Mining or Skinning

SCraig wrote:
> When I started the game I set up my night elf as a skinner and a miner.
> He's 225 at skinning an 150 at mining. My question is how can I maximize
> what I earn. What's best:
>
> (1) continue mining and skinning and selling mineral/hides
> (2) drop mining and take up leatherworking and earn from leather products
> (3) drop skinning and take up blacksmithing and make money doing that?
>
> What's most profitable?

Without a doubt keep both if profits is your goal. Also get an alt to
level 5, pick enchanting. You can buy armor from the AH for less than
its value in enchanting components. Ex. I bought two items for 75
silver each. Disenchanted them, put up auctions for 2g and 4g. Profit
= 4.5 gold. Learn what level armors disenchant into what dusts. Then
bid up to the cost of 1 dust. You always get at least one dust, about
1/2 the time you get better.
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In article <1hexd19.i6kroqzed5rtN%burt@mindstorm-inc.com>,
burt DeleteThis @mindstorm-inc.com (Burt Johnson) wrote:

> SCraig <sassy DeleteThis @yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > When I started the game I set up my night elf as a skinner and a miner.
> > He's 225 at skinning an 150 at mining. My question is how can I maximize
> > what I earn. What's best:
> >
> > (1) continue mining and skinning and selling mineral/hides
> > (2) drop mining and take up leatherworking and earn from leather products
> > (3) drop skinning and take up blacksmithing and make money doing that?
> >
> > What's most profitable?
>
> #3 is definitely out. Blacksmithing is a money-sink. It's a long time
> (if ever) before the items you sell will be worth more than the mats for
> them.
>
> I tend to think #2 is similar. My leatherworker has not broken even at
> level 30 yet. Not sure he ever will.

Funny mine is not any even 16 level and she breaks even nearly every time.
But then again she does not get *every* freaking pattern there is
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"SCraig" <sassy DeleteThis @yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> When I started the game I set up my night elf as a skinner and a miner.
> He's 225 at skinning an 150 at mining. My question is how can I maximize
> what I earn. What's best:
>
> (1) continue mining and skinning and selling mineral/hides
> (2) drop mining and take up leatherworking and earn from leather products
> (3) drop skinning and take up blacksmithing and make money doing that?
>
> What's most profitable?
>
>

Drop skinning and take herbalism.
Possible drop mining and take alchemy as well.
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"Vladesch" <vladxxxesch DeleteThis @interxxxnode.oxxxn.net> wrote in message
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> "SCraig" <sassy DeleteThis @yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:Ija7g.67295$_S7.40689@newssvr14.news.prodigy.com...
> > When I started the game I set up my night elf as a skinner and a miner.
> > He's 225 at skinning an 150 at mining. My question is how can I
maximize
> > what I earn. What's best:
> >
> > (1) continue mining and skinning and selling mineral/hides
> > (2) drop mining and take up leatherworking and earn from leather
products
> > (3) drop skinning and take up blacksmithing and make money doing that?
> >
> > What's most profitable?
> >
> >
>
> Drop skinning and take herbalism.

This would present a bit of a probelm as you can only track one type of
ressource at a time. Otherwise not a bad idea.

> Possible drop mining and take alchemy as well.

Alc isn't exactly a moneymaker. My alc only makes money on arcanite
transmute, and that ain't enough to make her rich. Maybe some of the really
high end recipes can make you a lot of money, but getting those is not
exactly something you count on.

Devast8or
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So herbalism is more profitable than skinning but not more than mining? My
impression is that skinning is more profitable than mining just because
there's so much more hide to get than minerals to mine.
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"SCraig" <sassy RemoveThis @yahoo.com> writes:

> So herbalism is more profitable than skinning but not more than
> mining? My impression is that skinning is more profitable than
> mining just because there's so much more hide to get than minerals
> to mine.

But it's precisely that rarity that makes mining profitable...
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SCraig wrote:
> So herbalism is more profitable than skinning but not more than mining? My
> impression is that skinning is more profitable than mining just because
> there's so much more hide to get than minerals to mine.

My miner was making more money mining iron at level 30 than my 300
skinner was skinning at level 60.

Cheers!
David...
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David Carson <david.DeleteThis@eldergothSPAMTRAP.com> wrote in news:445d6d23$0$27291
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> My miner was making more money mining iron at level 30 than my 300
> skinner was skinning at level 60.

