If you are a PvP player, this career provides you some surprises for the other gamers. I had a low stage ‘toon who made a bunch of bombs and I spent a half hour laughing and throwing bombs at degree 1 mobs in Durotar. Don’t get me mistaken there are some cool stuff solely engineers could make (however cannot make a profit off) however too often it is of little use even for yourself and it prices lots of time and money. On the surface, engineering sounds cool particularly for PVP what with all the bombs and stuff but for all the PVP I do I hardly ever if ever see engineering instruments/weapons getting used. You definitely want a guild or the next degree character with entry to gold and mats to do Engineering correctly. This means a lot of money spent on the AH and plenty of time spent farming for mats and gold which to do both will push your character’s exp past the point of needing the item.
As of patch 6.zero.3 now you can stage engineering actually cheap using Mecha-Blast Rocket and Shieldtronic Shield. Assuming that is appropriate, it’s best if one had been to begin farming elementium ore now, before the inevitable farming submit expansion occurs to keep leveling engineers pleased. If you aren’t a new player and have a guild and/or alts, make sure you have some miners supporting you at low ranges (all that rock and stone is close to-nugatory on the AH, … Read More