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Like the folks said above, doing dailies are the most efficient way in farming gold. You can easily do it on your main even if he is not the most dps efficient character out there. Don't waste the time and effort to level another toon.
As for pure efficiency in farming mobs, however, nothing, and I mean nothing beats an Affliction/DS Warlock. Sacrifice Succy for the 15% extra damage, and proceed to DOT every mob around with Curse of Agony, Corruption, and Siphon Life. When the mobs close in and are beating on you, instant howl of terror and lifetap/drain life the last mob that Dotted you up. You can easily grab anywhere from 6-8 mobs and down them in less than 40 seconds, as well as finishing the fight with near full health and mana.
I've played rogues, seriously geared warriors, hunters and AoE Mages. None can compare to the farming abilities of what I just listed above.
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Sgtpain
This is a fact...mage. It is not possibe to farm as many, as fast, with as little cost, with any other class. Here are the reasons why...
1. Little to no damage-Less cost repairing
2. Can make your own food/drink
3. No cost for items such as arrows, etc
4. Can AoE about the same amount of mobs as a pally faster, but, maybe not quite as safely.
If you don't believe it, ask any of the biggest gold farms on a server...its always a mage.
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GenXCub
Another thing to look at is a Protection Paladin running old world instances solo for enchanting materials.
Go to youtube and search for
WoW Paladin Hobbs
and watch him do Scarlet Monastery - Cathedral in 1 pull. 10 minutes and the whole wing is done. He gets people of appropriate SM level to hang back and do a little help, he powerlevels them (not sure if he charges) and gets a lot of bank.
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UndeadDPS
IMO, im a warrior, i have mining as one of my professions.
My rogue friend has mining too.
I'll put it this way, he can mine all the nodes inside mountains and caves while only fighting one mob.
I, on the other hand have to fight my way in, and my way out but by then i either have
1. Someone following me, ninjaing all the nodes while im taking on 3 mobs or
2. by the time i get the inside of the cave, a rogue (go figure) already got to them before i did.
Basically, rogues are at a real advantage when mining.
As for others, well an AOE class would be good, like a prot palli can just round up 3 or 4 elementals and watch a movie and collect the motes.
Depends on the profession.
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Liger
As for pure efficiency in farming mobs, however, nothing, and I mean nothing beats an Affliction/DS Warlock. Sacrifice Succy for the 15% extra damage, and proceed to DOT every mob around with Curse of Agony, Corruption, and Siphon Life. When the mobs close in and are beating on you, instant howl of terror and lifetap/drain life the last mob that Dotted you up. You can easily grab anywhere from 6-8 mobs and down them in less than 40 seconds, as well as finishing the fight with near full health and mana.
I agree with this i have heard mage have down time because they spend too much mana
Locks have no downtime
i have an alt 14 warlock and he kills 3+ mobs
druids are good at single target farming (i have one 66)
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PersonGuyDude
Like the folks said above, doing dailies are the most efficient way in farming gold. You can easily do it on your main even if he is not the most dps efficient character out there. Don't waste the time and effort to level another toon.
As for pure efficiency in farming mobs, however, nothing, and I mean nothing beats an Affliction/DS Warlock. Sacrifice Succy for the 15% extra damage, and proceed to DOT every mob around with Curse of Agony, Corruption, and Siphon Life. When the mobs close in and are beating on you, instant howl of terror and lifetap/drain life the last mob that Dotted you up. You can easily grab anywhere from 6-8 mobs and down them in less than 40 seconds, as well as finishing the fight with near full health and mana.
I've played rogues, seriously geared warriors, hunters and AoE Mages. None can compare to the farming abilities of what I just listed above.
Agreed, succy is a good choice, but using your imp for a mana battery with dark pact is awesome too.
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pelf
As a feral Druid, I only have to stop when I die.
I can:
stealth past undesirable points
solo elites with no effort and no cooldowns used
take on multiple mobs with infinite rage in bear form due to talents and high crit rate while healing myself with improved Leader of the Pack
skin and pick herbs from flight form and not lose flight capability due to entering combat or being hit
heal myself at no time expense due to mana regeneration while in forms
escape easily from undesirable combat situations by being virtually un-immobilizable
I can't:
drop combat/aggro at will (damn you rogues and hunters)
maintain the mobility inside that I have outside
apply any meaningful crowd control in a way that doesn't gimp my other mechanics
These lists are doubtlessly incomplete on both sides.
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bwirum
I see a lot of inside and outside stuff... I know this sounds noob, but explain me that please.
And druid without cc? What about cyclone, "sleep beast" and roots?
Damn evertime it gets harder to choose between a druid and a lock!
Thanks for the replies.
Too much shifting. Assuming you're feral at least.
Inside/outside = Travelform and faster catspeed outside.
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Thelion
Don't waste your time on pre-BC dungeons like Stratholme only for some items to DE... By the time you do that you'll have a couple of times more gold if you do your dalies.Also pickup Gathering Professions like Mining/Skining or Mining/Herbalism.I'd prefer Mining/Skining , because Skining is easier to level than Herbalism.So like many people said before me do your dalies and pickup Gathering proffs and in no time you'll have tons of gold :)
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