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PrayForMojo/JahBreeze's Guide to Levelling an Engineer to 200 Efficiently
My reason for making a guide on this topic is I've always liked the engineering skill path but the variety of ingredients needed to build stuff makes things difficult to figure out. Being that my first experiment with trade skills was as a blacksmith where recipes are pretty straightforward -- i.e., get a bunch of metal "X" and make a bunch of metal "X" items, etc -- the whole idea of getting a few of a bunch of different items at once seemed kind of daunting at first. Upon further inspection, however, it can be cheaper for an engineer to get started because if you allocate your resources efficiently you can get levels making items consisting of cheaper ingredients allowing you to bypass some of the more expensive recipes.
The following info attempts to find the most cost effective way to level them up by picking the cheapest skill route (in money terms). Since this is a first draft, I've done my analysis using just by figuring out the cheapest recipe for a given skill range and Using the list of ingredients for each item, I’ve approximated the cost of levelling each item based on the median cost of ingredients from http://wow.allakhazam.com. Granted, prices may vary on your server but hopefully this will give you direction if you just want to level up your engineering skill as quickly as possible with as little upfront cost as possible.
So, getting down to business, here is the chart of my findings:
make item Cost From Until # Total rough blasting powder 1 1 20 20 20 rough dynamite 1.5 20 30 10 30 copper bolts 2.3 30 50 20 45 copper tube 5.6 50 75 25 140 course blasting powder 5 75 85 10 50 coarse dynamite 16 85 90 5 80 silver contact 2 90 100 10 100 Practice lock 7.6 100 115 15 114 Flying Tiger Goggles 9.32 115 130 15 139.8 Shadow Goggles 12.1 130 145 15 181.5 Gnomish Universal Remote 43.14 145 150 5 215.7 Explosive sheep 28.65 150 175 25 716.25 Flash bomb 36 175 185 10 360
Figure 1 - Item for each level range
Now for the explanation...
Here's the stuff you can't make as an engineer and its cost:
Items not made Cost (in silver) rough stone 1 linen cloth 1 cooper bar 2.3 weak flux 1 wooden stock 0.8 coarse stone 5 malachite 3.3 silver bar 10 bronze bar 2 wool cloth 3 small flame sac 10 heavy stone 3.75 light leather 0.72 refreshing spring water 0.25 tiger eye 2.5 med. Leather 1.15 moss agate 40 shadow gem 3.75 night crawlers 1 Flask of oil 9.17 gold bar 10 silk cloth 2.25 fused wiring 250 iron bar 8 lesser moonstone 10 heavy stock 7.5 solid stone 3.75 rune cloth 6 steel bar 15.9 frost oil 125 heavy leather 2.25 jade 60.5 blue pearl 30 mithril bar 20 snowball 25.05 citrine 50 mage weave cloth 5
Figure 2 - Bought ingredients and cost
Below is the list of stuff you can make as an engineer and their costs, and levels prior to going green. The level color data was compiled from info at http://wow.allakhazam.com.
Item name Get At Green Grey Cost # Made Cost Each rough blasting powder 1 20 40 1 1 1 rough dynamite 1 30 60 3 2 1.5 copper bolts 30 45 60 2.3 1 2.3 arclight spanner 50 70 90 13.8 1 13.8 rough copper bomb 30 60 90 7.6 2 3.8 copper tube 50 80 110 5.6 1 5.6 rough boomstick 50 80 110 8.7 1 8.7 course blasting powder 75 85 95 5 1 5 crafted heavy shot 75 85 95 7.3 200 0.0365 crude scope 60 90 120 11.2 1 11.2 coarse dynamite 75 90 105 16 1 16 copper modulator 65 95 125 8.9 1 8.9 mech squirrel 75 105 135 20.1 1 20.1 large copper bomb 105 105 155 28.9 2 14.45 silver contact 90 110 140 10 5 2 bronze tube 105 105 155 3 1 3 EZ-Thro Dynamite 100 115 130 23 1 23 Practice lock 100 115 130 7.6 1 7.6 Target Dummy 85 115 145 18.5 1 18.5 Small Bronze Bomb 120 120 170 29 1 29 Whirring Bronze Gizmo 125 125 175 7 1 7 Flame Deflector 125 125 175 17 1 17 Heavy Blasting Powder 125 125 145 3.75 1 3.75 Heavy Dynamite 125 125 145 7.5 1 7.5 Crafted Solid Shot 125 125 145 5.75 1 5.75 Small Seaforium Charge 100 130 160 19.87 1 19.87 Flying Tiger Goggles 100 130 160 9.32 1 9.32 Deadly Blunderbuss 105 130 155 22.35 1 22.35 Standard Scope 110 135 160 43 1 43 Big Bronze Bomb 140 140 190 15.5 2 7.75 Lovingly Crafted Boomst 120 145 170 138.1 1 138.1 Shadow Goggles 120 145 170 12.1 1 12.1 Bronze Framework 145 145 195 8.15 1 8.15 Aquadyn Fish attractor 150 150 170 10 1 10 Gnom Universal Remote 125 150 175 43.14 1 43.14 Gold Power Core 150 150 190 10 1 10 Silver Plated shotgun 130 155 180 300.34 1 300.34 Goblin jumper cables 165 160 200 342.34 1 342.34 Ornate Spyglass 135 160 185 68.9 1 68.9 Iron strut 160 160 180 16 1 16 Minor Recombobulator 140 165 190 59.3 1 59.3 Moonsight Rifle 145 170 195 57.5 1 57.5 Gyrochronatom 170 170 210 18 1 18 Solid Dynamite 175 175 195 13.5 2 6.75 Gyromatic MicroAdjustor 175 175 215 63.6 1 63.6 Solid blasting powder 175 175 195 3.75 1 3.75 Explosive sheep 150 175 200 28.65 1 28.65 Green Tinted Goggles 150 175 200 93.92 1 93.92 Ice deflector 155 175 195 132 1 132 Iron Grenade 175 175 215 14 2 7 Cmpt Harvest Reaper Kit 175 175 215 85.15 1 85.15 Discombobulator Ray 160 180 200 89 1 89 Flash bomb 180 185 225 36 1 36 Portable Bronze Mortar 165 185 205 47.6 1 47.6 Advanced Target Dummy 185 185 225 51.15 1 51.15 Snowmaster9000 190 190 230 382.05 1 382.05 Big Iron Bomb 190 190 230 37.25 2 18.625 Mithril Tube 195 195 235 60 1 60 Bright Eye Goggles 175 195 215 113.5 1 113.5 Unstable Trigger 200 200 240 28.75 1 28.75 Mechanical Repair Kit 200 200 240 28.75 1 28.75 Accurate Scope 180 200 220 113.5 1 113.5 Large Seaforium Charge 200 200 240 12.25 1 12.25
Figure 3 - Made ingredients and cost
By finding the cheapest recipe for each level range we get the chart shown in figure 1. Now there may be some ways to improve the overall efficiency, say perhaps if it's cheaper to make a particular item after its green a couple of times than to make the next yellow item. If anyone figures out any such situation, please let me know.
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