Planning Out 22 New Profession Slots

My realm was connected to another on Monday and, besides the server "holy wars" going on in trade chat, the world has not ended.

After doing my normal gold-making routine (I'm not changing any prices until a week after the connection) I decided to create 11 new characters on the new realm.

11 new characters means 22 new profession slots. But which do I choose and where do I put them? Read on for some of my initial thoughts.

Initial Considerations

Below are some of the things I'll be considering while planning the my profession choices.

• What professions I already have on my main server.
• What professions I still need on the Horde (I only had 3 characters on the Horde side up until now).
• What professions have the best cooldowns.
• What profession cooldowns are easiest to do.
• What professions coodowns have good revenue potential.
• Maintaining a diversity of professions to better capitalize on changes in the game.

Above we've added 5 professions which brings us up to 11. One of every profession. This leaves us with 11 open profession slots.

Let's start filling in duplicate professions.

My gut tells me that I want at least 2 more Alchemists and 2 more Engineers. (Extra Alchemists are almost standard for my extra professions slots. The extra engineers are added due to the strength of building multiple Sky Golem mounts and the new Engineering pets Rascal-Bot and Pierre.)

Server	Faction	Class	Prof 1	Prof 2
Main	Horde	Paladin	Tailoring	Mining
Main	Horde	Rogue	Engineering	Enchanting
Main	Horde	Monk	Alchemy	Herbalism
New	Horde	Warrior	Blacksmithing*	Jewelcrafting*
New	Horde	Rogue	Leatherworking*	Alchemy*
New	Horde	Priest	Inscription*	Tailoring*
New	Horde	Shaman	Skinning*	Leatherworking*
New	Horde	Mage	Jewelcrating*	Enchanting*
New	Horde	Monk	Engineering*	Alchemy*
New	Horde	Druid	Engineering*	Alchemy*
New	Horde	Death Knight	Mining*	Herbalism*

Besides more Alchemists and Engineers I added dual gatherering on my Death Knight. I like Death Knights for gathering due to their mount speed increase.

Beyond that I added in a couple extra copies of Jewelcrafting, Tailoring and Enchanting to fill things out.

(Once you get past the original 11 professions and the obligatory extra Alchemists the rest becomes more of an art than a science.)

Finishing The Alliance

Below is my current Alliance roster including the new characters I am planning to assign professions to.

Server	Faction	Class	Prof 1	Prof 2
Main	Alliance	Warrior	Jewelcrafting	Blacksmithing
Main	Alliance	Priest	Enchanting	Leatherworking
Main	Alliance	Shaman	Enchanting	Leatherworking
Main	Alliance	Mage	Tailoring	Alchemy
Main	Alliance	Druid	Alchemy	Herbalism
Main	Alliance	Death Knight	Enchanting	Inscription
Main	Alliance	Hunter	Engineering	Mining
Main	Alliance	Warlock	Inscription	Alchemy
New	Alliance	Paladin
New	Alliance	Hunter
New	Alliance	Warlock

Assigning additional professions to my much more established (and well-oiled) Alliance gold-making machine will be quite interesting because, besides Skinning, I already have every profession I need.

Here is what I chose for my new Alliance characters. (New professions indicated by "*".)

Server	Faction	Class	Prof 1	Prof 2
Main	Alliance	Warrior	Jewelcrafting	Blacksmithing
Main	Alliance	Priest	Enchanting	Leatherworking
Main	Alliance	Shaman	Enchanting	Leatherworking
Main	Alliance	Mage	Tailoring	Alchemy
Main	Alliance	Druid	Alchemy	Herbalism
Main	Alliance	Death Knight	Enchanting	Inscription
Main	Alliance	Hunter	Engineering	Mining
Main	Alliance	Warlock	Inscription	Alchemy
New	Alliance	Paladin	Mining*	Herbalism*
New	Alliance	Hunter	Skinning*	Engineering*
New	Alliance	Warlock	Jewelcrafting*	Tailoring*

Since my current herbalist and miner are two separate characters I assigned my new paladin to be a dual gatherer (Mining and Herbalism). (Again the mount speed increase of the paladin come into play here.)

