Enchanting 525 Illustrious – Levelling And Selling
by Paul Rone-Clarke on May.21, 2010, under Warcraft
Up until the introduction of the profession of inscription, selling you enchants was a very time consuming affair.
There was no way of actually marketing your whereas, as an enchanter without standing in the middle of your local city and calling out on the trade channel A process that might often take hours and hours of your time just to sell a couple of items.
Inscription bought with it “vellums” on which you can put your enchants which can then be marketed at the auction house like any other item. Thank goodness. Enchanting 525 Illustrious will bring yet more changes.
Inscription, therefore, might seem a decent second choice for a profession. Allowing you to make your own “media” as it were. Patch 3.2 has made inscription a very decent choice all round, adding some very desirable crafted items to this profession.
Not that I would advise having two crafting professions, especially for a first character. This is a very expensive way to play, and you may well spend most of your time grinding mobs for cloth or decent greens or blues to sell on.
It is best to analyse the market before making a decision on which enchants to make. Checking which particular items are in demand and which are overstocked.
Next I compare this with the materials I have at hand and the cost of some of the ingredients and reagents currently also at the auction house.
I have, in the past, been able to buy nearly all the items I need to make my ‘chant, and sell at a healthy profit. But most of the time I need to farm or source some things for myself.
If this is not the case, then I see what’s in short supply, and consider sending out a character with two gathering professions to get what you need. Remember to level these up to, It’s not just Enchanting that needs to be level 525 Illustrious.
Of course, disenchanting high level blues – or even epic purples – is still the main source for your needs. So making friends with a blacksmith, leather worker or tailor is sometimes a good move. You provide them with some or all of the materials they need to make item to level their profession, then they give the item to you to disenchant to level yours or make enchants.
Does this sound harder than most professions? Well it probably is, but it also one of the most rewarding and profitable ways to play, especially end game. I wish you good luck on getting to Enchanting 525 Illustrious.
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