When the Burning Crusade finally lands, everyone and their mother will be taking up Jewelcrafting as the hot new profession. For those of you seeking to powerlevel this to a useful level, check out the WoW Wiki’s guide to leveling Jewelcrafting from 0 to 300.

For those of you who like to make some quick coin, please consider taking up mining now and hording ores and gems to to sell on expansion day. It is going to take a whole lot of copper and tin and mithril for everyone else to level their skills. And it’s going to take some adventurers with forethought to sell it to them.

This is frustrating to admit, but it has to be done. I’m embarassed of my professions.

There, I said it. Now I feel a little better.

Somewhere in my late 20’s, it was suggested to me that I change from skinning/leatherworking to herb/alchemy. “No one else in the guild is an alchemist! You can make us all potions!” Sure, sounded like the right thing to do. Well, it wasn’t. I leveled quickly, and the idea of going back to lowbie areas to farm flowers wasn’t at all appealing in the fast-paced lifestyle I was living.

Now I’m almost 50, and I have my herbalism at 149 and my alchemy at 117. Basically, I’m useless.

I’ve tried to make dates for myself, little plans that I formulate to get the job done. “Today,” I say as I log on, “I will spend the entire afternoon picking briarthorn in Silverpine Forest!” Yeah. That lasted about 20 minutes.

So, have any of you ever made a profession change you’ve regretted later? How did you get yourself through the long, boring stretches of learning your skill?

After two months of being stalled at engineering 150, Deadicus, (lvl 58 horde warrior) decided to hit the books hard and get to 300. Four hours later………. DING, goblin engineering 300. Now what?

I own the schematic for XL Jumper Cables (working on) and can already make +5 scopes and thorium shells. I’m already bidding on the schematics for +7 scopes, Major Discombobulator and Arcane Bombs. My problem? I’m so overwhelmed by all the engineering options thart I don’t know where to begin. Do I make all sorts of bombs, target dummies, gernades, landmines and mechanical dragonkin and pull a Rambo on Azeroth. Can one carry all this gear and fight effectively or is it all for show? Is it best to arm yourself with every gadget under the sun or a few select goodies?

Any 300 engineers with actual combat XP have any suggestions, theories or crazy stories about their exploits?