A hunter seemed like a nice fit for my missing skinner and I decided to throw Engineering on them as well (mainly because my main Hunter also has engineering and...tradition).

The last toon, a Warlock, got Jewelcrafting and Tailoring simply because I didn't have second copies of those yet on the Alliance and those professions feel "Warlock-y".

The Math

Where does all of this leave me if I do actually level up all 11 characters and maximize their professions?

In the chart below you can see the numbers of a professions I had before in blue and the profession additions in rad.




From a quick glance at the chart you can see that with 7 copies Alchemists are by far the most numerous profession I have.

(Maybe it's how easy Alchemy is to level. Maybe it's the power of the cooldowns or their ease of use. Whatever the reason, I have a lot of Alchemists.)

The next highest are Enchanting and Engineering with 5 copies each. Engineering has really become quite strong in my mind with the new mount and pets mentioned above.

Rounding out the long middle section are Herbalism, Inscription, Jewelcrafting, Leatherworking, Mining, and Tailoring all with 4 copies of the profession.

Picking up the rear are Blacksmithing and Skinning with only 2 copies each. With Skinning you only really need one each as it doesn't have any real value beyond being able to get cheap mats once and a while.

Blacksmithing seems a bit thin with only two and I may shuffle around a few things later if I decide I need more Blacksmiths.

That New Professions Smell!

As far as what I added to my professions roster, the top profession additions were Alchemy, Engineering, and Jewelcrafting with 3 new copies each.

In the (again) long middle I we have Herbalism, Leatherworking, Mining, Skinning, and Tailoring all adding 2 copies each.

I only added one copy of Blacksmithing, Enchanting and Inscription.

I think from the addition numbers above you can see that I seem to be leaning heavily on Alchemy and Engineering for their cooldown strength.

Jewelcrafting is up there likely due to the need for it on the Horde and my need to diversify in order to capitalize on profession-specific gold-making opportunities as the arise.

Conclusion

What have I learned from planning out these 22 new profession slots?

For the most part I'm sticking with what I know as far as gold-making from professions. Having more slots will mainly be used to bulk up my profession roster on the Horde side and enhance strong cooldowns with more copies.

Is this plan set in stone? Not really. At this point it's just a plan but as I start to level my characters it will be nice to be able to have their professions all planned out and ready to go.

Below is the final chart showing all of my current and planned profession slots. Look at it in all it's multi-colored glory and behold the madness that is the mind of a gold-maker.

Server	Faction	Class	Prof 1	Prof 2
Main	Alliance	Warrior	Jewelcrafting	Blacksmithing
Main	Alliance	Priest	Enchanting	Leatherworking
Main	Alliance	Shaman	Enchanting	Leatherworking
Main	Alliance	Mage	Tailoring	Alchemy
Main	Alliance	Druid	Alchemy	Herbalism
Main	Alliance	Death Knight	Enchanting	Inscription
Main	Alliance	Hunter	Engineering	Mining
Main	Alliance	Warlock	Inscription	Alchemy
Main	Horde	Paladin	Tailoring	Mining
Main	Horde	Rogue	Engineering	Enchanting
Main	Horde	Monk	Alchemy	Herbalism
New	Alliance	Paladin	Mining*	Herbalism*
New	Alliance	Hunter	Skinning*	Engineering*
New	Alliance	Warlock	Jewelcrafting*	Tailoring*
New	Horde	Warrior	Blacksmithing*	Jewelcrafting*
New	Horde	Rogue	Leatherworking*	Alchemy*
New	Horde	Priest	Inscription*	Tailoring*
New	Horde	Shaman	Skinning*	Leatherworking*
New	Horde	Mage	Jewelcrating*	Enchanting*
New	Horde	Monk	Engineering*	Alchemy*
New	Horde	Druid	Engineering*	Alchemy*
New	Horde	Death Knight	Mining*	Herbalism*

Your Turn

If you had to fill 22 professions slots for 11 new characters how would you do it and why? Leave your own answer on this post on the /r/PWGNation subreddit.

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