Roadblock
February 17th, 2010 at 4:45 pm (Games, World of Warcraft)
I’ve had a little side project going this week. I decided that I wanted to level Inscription on some alt or other. I already have a maxed out Herbalist, so I didn’t figure it would be that rough. And really, overall, it wasn’t. I was lazy most of the time and just bought my herbs, with a few exceptions for those brackets where herbs were too overpriced or rare. (High 30s herbs, I’m looking at you!)
I chose my Death Knight for this task, as she was already level 58 (due mostly to the nature of the hero class) and I figured if she had to get anywhere for training, it would be workable. It only took me a few days at most to get to the top of Outlands level Inscription. This is where I became stuck.
Apparently they’ve added in (or there always was and it just never came up) a minimum level for Northrend crafting. In order to train Grand Master Inscription, I have to be level 65. I am so glad I chose my Death Knight for this task and not a new character as I’d briefly considered. That might have made me set aside this task for an indefinite amount of time. Instead, I am now working bit by bit on leveling my DK to 65 so she can finish up her Inscription training.
One of the most frustrating elements of this is that, where I had to buy or gather herbs for all the earlier inks, I have such a surplus of Northrend herbs that I won’t deplete even half my stock once I am able to continue working on this crafting. I thought it was about to get easy, and it became harder instead.
Inkie said,
February 18th, 2010 at 8:49 am
Actually, this is a consistent roadblock as you level and skill up professions; because you started with a Death Knight, you missed the lowbie barriers, but they’re there. You cannot train Expert-level in a profession until you are level 20, no matter your numeric skill, and you cannot be an Artisan until you’re level 35, which has been no end of irksome for my advanced little alts. Master requires level 50.
Charity said,
February 18th, 2010 at 8:55 am
I guess I’m very glad I chose a Death Knight for this task, then. I don’t remember having the problem on my Draenei tailor back when BC was still newish, but maybe I just didn’t notice.