Try skinning for black dragonscale. 1.50g each easy

Damon
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stush.RemoveThis@rocketmail.com wrote:
> SCraig wrote:
>> When I started the game I set up my night elf as a skinner and a
>> miner. He's 225 at skinning an 150 at mining. My question is how
>> can I maximize what I earn. What's best:
>>
>> (1) continue mining and skinning and selling mineral/hides
>> (2) drop mining and take up leatherworking and earn from leather
>> products (3) drop skinning and take up blacksmithing and make money
>> doing that?
>>
>> What's most profitable?
>
> Without a doubt keep both if profits is your goal. Also get an alt to
> level 5, pick enchanting. You can buy armor from the AH for less than
> its value in enchanting components. Ex. I bought two items for 75
> silver each. Disenchanted them, put up auctions for 2g and 4g.
> Profit = 4.5 gold. Learn what level armors disenchant into what
> dusts. Then bid up to the cost of 1 dust. You always get at least
> one dust, about 1/2 the time you get better.
______________________

Are you saying create a second character and have it pick enchanting and
send the proceeds to the main character?
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Nabuu <Nabuu@*YOUR-PANTS*ManyFriends.com> writes:

> My [rather limited to a hardly-played alt] experience with blacksmithing
> is that materials are FREE, and everything you make sells for at least a
> little bit of money...

Then you haven't run into any recipes that use fluxes and whatnot.
There are som components that you pay for.
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Damon wrote:
> David Carson <david RemoveThis @eldergothSPAMTRAP.com> wrote in news:445d6d23$0$27291
> $c3e8da3@news.astraweb.com:
>
>>My miner was making more money mining iron at level 30 than my 300
>>skinner was skinning at level 60.
>
> Try skinning for black dragonscale. 1.50g each easy

True, I hadn't considered that, all my black dragonscales I've sent to
my guild bank for the hunters to make BDS armour with.

Cheers!
David...
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Vladesch <vladxxxesch.DeleteThis@interxxxnode.oxxxn.net> wrote:
> "SCraig" <sassy.DeleteThis@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:Ija7g.67295$_S7.40689@newssvr14.news.prodigy.com...
> > When I started the game I set up my night elf as a skinner and a miner.
> > He's 225 at skinning an 150 at mining. My question is how can I maximize
> > what I earn. What's best:
> >
> > (1) continue mining and skinning and selling mineral/hides
> > (2) drop mining and take up leatherworking and earn from leather products
> > (3) drop skinning and take up blacksmithing and make money doing that?
> >
> > What's most profitable?
> >
> >
>
> Drop skinning and take herbalism.
> Possible drop mining and take alchemy as well.


My warrior has mining & herbalism, and it's a pain having to switch
'radar' mode all the time. The only reason I don't switch herbalism
back to skinning is that skinning means having to kill mobs, which is
(comapred to herbalism) time consuming if you have no other reason to
kill them.

If you're still levelling (and therefore killing lots of mobs) stick
with mining & skinning. Both are great money makers.

--
Zil, Level 60 NE Priest, Aman Shan're, Stormrage Europe
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In article <445ef924$0$8340$da0feed9@news.zen.co.uk>,
Zil <zen13097.TakeThisOut@zen.co.uk> wrote:

> Vladesch <vladxxxesch.TakeThisOut@interxxxnode.oxxxn.net> wrote:
> > "SCraig" <sassy.TakeThisOut@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> > news:Ija7g.67295$_S7.40689@newssvr14.news.prodigy.com...
> > > When I started the game I set up my night elf as a skinner and a miner.
> > > He's 225 at skinning an 150 at mining. My question is how can I maximize
> > > what I earn. What's best:
> > >
> > > (1) continue mining and skinning and selling mineral/hides
> > > (2) drop mining and take up leatherworking and earn from leather products
> > > (3) drop skinning and take up blacksmithing and make money doing that?
> > >
> > > What's most profitable?
> > >
> > >
> >
> > Drop skinning and take herbalism.
> > Possible drop mining and take alchemy as well.
>
>
> My warrior has mining & herbalism, and it's a pain having to switch
> 'radar' mode all the time. The only reason I don't switch herbalism
> back to skinning is that skinning means having to kill mobs, which is
> (comapred to herbalism) time consuming if you have no other reason to
> kill them.

Well depending on how high a level they are you could be Ex and other
goodies that you can sale. For the allience there are a lot of go get me
the stuff from skinable animals cooking quests. In fact my level 16 Druid
is having problems continuing to improve her skinning skill because it is
so high
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