Kayleefrye wrote:
I have never played a character with the Fishing or Cooking skill because I have never had a shortage of food. This character is Undead (cannibalism) and my other favorite character is a Mage (conjure food). Soon I will be starting a new character and am considering trying Fishing/Cooking. So, I have some basic questions:
1. Is it worth my time/money to level Cooking? Can't I just get food from other sources?
2. I've heard Fishing is time-consuming and slow. Would I be making more money if I were running around mining, picking herbs, or just grinding mobs?
Thanks in advance for the advice.
1. You can get food from other sources. Some mobs drop ready-made food and/or potions, so these can be used. However there's not enough to rely on them solely. Another source of food is vendors, mostly in towns but some dotted around the zones. The problem with these is the costs soon mount up.
For cooking you will initially pay for some recipes, some will come through quests. There's a small capital outlay here but over time, compared with purchasing food from vendors, you'll make a saving. Another bonus is that some foods you'll make will give small bonuses to your stats, for up to 15 minutes. Small they are but they're worth having.
Overall, I'd say cooking's definitely worth pursuing.
2. Fishing is time-consuming and slow. Up to 100 skill, you only need 1 fish per increase. From then on, increases get slower and slower. For 1-300 skill, I've heard 11 hours touted as a fair length of time you can expect it to take. If you're doing this in Stormwind, you'll not be making much cash out of it but you can take this skill to higher level areas and make a few gold.
Is it slower than any other skill? Certainly blacksmithing, finding the materials for that is taking an age. I'm not going to buy the ore myself because the costs are extortionate on my server so it'll probably take more than 11 hours game-time. Maybe fishing isn't so slow after all.
Is fishing worth it? My jury's still out on that question.