Hey everyone! So I’m SUPER pumped to play Classic again and start a new rogue but I’m having a difficult time picking professions! I looked at the World of Warcraft: Classic Census and it seems that Leatherworking and Skinning is super unpopular. I’m curious as to why when it looks like pre-raid BIS is made from LW and even some best end game items are from LW. Just curious as to what you all are doing?
Thank you in advance!
I’m having a difficult time as well. One thing I have for certain is skinning as I level to help pay for the 40 mount early on. Once I’m 60 I’m not sure whether to go Mining/Engineering for PVP or Herbalism/Alchemy for gold.
Personally I feel like engineering fits in with all the SI7 stuff.
I wanted to go Engineering initially… I don’t remember the SI7 stuff, could you elaborate?
Rogues need herbalism, at the very least, for Swifthistle tea, and Vanish reagent. Can buy it if you want. I remember making a lot of money, as an herbalist, selling those two on the AH.
Skinning/Herbalism is my suggestion, as Skinning is a great money maker while leveling and Herbalism is useful not only for the herbs you need for tea/reagents, but also for endgame herbs. You can switch to Engineering later if you want however as it’s definitely the best for impacting PvE/PvP. Or Alchemy for gold.
It’s Alliance specific, but it’s basically the human covert ops. You do a number of quests for them if you’re Alliance.
Skinning and LW is not a bad choice early on. There are some Pre-Raid BIS items crafted from LW (Devilsaur of course).
Issue is there are better money maker gathering professions vs. Skinning (Herb/Mining)…people will opt for those if they are trying to maximize ROI.
These professions are more niche. Raiding guilds will have maybe 1/2 LWs to make key items like Hide of Wild and Ony Scale Cloak. Same goes for Skinning- guilds don’t need more than a couple raiders with 315 skinning to grab Ony Scales, Core Leather, etc.
So to answer your question… reason they are not that popular is there are better Gathering Profs for money making and limited high profit generating patterns long term. That’s not to say you cannot make good money with these profs. If you hold a early Devilsaur Pattern and farm the leather in Phase 1 there is certainly opportunity for significant profit.
–That being said, Devilsaur farming is highly competitive and requires a group to effectively fight for spawns (layering should help).
P.S. Come AQ/Naxx LWs will be in demand for Resistance Gear. However, per my above point, a guild really only needs a couple LWs (maybe 1 Tribal, 1Dragon).
Hope this helps.
I will say play the professions you enjoy!
There are some interesting profit opportunities from LW. Core Armor Kits can make you some good money if you snag the pattern (+3 Def).
It’s also fun to make some of the crazy stuff that no one really has. I remember making a ‘Dreamscale Breastplate’ just cause and did a roll-off for hunters to see who’d get it.
Thank you everyone!
Skinning / Herbalism while leveling.
Engineering / Herbalism at 60.
Engineering is the #1 pvp and pve profession. Herbalism lets you craft your poisons without spending gold and is also a great money maker.
Can never go wrong with herb/alchemy.
This is classic, so pots and elixirs are actually helpful for leveling.
I honestly can’t remember.
Thistle tea and Blinding Powder for sure but I think you’re right and poison reagents are just purchased.
Yeah I need herbing for Blind and the tea for sure… DAMNIT! This is so hard to choose! I keep going back to LW/Skinning just to be able to make gear.
If you go engineering it will be a time and money sink. You will need ore, cloth, gems , powder, stones, etc. Much harder than any profession. It would be extremely difficult to do the first time out. 
Plus there was no regent tab in vanilla so storing all those mats will require several alts. However, if you’re not in a rush to max out then I guess you could do it… very slowly. I was a LW / Skinner and it wasn’t as lucrative as I hoped, but it LW was somewhat useful early on with crafting gear for myself.
The problem with LW is that while leveling, your quest rewards and random drops are better than the gear you can make for the most part. And if you run dungeons those drops will be much better. It isn’t very useful until the higher levels before raiding, and its expensive to level. but once raiding a bit that will get replaced as well.
I mean if you care at all about wpvp you’ll want eng/whatever. Eng/Mining is nice but if you don’t mind spending a little you could also go Eng/Herb for your own reagents and also stealth herb farms for some gold.
If you don’t wpvp or care about it I would go Alc/Herb for good gold profits and also to make your own reagents.
Personally, I always had one gather toon (mage or hunter)
I would start the rogue with Mining/Eng once capped on Engineering. Drop Mining for Enchanting . This obviously was my way to be self sufficient on enchants (and stockpile for alts) and still benefits from engineering.
Yeah I can’t make up my mind between herbalism / Alchemy or mining / engineering. I can’t remember, was it really that hard to get reagents for abilities? I thought they were sold for pretty cheap at si7.
In vanilla I was a rogue engineer. There is no better feeling than being able to vanish and save your raid when your jumper cables finally decide to work!!! It is fun being the hero!
SO MANY CHOICES! I’ve been going insane for weeks watching youtube videos and reading and it’s just so tough.