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I have been toying with a couple of death knights (one on Khaz'goroth and one on Skywall), but haven't really taken the class too seriously. I think it is about time to try and level a death knight, but I have a few questions...
Is it worth doing the Plagueland quests? (I usually find the PL boring).
What are some useful profession choices for death knights and has anyone had a decent way of power-levelling them?
Has anyone had tested a decent PVE Unholy build?
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I have been toying with a couple of death knights (one on Khaz'goroth and one on Skywall), but haven't really taken the class too seriously. I think it is about time to try and level a death knight, but I have a few questions...
Is it worth doing the Plagueland quests? (I usually find the PL boring).
What are some useful profession choices for death knights and has anyone had a decent way of power-levelling them?
Has anyone had tested a decent PVE Unholy build?
:)
If you are not yet 58 for some reason when you finish the DK starting chain, do a few plaguelands quests. As soon as you hit 58, go to the outlands. Better, faster and more fun to go to the outlands at 58.
Professions: you start at 0/0. I found it easier to level to 80 and then come back and level your professions. You can find various guides online to powerlevel professions.
Re: Unholy build: Lots of people have. Check Wowwiki.com for some DK builds. I run mainly Unholy at 80 to tank and DPS. However for leveling, leveling is faster and more fun by dumping every point you get into blood.
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I have been toying with a couple of death knights (one on Khaz'goroth and one on Skywall), but haven't really taken the class too seriously. I think it is about time to try and level a death knight, but I have a few questions...
Is it worth doing the Plagueland quests? (I usually find the PL boring).
What are some useful profession choices for death knights and has anyone had a decent way of power-levelling them?
Has anyone had tested a decent PVE Unholy build?
:)
Unholy is pretty much the PVE levelling build - at least when WotLK first came out. I myself went STRAIGHT to Outlands - do not Pass Plaguelands - do not collect $200 - TWICE (I have two of them). Very easy. As to professions, I disagree with my esteemed poster above, but that is because I prefer to do my profession leveling in small chunks (else I am stabbing someone.) It took me 3 days of doing Needles circles to get my mining up to par, but after that I did it as I quested and maxxed out before I got to Northrend.
Unfortunately, the "cost" of playing a DK is levelling professions, no two ways around it. Mining can be "power leveled" by smelting bought ore, and is relatively easy to level on its own, thanks to the speed of the Deathcharger. Herbalism has no smelt equivalent, so it takes a bit longer. Skinning provides a nice crit bonus now, but is one of the worst to level, because it means going and killing very low level creatures for some time (hint, kill creatures with worthwhile drops or chances of drops, like Dragonhawks outside Silvermoon if you are Horde, they drop Small Eggs which can be sold for a lot during Holidays for cooking). If you have the cash, you could forgo a gathering skill entirely, but that can be annoying at best.
Enchanting is fairly easy to level, just spend about 5 gold on the AH, then solo a few instances DEing the drops (Deadmines, Wailing Caverns, etc). Should get you up to speed in no time.
Blacksmithing may be profitable now, as they patched up the 1-300 recipies for competitiveness. Engineering and Jewelcrafting are tedious, but have some great personal only recipies (The level 70 goggles stay competitive to almost level 78).
Assuming you complete the DK starting quests (which I beleive you have to, or you can't interact/go into citites) you will be 58. Just go to outlands from there.
Remember, while leveling cooking, the bear flank recipies from Fellwood will get you past the 275-300 hump. Many forget that.