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Post by
andysmall24
Ive just started playing wow again, its been years. Started a new lvl1 Hunter with skinning/Leatherworking. But now I see Hunters can wear Mail! Should I change to Blacksmithing? or stay with Leatherworking?
Post by
Myrroddin
Both are acceptable for mail wearers. And they change you see is that mail and plate wearing classes can wear those (and get benefits from doing so) right from level 1, whereas they used to get that unlocked at level 40.
Meaning in the old days, a Hunter wore leather from levels 1-39 and then switched to mail, Paladins level 1-39 wore mail then got plate at 40, etc. The reason for the switch was that gear itemization and drops meant you could be level 42+ before you had all the correct pieces.
Post by
andysmall24
Thank you. Its just that the Mail armor offers so much more protection, so I thought of changing from Leatherworking to Blacksmithing. But I didnt realize how fast we can level up now. It only took a couple hours or so to reach lvl 20! So I assume I'll be at lvl 40 in like 2 days! lol. Its a different game than it was 5yrs ago!
Post by
SoCalWoWGal
Do note that the Leatherworking profession does offer crafting of some mail armor pieces.
Since Blizzard removed the profession bonuses, players are able to choose whichever professions suit their playstyle, if you enjoy the profession, then keep it, otherwise pick a new one. There is a downside to switching professions, if you have learned any recipes for a profession, those will be lost upon converting to the new profession. You can choose to re-learn your former profession, but you will be starting all over again with no recipes learned. The only exception is that you will be able to buy an item that will allow you to re-learn any Legion recipes that are earned via questing but all others, will have to be re-purchased on a recipe by recipe basis.
Post by
Nulgar
While there are still some (as in,
few
) Mail items that are crafted by Blacksmithing, that will end eventually, at
level 70
. These are mostly remnants of when Warriors and Paladins started with Mail. They now start with Plate, just as Hunters and Shamans start with Mail.
Leatherworking creates
way more Mail items
.
tl;dr
Stay with Leatherworking
Post by
andysmall24
Thank you! Excited to be back! A lot has changed!
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