WOTLK - Are you prepared?

Wrath of the Lich King will be released November 13^th and approaching with rapid speed, I’ve been trying to prepare for WOTLK myself and thought I’d share my little tips and tricks.

Professions

Primary Professions: Now is the time to level up that profession you haven’t bothered with before. Getting to 375 is not necessary but I highly recommend it. If you don’t want to go as high as 375, 350 is the minimum you need to get Grandmaster skill in WOTLK. You will probably not be able to learn many new Formulas and plans etc if you are at 350 skill though. As I said, I highly recommending going straight up to 375 now as the prices are probably lower, and it will give you a great starting point for WOTLK.

Secondary Professions:

I’m certain that a lot of people have been doing it my way when it comes to the Secondary Professions, aka ignoring them. I found myself in major struggle 3 months ago when I realized that I should’ve leveled First Aid, Cooking and Fishing to be able to gain titles such as Salty and Chef when the Achievement system came. Cooking was the biggest struggle, but having the Add-on Ackis recipe-list helped a huge lot. Ackis is currently undergoing maintenance as far as I’m aware of, but there is a working one that contains all Burning crusade and classic recipes for all professions but Inscription.

Summary: Level your professions now for easier access to WOTLK recipes. Download the add-on Ackis Recipe-list to level your professions with ease.

Selling off items:

My bank is filled with all sorts of different items with everything from Un-used pets from Christmas to gems, ores and flowers. In preparation for WOTLK I have started selling off some items of lesser use and I thought I’d give a heads up on what I will sell and what I will keep and sell when WOTLK comes out instead.

We all know that there will be a lot of Deathknights and I’m sure a lot of them will want to power level their professions to be able to focus on levelling instead. I highly suggest saving all pure profession items such as metal bars (For Blacksmiths and JC’s), outland enchanting items, gems and such and sell them when WOTLK has arrived.

When it comes to cloth, there is an ongoing mad rep-grind for the Alliance/Horde forces due to the Achievement for the “Ambassador” title, and I’ve sold off all the Runecloth I had for a great profit. When it comes to the Netherweave I suggest either levelling up First Aid, and if you already have that then you should probably sell that off too as the First Aid will begin with the new cloth from 375 in comparison to last year when you had to level with Runecloth to get Netherweave Bandage.

If you have any rare un-used pets in your banks that you don’t need or want to use then I’d suggest selling that as well. There is a lot of people going for the 50 vanity pets achievements for the Mini-pet Skunk Reward and vanity pets sell for big profit right now due to that. Horde pets sell well on Alliance auction house and vice versa for Alliance pets and Horde auction house so if you have any of those, throw them up as well!

If you have some Badges of Justice that you can’t use on anything, buy some epic gems or Nether Vortexes and put them up on the auction house for profit and riddance of those un-useable Badges.

Summary: Save pure Profession items. Sell off cloth, sell vanity pets and other items of lesser use. Trade Badges of Justice for epic gems or Vortexes and sell them aswell.

Preparing for leveling:

The first step is to decide what class you want to play if you have multiple characters to choose from. I will continue playing my paladin due to their versatility and ability to change into whatever role they want to. Read up on your class-changes, new spells etc on the official forums and other wow-related sites such as Worldofraids.com.

When you’ve done that, it’s a nice idea to clear out your bags the last couple of days to get a fresh start with empty bags. Stock up with 2-3 stacks of bandages and some food/water as well as some mana/health injectors (They stack in bigger piles then potions).

If you are going to level by going instancing with some friends, some repair bots might come in handy too!

As Arena points will get reset when WOTLK goes live I suggest you buy some gear for them now for easier start of your leveling (Unless you already have better gear). Anything helps, and if they’re going to get wiped anyways, why not spend it on something that will give you some aid?

Summary: Stack up on some mana/health injectors, some stacks of bandages and clear out your bags before you venture into Northrend. Buy some arena gear for easier levelling in case those items are better then your current items.

This is slightly long, but I hope someone has managed to read through it and has found some help in their WOTLK preparation!

/Lonnie, is prepared!