Multiboxing x5 and professions?

[Darelik]

from an earlier thread like this one, i followed his advice of 5x alch for more gold (by way of xmutes).

[None of the above]

I have 2 teams:- 9 chars of 10 are jewelcrafters. 9 daily JC quests bring me 500+ gold each day in 30-35 minutes. Also BOP JC gems works for me very well. That's it...

[Effex]

personaly i went for tailoring on all but tanks

Real nice cloack enchant that works out seriosly good DPS for any fight thats less than 2 mins(read burst for PvP or heroic bosses) plus once every 4 days i earn about 200g per char doing the tailoring Cds in all of 5 mins.

and its cheap as hell to lvl up too!

[Malekyth]

I leveled four tailors in BC for the epic BoPs. Every tailor knows how much that sucked ass, starting around 340 ...

Now I've got a grab-bag, just to cover bases like gem cuts, flasks and repair bots in the field. Tank is a blacksmith/miner for the obvious reasons. One warlock is JC/tailor, one is engineering/skinning, and one is alchemy/herbs. The priest is an enchanter and my main tailor. Only my tailors' skills fall short of 450. Pressing to the cap seems kind of pointless ... they've got their epics and can make specialty cloth. Is there anything else?

[Pycno]

Using this guide, I have leveled engineering on my four mages to 405. Next step will be engineering on main char, the priest, and then finally Tailoring x4 on the mages. I'm going to regret it so much, spending a weekend of summer time on this :P

[gitcho]

this guide[/url], I have leveled engineering on my four mages to 405. Next step will be engineering on main char, the priest, and then finally Tailoring x4 on the mages. I'm going to regret it so much, spending a weekend of summer time on this :P

I want to do this as well ... how much did it cost u to lvl engineering to 405 per toon?

[Pycno]

Roughly 2k gold for each char, was cheaper then I expected
I got mithril and thorium for a decent price but had to spend loads on fel iron. I think having a miner that can melt will make it alot cheaper, sometimes the ores sell on AH alot cheaper then the finished bars and you can save alot of gold by just melting it yourself. That said, after melting 800 or so bars I just didnt give a damn anymore. Melting ore is boring =P

[Gadzooks]

I have a grab bag too, it works out pretty well:
445 Leatherworker
450 Tailor
450 Inscription
450 Enchanting

I have 3 guys leveling blacksmithing, JC, and gathering.

I have some lower level guys at 300 in alchemy and engineering, they'll level when I level them more.

I don't do it for gold, as much as I like to outfit my teams myself, to fill in gaps until I can get dropped and badge gear. I do sell some items, like Frost Lotus and Arctic Fur, and inks. At the very least you should have all 3 gathering professions on your team, otherwise you're leaving gold on the ground (or on the body with leather). It kills me that my current team has no skinner, but I just have no interest in stopping now and leveling it from 0.

There is a lot of synergy between them, too - the tailor and leatherworker can make items to DE into specific dusts and essences I need, and all of the gatherers fill the bank for others. The JCer makes rings and gems for everyone else, and the enchanters DE the green drops. I'm frequently gold poor, but my guild bank is rich in stockpiled mats!

Don't forget fishing and cooking, either - fishing dailies are a good, easy way for gold and rep in Outlands and Dalaran, and cooking at 450 lets you make some very good buff food - and the raw materials sell VERY well, the fish my rogue gets from doing the fishing dailies brings in a nice constant income, from selling the fish that raiders need for their buff food. Plus, the fishing dailies can have nice cash rewards too, and the occasional epic gem in the bag of fishing treasures.

I have 3 DKs cooling their heals in Shattrath right now, I'm thinking of making them a farm team, and cover all of the gathering trades, and fill in some of the other professions I don't have. One of them will have to be tailoring, just for the extra cloth drops in Northrend.

[aboron]

It kills me that my current team has no skinner, but I just have no interest in stopping now and leveling it from 0

I just recently went back and leveled 6 new professions from 0 on my 3 priest dps, i had just never bothered with it until now, and I must say that with a multi-box team leveling skinning was one of the easiest and fastest things to power-level. Just round up blocks of animals and kill them and watch the skill points pile up.

Notably good leveling areas were the basilisks and turtles in the salt flats, the razor thingies on the southern path out of hellfire and the family packs of rhinos in borean tundra.

And as long as you're at it, try to level up some cooking, killing mobs for the meat is much less boring than fishing, although some fishing will likely still be needed to bridge between some recipe levels, but the way fishing works now, you can get the fish you need at pretty much any skill level (just a very reduced rate if you are severely under skilled for the area).