equipment to build on.

After getting level 60 you can drop one of them for enchanting.

Dropping skinning is the safe bet. You can level it in a few hours if you ever decide you want it again.

 

I'm personally going with dragonscale LW. As I plan to level a fury warrior and druid afterwards.

Black dragonscale is decent starting gear for a fury warrior and the druid will get leveling gear handed to him as well.

It works out perfect.

 

But ya, like you said. Herb and mining especially will be a nightmare to level.

[Raziya 11]

Enchanting is nice to pick up, especially if you plan on farming often, but I prefer alchemy or engineering, myself. On Nostalrius 1.0, I leveled up Mining and Engineering and it was awesome! You can make the best craftable ammo in the game as an engineer, which can be exchanged for arrows if you use a bow. Engineering also provides awesomely useful gadgets, espectially for a hunter, such as a net launcher to root a target in place while you Aimed Shot it, or stealth detection goggles to see rogues from far away! Especially when combined with Track Hidden. And bombs, of course, lots of bombs. On Kronos II, I leveled Alchemy and Engineering simultaneously, with great success. I was able to sell lots of potions and the occasional transmute and afford to make more potions and Engineering gadgets.

While Alchemy is nice and all, you can get the potions you really need from friends or the auction house. I would strongly recommend Engineering instead, if you only want to bother with one production profession, since many Engineering gadgets require Engineering to use. Oh, and as for whether or not it's easy to level up - it's quite easy to level up. You only need a few stacks of each sort of ore to get all the way up to 300, with a little bit more iron and mithril than the other sorts. And those are fairly common.

Leatherworking is pretty popular but I don't really like it, so I won't say more on it because I don't know it so intimately as Everquest up there. For a hunter, there are alternatives to Devilsaur leather, but if you really want the Devilsaur set, you can just cough up some gold for it. If I'm not mistaken, it's more expensive on Nostalrius than it should be, but that's okay, you're a hunter - you can farm easily. :)

[Overtime 6]

Ench for DE, Engineer for Arrows.

[Trales 1]

Thanks for all the Answers! Already had a conversation with you yesterday Raziya haha, but i am still quite undecided.

LW/Skinning are probably easy to level and do give me lots of useable stuff i can make for myself, but somehow i find that profession so boring. Even tho you can buy basically all Potions on the AH i just think Alchemy is much more fun since i can just make every funny kind of potion myself, and decide when to do it and what amount i want.

 

Engineering is a profession i actually want to go for sooner or later, but i  just thought its way too expensive to do while leveling, since mining will probably not be an option. But maybe its not even so hard if the AH will be flooded with low/medium level ores at the start of the server?

 

The Enchanting was just an idea i had, since i would not mind to start soloing low level dungeons before i am lvl 60, but a lot of people already told me i probably won't be able to solo these before 60 so i could just pick that up later on if i really wanted to...

 

The thing is i really wanted to level professions already while i am leveling and keeping them in the 5*characterlevel range every 5-10 levels or so, and not just pick them up later on. I might just try herb/alchemy and based on the AH prices just level up either alchemy or go switch to engineering if i think i can afford spending the money on materials while leveling.

[Xylon666Darkstar 4]

Skinning and tailoring until 60.

 

Skinning = easy money for mount, and have change for 60.

 

Tailoring, for bags, cus bags will sell on new server. Makes use of all the cloth.

 

@ 60, mining and engineering for reasons.