Multiboxing professions? Should I get all professions?

[Gadzooks]

I look at it this way - I hate dropping any professions I had to make stuff to level, so my tailor, blacksmith, JC, Inscriber, and leatherworker will keep their jobs, even if I don't use them that much. Like leather - my rogue and druid have the best she can make, so I've just been stockpiling the stuff - and when I have a shaman team, they will have the best I can make the minute they can equip it.

Gathering professions, I'll drop, no problem. I've filled an emptied my guild bank so many times, I've lost count. Just set your guys to gather while leveling, and sock it away, that's what bank tabs are for.

Put some thought into your team at first, and then give each a trade, and a gather. Then, when they're 80, switch em, or just enjoy the proffessions and their perks. Make life easy on yourself and make your lead herb/mining, I wish I had. Make at least one a tailor, the extra cloth is nice.

I've NEVER regretted getting 5 bank tabs. Worth every gold. I would work on bank tabs first. I have alts with bags full of recipes and patterns, I have two stuffed to the gills with low level herbs and ore, and I still have to empty my tabs out on a regular basis, its so easy to get stuff (with the exception of titanium ore)

I don't think anyone picks herbs on my server anymore, I spend half my time picking them, stacks and stacks of them, I make a good side income on frozen lotus and inks.

[Svpernova09]

80s:

Druid: JC / Enchanting
DK: Mining / Blacksmithing
Resto Sham: Inscription / Alchemy
Elem Sham: Skinning / LW
Elem Sham: Enchanting / Mining
Warlock: Mining / Tailoring


With all my alts, I have 4 miners @ 450 (selling titansteel CDs) 2 Alchemists (xmuting epic gems)

I have huge potential to make a lot of gold from professions, but I don't. My main makes a nice amount off JC. But really all my professions go to supporting my alts. I run dailies to support buying BoE gear / crafting upgrades / general day to day expenses.

I make 1500+ gold a day in dailies, about 2 hours of work (watching TV / harassing guildies)

I just spent 11k last week gearing my freshly 80 rogue. I'm about to buy another epic flyer, then start to save up for 5x wyrmsrest drakes for everyone once my DK finishes that rep grind.

[HPAVC]

Well as far as during leveling, skinning on slaves ...

If your doing gathering quests, which many people don't but whatever, your already got mouse move + interact with target going on and looting mobs and letting the item go to whoever until the items are all picked up. Double tapping the move + interact with target will make 'all the slaves skin and one of the loot' (that means they all skill up by the way).

If you alternatively round robin(assist + mouse move + interact with target) you can easily loot and skin after group kills in places like violet hold without much of a thought one on each character. Its pretty damn quick once you get used to it.\

Note that on quest skins (if a pristine hide drops off mobs, but skinners can get an additional one if they skin it) if a skinner that has all the hides and the quest is complete is the looter of the skin. The quest item is lost, you need to have the one that still needs skins to skin it.