Anything Biting?
I spent some time this weekend getting Honorshammer working on one of my pre-Wrath of the Lich King goal.
The Goal: 375 First Aid, Cooking, and Fishing
First up was First Aid. I had planned on AoEing my way through various mobs to drop cloth and level my first aid from where it was at 225 all the way up to 375.
Luckily for me, I ran into a couple of old friends, Saisuke and Rika who were kind of enough to gift me much of the cloth I needed to level up to 330. From there, I used a stash of Netherweave I had on banks and alts to finish the grind to 375. So, I now have maxed out First Aid.
My cooking is sitting at 366, and to finish leveling it up, I need high level fish, which comes from Fishing.
My fishing was sitting at 306. I did the fishing Daily's and got the Weather Beaten Journal (which allows you track Fish on your mini map) and the Weather Beaten Hat (which increases your fishing skill).
I spent time in Stormwind, Nagrand, and Terrorkar catching fish and skilling up. I managed to get from 306 to 321. I still have a ways to go. I'm storing most of the fish I catch on a bank toon for my Hunter and Warrior when they need to level up Cooking, but I sent some of the fish to the Dominion's bank to use for Raids.
At the same time, I did some dailies to cover my respec costs so I could be Ret for PVP and soloing.
I don't know if I've mentioned it, but my plan right now is to stick with Engineering and Jewelcrafting. I will reevaluate once I get closer to the level cap again.
The Goal: 375 First Aid, Cooking, and Fishing
First up was First Aid. I had planned on AoEing my way through various mobs to drop cloth and level my first aid from where it was at 225 all the way up to 375.
Luckily for me, I ran into a couple of old friends, Saisuke and Rika who were kind of enough to gift me much of the cloth I needed to level up to 330. From there, I used a stash of Netherweave I had on banks and alts to finish the grind to 375. So, I now have maxed out First Aid.
My cooking is sitting at 366, and to finish leveling it up, I need high level fish, which comes from Fishing.
My fishing was sitting at 306. I did the fishing Daily's and got the Weather Beaten Journal (which allows you track Fish on your mini map) and the Weather Beaten Hat (which increases your fishing skill).
I spent time in Stormwind, Nagrand, and Terrorkar catching fish and skilling up. I managed to get from 306 to 321. I still have a ways to go. I'm storing most of the fish I catch on a bank toon for my Hunter and Warrior when they need to level up Cooking, but I sent some of the fish to the Dominion's bank to use for Raids.
At the same time, I did some dailies to cover my respec costs so I could be Ret for PVP and soloing.
I don't know if I've mentioned it, but my plan right now is to stick with Engineering and Jewelcrafting. I will reevaluate once I get closer to the level cap again.
Comments
You can make some good money selling the fish from various pools:
Zangarmarsh: random goods from debris pools, +8mp5 sporefish pools.
Terokkar: golden darter (+44 healing) from pools.
Both of these places also have a chance to land an Enormous Feltail, which makes 5 "fisherman's feast" (+30 stamina)
Nagrand is the real gem, though; both the rivers (lower skill needed) and the lakes contain the following 3 types of nodes. If no one has been fishing them recently, it's quite possible that nodes are backed up and more will spawn as you fish them, so fish up even the ones you probably won't be using yourself...
Mudfish (+20 agility)
Bluefish (+23 spell damage)
Pure Water (Motes of Water)
Granted, if you are fishing anyway you will likely get them, but still!
Good luck to you!