I’d say this is both bad and good for Alchemists in the expansion. You folks got a passive ability now that increases the effects of all potions/elixirs and such on yourself, but there’s a debuff now for chugging those swirling technicolor concoctions.

That’s in line now with the 2 minute debuff you recieve after getting hit [...]

Currently Death Knights can self enchant their weapons with Runeforging, which works almost exactly as regular enchanting only without the materials and such.
Runeforge enchants do not stack with other weapon enchants. But in most cases the runeforge enchants are better, and they are certainly a lot cheaper. If you find yourself in a situation where [...]

Right now there really isn’t a way we can accurately guess how the economy will shift in the coming expansion. At the same time Blizzard has been pretty vague in explaining any new money sinks. With no new mount skill (so far) it’s interesting to imagine the possibilities.
Right now I would venture that Herbalism and [...]

Finally, the last profession. Now Leatherworking got some really crazy stuff that has pretty much now become a staple of the profession in the Burning Crusade; Drums & Armor kits. What Blizzard has planned int he expansion looks AMAZING. This is the first time in a while that I don’t regret keeping Leatherworking & Skinning [...]

Muahaha PART 3! Alrighty on to the big gatherers. Here we have pictures!
MINING: Let’s start off with a new ability. Miner’s Revenge (Rank 1) - Requires: Mining Pick. Hurls your pick axe at the target, inflicted 45 to 55 physical damage, ignoring any armor. 30 yard range, 5 minute cooldown.
I got no idea (not in [...]

Here’s another followup on the professions post I just put up. I had to give it it’s own unique post since it’s a VERY long list. Check after the break to see the freaking PIMP new enchants that we might get. Right now let me tell you that Titanweave, Shadow Armor, Icewalker, and Deathfrost look [...]

Let’s go down the list right quick since I know a lot of people are asking about this stuff. Here’s what we have so far regarding professions in WotLK. I will cover the most vague or undeveloped professions in this post and the more fleshed out professions in following posts.
Alchemy: There isn’t jack. It’s just [...]

I understand and I guess agree with Blizzard in that they don’t have any plans (means no) to add a 3rd primary profession slot into the game. As it stands now you can take two professions and then you’re done. Yeah you can have first aid and cooking and fishing but those are secondary professions. [...]

Here’s what you’ve been waiting for all my fellow crafters out there. More detailed news on what’s going on with crafting in the expansion is hitting the deck and it all looks great so far. Anybody play Diablo 2? You were able to get an item socketed in that game (towards the end) and this [...]

Let’s keep the train rolling folks, there’s a bevy of more information coming out regarding the expansion pack: Wrath of the Lich King. As well there are TONS of blue posts I will be bringing you later today. I want to give them time to flesh out a bit. Here are some juicy bits about [...]

So why exactly should you keep your crafting profession? There are a lot of alchemists, enchanters and the likes out there (tailors especially) that don’t seem be getting what they hoped from their profession. Most crafted gear from blacksmithing (armor and weapons) is starting to be replaced by arena gear and raid loot. As well [...]

This is about the ONLY time I wish I had kept my Blacksmithing and my Dragonstrike instead of taking up Leatherworking for bang beat drums and sexy armor kits.

All BOP Weapons have been changed and aren’t unique anymore! That’s a nice change alone, but if you took the time to read the 2.4.2 Patch Notes [...]

None of my professions have a chance to proc (though getting more Heavy Knothide from a single craft would be kind of neat… and somewhat scary) but Alchemists have been saying that their proc-rates are going down lately. It’s all basically hearsay and there are no numbers or real evidence to back up the claims, [...]

Before 2.4 went live we got to see the new +spell haste gems that were supposedly going to be made available. For some reason they be missing.
Fedora from Bronzebeard server contacted a GM in game regarding the gems who said that there indeed must be a problem because the rep vendor should be selling those [...]

I managed to get my shaman’s cooking up to 375 by means of mass bear and lobster genocide as well as talbuk and clefthoof slaughtering. I also somehow got some crawfish in there too. Needless to say it didn’t take me nearly as long as I thought. With the new recipes added in Patch 2.4 [...]

This is actually a topic I wrestle with on occasion. I’ve been 375 Mining, 375 Jewelcrafting, 375 Blacksmithing, and now (finally for good) 375 Skinning and Leatherworking. None of these professions have really made me any money at all. I’ve been able to give myself certain boons and with Jewelcrafting I did make myself a [...]

The following Bind on Pickup crafted items from Sunwell Plateau had a profession skill requirement of 350 added. I assume this was implemented like the blacksmithing weapons and other crafter specific gear to stop people form picking up one profession for X gear and then dump it to get another profession with Y gear and [...]

Inscription is the new profession that’s being introduced in the Wrath expansion and yet this spell for Demonic Runes was found on the PTR files. Rumors and guesses AHOY!

Patch 2.4: New Cooking Recipes (src)
It sounds like you need either some Charred Bear Kabobs or Juicy Bear Burgers! oh so yummy mmmm…
Oh, right, details, they’ll be purchasable from either Bale (Horde) or Malygen (Alliance) in Felwood in patch 2.4, they’ll use meat added to level 48-56 bears, and they will require 250 skill to [...]