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Playing Catch-up

November 19, 2008 :: Posted by - Stompalina :: Category - Profession Discussion

While the Death Knight class comes with first aid pre-leveled to 270, no other professions are trained or leveled. So, anyone serious about investing time and effort into the class has to also spend quite a bit of time playing catch-up with both primary and secondary professions.

I found a handy guide on El’s Extreme Anglin’ that details steps to level fishing and cooking simultaneously. I have still had to invest quite a bit of time running all over creation, and I tend to space out and start doing other things rather than fishing, but it has been more productive than past power-profession-leveling experiences.

And, when it comes to leveling herbalism or mining, having Gatherer is a major help. It tracks the nodes and adds a mini-map display for noted locations. Additionally, I just learned of MapWoW.com today – which has captured the same node information and displays it utilizing the same type of googlemaps technology. Either or both is helpful in searching for an locating the often rare node.

Whatever profession you are leveling, don’t be afraid of doing some research and following guides that are available all over the web. No matter what you are leveling, there are thousands of people that have leveled that profession before you. Why not learn from there experience and make yours faster and more enjoyable.

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  • DeeKow

    I’m currently levelling to 55 on the new no-transfer server (Grizzly Hills) to play my new Death Knight there and was contemplating this very issue of catching up professions. I was going to use a different guide for fishing/cooking, but the Extreme Anglin’ one is far better for readability and pure fun factor. Glad to see I’m not the only one that isn’t missing out on stuff like this that’s easily overlooked by others until it’s more of a pain than anything else…

  • Stompalina

    Yes, as much of a pain as it is, power-leveling professions is necessary on the new Death Knights. My husband (Haf) has been planning for his DK for months by farming ore and setting a game plan. After the first few days he has smelted enough ore to level past 200, and in between picking up a few necessary nodes to fill in the gaps, is now up past 300 in a week.

    Preparation is important for powerleveling, the more prepared you are – the more efficiently you can use the time you have.

    Keep visiting for more useful tips and thanks for the feedback!

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